READY BY 21®
Publications and resources that help change the odds for youth so that they can be ready for college, work and life.
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| Ready by 21® 2008-09 Webinar Series Updated | This webinar series will introduce participants to the core and advanced components of Ready by 21®. This challenge calls on states and communities to change the odds for youth by changing the way they do business. | October 28, 2008 | |
| READY BY 21® Video: National Launch Press Conference | Below are featured clips from the press conference announcing the national launch of the Ready by 21 Challenge, aimed at helping state and local leaders change the odds for youth by changing the way they do business. | April 28, 2008 | |
| READY BY 21® Video: National Launch Panel Discussion | The six partners who in 2007 made formal commitments to work with the Forum to advance the Ready by 21 Challenge represent the education, government, nonprofit, business and community philanthropy sectors. Below are featured clips from the partner panel discussion at the National Launch in Washington, DC. | April 28, 2008 | |
| READY BY 21®: The Challenge | "The Challenge" is the definitive guide to the key ideas and resources behind Ready by 21®. |  | February 27, 2008 |
| Iowa's Youth Development Strategic Plan, 2007-2010 |
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| Building Quality Improvement Systems: Lessons from Three Emerging Efforts in the Youth-Serving Sector | Quality is fast becoming a policy priority in states and localities around the country. As a result, formal and informal networks of youth organizations are seeking and developing strategies to help them assess and improve performance. |  | March 1, 2007 |
| Business Leadership: Supporting Youth Development and the Talent Pipeline | The Forum for Youth Investment has partnered with Corporate Voices for Working Families to support a Youth Transitions Task Force charged with identifying and promoting the corporate and public policies necessary to ensure that young people ages 14-21 have the opportunities to develop the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in work and in life. |  | February 15, 2007 |
| Core Assumptions About Youth | This two-pager summarizes the core assumptions that philanthropists, planners and policy makers consciously or unconsciously take into account when making decisions about where to focus their efforts related to young people. |  | December 15, 2006 |
| Core Assumptions About Change | This two-pager summarizes the core assumptions that philanthropists, planners and policy makers consciously or unconsciously take into account when making decisions about where to focus their efforts to bring about change. |  | December 15, 2006 |
| California: The United Way & UNITE-LA/L.A. Chamber Partnership Case Study | Part of the Ready by 21® Change Makers in Action Series, this case study describes the work done by the United Way and the Unite-LA/L.A. Chamber partnership in Los Angeles. |  | December 15, 2006 |