Publications


Creating System Improvement

Federal Youth Coordination Act: Fact Sheet (PDF 84 kb)
National Collaboration for Youth: February 2005
The Federal Youth Coordination Act would improve communication among federal agencies serving at-risk youth, assess their needs, set goals for helping them and establish best practices for improving services. The Act grows out of the recommendations of the White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth, which found that about 10 million teens in this country are at serious risk of not becoming productive adults. However, the Task Force found that programs to address the problems facing these young people are spread across 12 federal departments, with little communication or coordination among them.

USDOL Guidance to Governors regarding two-year WIA plans: Youth Excerpts (PDF 24 kb)
USDOL-ETA: 2005
The Employment and Training Administration issued a paper providing guidance to governors for the transition period to an assumed reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act.   The questions and guidance related to youth services have been excerpted here, and provide an interesting set of questions for intermediaries and practitioners to explore as they seek to provide services to special populations in the context of a broader system.

Inclusive Governance: A Call to Action [PDF 1.2 mb]
By Hedy Nai-Lin Chang and Judy Chynoweth. September 2000

Reforming Finance/Financing Reform [PDF 372 kb]
By Mark Freidman, Fiscal Policies Studies Institute. January 2000

Making a Difference for Children and Families: The Community Approach [PDF 325 kb]
By Tia Melaville. November 1999

Getting to Results: Data-Driven Decision-Making for Children, Youth, Families and Communities [PDF 234 kb]
By Jacqueline McCroskey. March 1999

Citizens Making Decisions: Local Governance Making Change [PDF 250 kb]
By Frank Farrow and Sid Gardner. March 1999

Inclusive Accountability Orientation Guide (PDF 487 kb)