QUALITY COUNTS
Site Updates, April 2009
Austin
• Highlights:
 Prioritized community-level outcomes and indicators using the RB21 Dashboard, with
participation from the City of Austin Health and Human Services, K-12 and Higher Ed
institutions, County MHMR and Juvenile Probation, United Way, and other partners
 YPQA external assessments of 14 programs; began offering aligned Professional
Development modules; held well-received and attended review session on quality process
 Beta testing of our Youth Services Mapping system begins this week
• Spring priorities:
 Planning to crosswalk investments in children and youth across key agencies, in preparation
for development of a community compact in the fall
 Youth Service Mapping (YSM) preliminary launch
 Sustainability-oriented discussions and presentations
• Sustainability outlook: Too soon to tell
 Compact process underway, based on investment crosswalk and outcomes & indicators
 Interest by Education Funders (presentation 4-7; they are crosswalking their investments)
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Columbus, IN
• Highlights:
 Developing and implementing Youth Worker Methods training plan
 Increasing buy-in from multiple stakeholders in youth development
approach
• Spring priorities:
 Conducting landscape mapping survey
 Reporting findings from landscape mapping survey
 Reaching community consensus on a process and software for data
collection and outcome measurement for youth programming
• Sustainability outlook:
 Increasing interest and participation, but no current commitment of
funds beyond grant period
April 2009
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Georgetown Divide, CA
• Highlights:
 YPQA Trainings and process (April)
 Youth Worker Methods Training (February) Georgetown RBd21tm Retreat for Strategic
Planning (late April)
• Spring priorities:
 Complete action plans
 Complete RB21 Strategic Plan in early June
 May-June Youth Worker Methods Training and 1 more in Summer
• Sustainability outlook:
 Wish this was a 5 year initiative to move farther forward with time and $$ for T.A. until
embedded well in eval… difficult to create shift in only 2-3 years… we will continue the
process
 Our embedding strategies are going well…writing YPQA into our grants right and left.
 Including partners in assessing each other has been excellent and this can be sustained.
April 2009
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Indianapolis
• Highlight:
 We hosted a Training of Trainers for the Advancing Youth
Development Curriculum with snow flying all around!
• Spring priorities:
 Plan our Summit for Student Success; finalizing our “Compact
for Youth”—the commitment of our partners to shared
outcomes and vision for youth; completing YPQA/YPQI
process with our pilot group.
• Sustainability outlook: Positive
 Have one proposal under consideration and we are holding
meetings with funding partners.
April 2009
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Kentucky
• Highlights:
 Staff from Louisville and Lexington have been able to remain with the project and continue to move
work forward in their locations
 Leadership Team met to evaluate and re-vamp goals and objectives for 2009
 Lexington held a refresher/sign-up meeting on April 13th to re-energize their partner agencies
• Spring priorities:
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Youth Development Partnership is being re-instituted and will meet on May 6th
Met with staff in the Governor’s office to move the Coordinating Council under the Governor’s office
Louisville will complete community “youth vision” by June and begin work on “YouthPrint”
We will complete the Program Landscape Mapping survey and begin distribution in early summer
We will continue to do assessments with our pilot group and begin them with second pilot group
• Sustainability outlook:
 Louisville city government is adopting YPQA for use with its Youth External Agencies
 Lexington agency participation has doubled
 Continuing to seek funding and partnership from agencies and departments at state level that will
embed into all the work they do
April 2009
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Nashville
• Highlights:
 Completion of the Quality Counts Website: www.qualitycountsnashville.com
 Community meetings with agencies around PYD as sponsored by the mayor’s office.
 Pilots to begin training in Youth Methods
• Spring priorities:
 Direction for assessment & training for Nashville community youth organizations
decided upon by the Mayor’s office, hopefully to include the YPQA
 Training embedded in the community with TOT for AYD and more Methods
Trainings offered.
 QCN website to be used by community for news and training calendar.
• Sustainability outlook:
 Great if the YPQA is embraced by the Mayor’s office to use for its Afterzones. (This
looks promising)
 Not so great if the Mayor’s office does not include YPQA in it’s plan for youth
organizations in Nashville.
April 2009
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Oklahoma
• Highlights:
 Tulsa – Mayor Taylor hosts Quality Matters beginning YPQA process; Planning with Career Tech to offer AYD
training; Youth Worker Survey results shared
 Norman – Convening of community out-of-school time partners around landscape mapping (United Way
participates)
 Oklahoma – Exploring use of YPQA with Oklahoma State Department of Education and Department of
Human Services; Introducing RB21-QC work to Passageways to Adulthood Coalition and Public Health
Institute of Oklahoma; Children’s Cabinet reintroduced by Lieutenant Governor Askins
• Spring priorities:
 Tulsa – Plan Youth Worker Methods training; Embed AYD training within Career Tech system for Fall
implementation
 Norman – Engage community partners in landscape mapping; Continue coordination with United Way;
Report findings of mapping process to develop next steps
 Oklahoma – Continue to explore relationships with state level partners around the YPQA process as an
introduction to RB21-QC work; Support to local level initiatives
• Sustainability outlook:
 GREAT MOMENTUM in the last few months with interest building at both the state and local levels for
RB21–QC work. State and local partners report that they are learning about RB21-QC at local, state and
national levels bringing about interest in this work. Specific strategies - primarily relationship building.
April 2009
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St. Louis
• Highlight:
 Meeting with year 1 pilot participants indicated that involvement in Rb21 process has
helped them better understand their organizational program development needs. Of
special significance was the report of the St. Louis Public Schools Community Education
leader about the need for more staff training and coaching. Have received interest from
several key opinion leaders about participating in regional Children’s Agenda Summit in the
fall that will utilize Rb 21 framework.
• Spring priorities:
 Our first priority this Spring is to identify 12-15 new organizations to join ypqa cohort 2. We
are planning the meeting for late April, hope to do internal assessment training this
summer with new participants. We have planned a meeting for cohort 1 with funders for
early May.
• Sustainability outlook:
 We have submitted one proposal that stands a good chance of being funded for this year
and next. Have met with the UW CEO about working with his staff on YPQA and have
arranged a meeting.
April 2009
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Iowa
• Highlight:
 Iowa Collaborative for Youth Development (ICYD)
Legislation Passed – Codified “YD Council” and Youth
Advisory Council
• Spring priorities:
 YPQA – Build Capacity
o Expand Infrastructure Beyond QC Sites
• Sustainability outlook: So-So
 Embed YPQA – State Systems / UW
 Strengthen Leadership – Rb21 Big Picture
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New York State
• Highlight:
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The Office of Youth Development within the New York State Office of Children and Family Services
has begun development of a Quality Youth Development System (QYDS). This System will gather
program goals and objectives aligned with our Touchstones life areas for over 3,500 applications
funding thru our Youth Bureau System. Programs will identify Services, Opportunities and
Supports that address the goals and objectives and eventually OYD staff and County Youth
Bureaus will measure performance and quality.
• Spring priorities:
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1.) Have a Youth Development policy statement accepted by NYS OCFS.
2.) Train more OCFS staff in the YPQA assessment tool to sustain and further the work in Counties.
3.) Continue to strongly advocate the Big Picture framework of Ready by 21.
• Sustainability outlook: So-So
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Our YQDS system and a concrete training plan for NYS OCFS employees around Ready by 21 and
Quality Counts will help further our sustainability plan.
April 2009
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Orange County, NY
• Highlight:
 Collaboration of OC BOCES, Chamber of Commerce and local municipalities towards QC
promotion within the education and business community.
** Highlight event: Collaboration with the Orange County Choppers to host a day
long community youth movement event which will be held this June**
• Spring priorities:
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Continued assistance with first year YPQA agencies
Promotion and collaboration with new agencies
Development of the YPQA youth curriculum
Completion of the first cycle of YW Method workshops
• Sustainability outlook: Good
 NYS Budget has passed! This allows the continuation of the Orange County Youth
Bureau, as well as assists in allowing the initiative to be incorporated in both the Youth
Bureau and United Ways of Orange County systems of work as whole.
April 2009
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Rockland County, NY
• Highlights:
 Commitment of both Youth Bureau and United Way boards to include language about Youth
Program Quality Improvement System in their funding applications for 2010
 Agreement of county departments to use Dashboard in planning for 2010
• Spring priorities:
 Work with Youth Bureau Board of Directors on revising their monitoring form to include YPQA
indicators
 Move forward with developing the Dashboard - to be completed by October
 Use new county FACTS database to support Dashboard
 Complete YPQA with 8 programs - involve them in Quality Improvement System by identifying
specific indicators they agree to improve within program year
 Expansion of Youth Development Network to include new member - those who may not consider
themselves “youth workers”
 Development of new coalition working together to strengthen youth development infrastructure.
• Sustainability outlook: Unsure
 Wile stakeholders see value in Ready by 21 tools, current funding crisis is holding them back from
making future organization/agency commitment.
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Rhode Island
• Highlights:
 Expanding RIPQA work to new partners (Boys and Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts)
 Program landscape and youth worker survey out and completed by 115 people statewide
• Spring priorities:
 Several key reports coming out – need to analyze and compile data, complete reports, and
plan roll-out for Fall 2009
 Professional development plan for 09-10
 Linking several initiatives – connecting RIPQA work to summer learning project
• Sustainability outlook:
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Overall in relatively good shape for 1-2 years
Wallace Foundation considering continued investment in PASA focused on capacity building
3 more years left on 21st CCLC contract
Completing several major reports that will be rolled out with legislators and funders this fall
QRS has agreed to adopt Younger Youth PQA for school-age programs
April 2009
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Washington
• Highlight:
 We’ve begun our work with the Raikes Foundation to implement the YPQI at sites
across King County serving kids from 10 – 14. Through this initiative, we sent 3 people
through the Methods Training of Trainers in Michigan.
• Spring priorities:
 Continuing work on the Raikes Initiative, disseminating results from our landscape
survey (Supply and Demand study), beginning work on a statewide professional
development implementation plan with the Forum
• Sustainability outlook: So-So
 Raikes is considering expansion of their project after reviewing results from this pilot.
Other key funders have indicated continued interest in program quality. The state’s
budget is in very bad shape, affecting our partnerships with Department of Early
Learning and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
April 2009
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NATIONAL
PARTNERSHIP UPDATE
Forum Update
• Highlights:
 Ready by 21 business plan complete. Mobilization
and technical partners highly engaged.
• Spring priorities:
 Fund development, tool refinement and packaging,
evaluation/documentation planning.
• Sustainability outlook:
 Cautiously optimistic.
Mobilization partners represent most major players in
states and local communities
Business
leaders
Grantmakers
Educators
Elected
officials
Youth
Youth
service
providers
Faith
leaders
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Mobilization partners reach over 600,000 leaders
• 55 partner
companies
employing
4 million
individuals
Total
leaders
reached
100,000
• Legislators and staff •
from all 50 states,
common-wealths
and territories
Total
leaders
reached
32,000
• More than
22,000
education
leaders
22,000
50 national youth
development
nonprofits
serving 40 million
young people
100,000
• 250 national
• Nearly 600
multi-sector partners
communities in
dedicated to children
45 states and 5
and
Canadian provinces
youth
10,000
• Nearly 1,300
local United
Ways serving more
than 90% of the
country
12,000
300,000
• 21 Children’s
Cabinets, 30 Youth
Councils, 45,000 child
& youth constituents
46,000
Note: Corporate Voices numbers adjusted to reduce impact on overall numbers. AASA number includes all members and as such may skew total “relevant audience”
for Ready by 21
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Ready by 21 “Tool Box”
Take Aim, Take Stock, Plan Action & Track Progress
Selecting Indicators
Developing Report Cards
Mapping the Program Landscape
Mapping Leadership
Assessing & Improving Quality
Mapping the Youth Work Workforce
Capacity
Children’s Budgets
Technical partners’ tools and services
considered best in field
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Provides research-based publications, training, tools, surveys, communications
network and advocacy focusing on the 40 developmental assets children and
youth need to succeed.
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Conducts applied/policy research and provides TA on community change and
issues of structural racism to improve outcomes for low-income youth and
families
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Provides data-driven, evidence-based guidance on policy, practice and the use of
indicators to measure child and youth outcomes
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Provides guidance to help decision makers project costs, map public and private
funding, plan for sustainability, design effective financing strategies and implement
sound fiscal management systems
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Comprehensive integrated website and newsletter to connect adults and young
people with information and context on child/youth issues and tools for action
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Provides a set of research-validated tools and services for building a Youth Program
Quality Improvement System
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Offers tools and solutions for the tracking, management and outcome
measurement of youth programs
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Provides a conceptual and practical tools and services that help leaders take aim,
take stock, target actions and track progress on a range of issues from program
quality to public resources
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Roundtable on Community Change
Technical Partners technical assistance and training expertise
is aligned and coordinated
• Youth Outcomes (Risks & Assets)
• Program Participation Tracking
• Public & Private Resources
• Program Quality
• Program Landscape Mapping
• Staff Quality/Workforce Profiles
• Program Costs
• Public and Family Demand
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We Advocate for a “Big Picture Approach”
The Forum couples field knowledge with conceptual, practical and “power”
tools to help state and local leaders quickly organize available information
(about youth outcomes, community supports and current initiatives and
resources) to support data-driven “big picture” planning and accountability.
• Take Aim
• Take Stock
• Target Action
• Track Progress
Meet leaders where they are. Frame work in terms of
issues leaders and funders are interested in.
LEADERS
ACCOUNTABILITY
FAMILY,
COMMUNITY,
SCHOOL
CHILDREN
& YOUTH
SUPPORTS
OUTCOMES
• Increase capacity for data- • Provide early & sustained
supports
driven accountability
• Expand and coordinate
• Increase returns on
learning opportunities in
investments – both current
school and out
and targeted new
• Create alternative
• Increase youth, family and
pathways to success
public engagement
• Improve quality, equity
• Strengthen and diversify
& access &build
coordinating bodies,
capacity of community
partnerships and leaders
orgs
• Increase and sustain
school readiness
• Increase well-being and
civic engagement and
reduce risky behaviors
• Improve college and
workforce readiness
and success
• Close performance gaps
While leaders begin at different starting points,
every action area is critical
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