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Upcoming
Programs
Re-Scheduled:
Youth Task
Force Retreat |
REGISTER
Friday, October 17 | Donors
Forum Conference Room A (Suite 1535) | Noon - 2 pm (lunch
provided)
Donors Forum's Youth Task Force is dedicated
to promoting informed grantmaking that enhances the
capacity of youth in the context of their families,
their communities, and the world at large.
Program
Archives
The notes from previous programs contain valuable knowledge
and information on youth-related topics.
Resources
NEW!
OST
Bibliography (9/08)
The Harvard Family Research Project's new bibliography
of OST research studies and evaluations can help you
learn about and improve your own OST evaluations, and
can support policy and program development. There are
40 new and many updated entries.
NEW!
Research
Update 3: Using Evaluation to Inform OST Programming
and Serve Older Youth
(9/08)
The same evaluations that many staff use to demonstrate
their programs' value also have great potential to shape
program improvement and planning. At the same time,
stakeholders are coming to see after school programs
as an underutilized asset to improve outcomes for older
youth. Learn how programs have used evaluation to inform
decisions in these two key areas. From The Harvard Family
Research Project.
Measurement
Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An
Evaluation Resource (8/08)
This recently updated edition from Harvard Family Research
Project describes instruments and tools that you can
obtain and use for on-the-ground program evaluation.
Growth
of Youth-Serving Organizations (3/05)
Because youth-serving organizations
often lack a detailed strategic plan and may be unable
to benefit from economies of scale as they grow larger,
their expansion is tumultuous, according to a white
paper from The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and The
Bridgespan Group.
Effects
of Welfare and Employment Policies on Young Children
(4/05)
MDRC released this report about
findings on policy experiments affecting young children
conducted in the early 1990s.
Research
Forum
The Research Forum at the National Center for Children
in Poverty encourages collaborative research and informed
policy on welfare reform, child and family well-being
and community issues.
Planning
and Evaluation Resource Center
This online clearinghouse offers tools and training
to help youth development organizations improve their
programs and strengthen communications.
The
Right Start for America's Newborns: City and State Trends
To provide infant statistics to policy makers and child
advocates, the Right Start project tracks the family
status and health of infants, and publishes the data
in an online report that can be customized with profiles,
line graphs, national maps, and rankings.
Lessons
in Leadership (pdf,
12/03)
This report from the Innovation Center for Community
and Youth Development is the result of a three-year
initiative funded by the Ford Foundation to study how
young people benefit from involvement in civic activism.
American
Teens Research Brief Series and What Works Tables
Based on an extensive review
of the available research on youth development Child
Trends offer essential guidance on "what works"
(and what doesn't work) for anyone who designs, administers
or funds youth servies.
State
Fact Sheets on Child Welfare
Child Welfare League of America's annual collection
of fact sheets detailing state populations and poverty
rates, child abuse and neglect cases, child poverty
and income support figures.
Healthy
People 2010
America's young children may not be getting enough vigorous
physical exercise through their schools' physical education
programs, suggests the latest analysis by the National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study
of Early Child Care and Youth Development.
Peacing
it Together
This resource guide includes reviews of youth violence
prevention curricula and information on teen dating
violence, bullying, school violence and gang violence.
America's
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
This report presents key indicators of the well being
of children which are monitored through official federal
statistics covering children's economic security, health,
behavior and social environment, and education.
Grantmakers
for Children, Youth and Families
This affinity group's site features publications, forums
and conference updates.
Youth
Task Force Program Archives
Notes containing valuable knowledge and information
shared at previous programs and meetings of this group.
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