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Highlights of YTFG Media Mentions and Links Foundations lead effort to change juvenile-justice systems May 15, 2008 - Chronicle of Philanthropy When Emily Tow Jackson first started talking to leaders of local youth organizations in the late 1990s about supporting their efforts to improve the Connecticut juvenile-justice system, many were skeptical that a grant maker wanted to get involved. Mo. Tries New Approach on Teen Offenders A common-cents issue, too — since it costs states between $100 and $300 a day to keep a juvenile in so-called "punitive" correctional facilities, according to a 2005 report by the Youth Transition Funders Group, a philanthropy network. January 1, 2007 -The Modesto Bee - Modesto, CA Program helps with transition out of foster care Four days before her 18th birthday, Lorita Brewer got the letter she'd been dreading. Initiative Helps Connect Youth to Educational Opportunity December 2006 - Mott Mosaic - Charles Stewart Mott Foundation The Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth Workgroup, part of the Youth Transitions Funders Group (YTFG), launched the initiative in 2004. Jobs for the Future (JFF) -- a nonprofit research, consulting and advocacy organization in Boston -- is the initiative’s national intermediary, providing consulting and technical assistance to the participating communities. Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities December Newsletter 2006Released in July 2006, Safe Passage is the latest publication of the Youth Transition Funders Group (YTFG), a consortium of major philanthropic foundations dedicated to strategic collaboration to address issues of juvenile justice, foster care system reform, and out-of-school/struggling youth. How to Address the Dropout Crisis The Boston-Bay State Banner - December 14, 2006 Opinion Editorial James Scott dropped out of high school when he was 17, following a rocky transition to a new school and a rough neighborhood in Philadelphia. He got caught up with the wrong crowd and began taking and selling drugs, which led to his arrest Note: Also in Dallas Weekly for November 30, 2006 Detailed Dropout Studies Guide Policy in City Schools Dropout crisis in city emerges from research: Half of 9th graders don't graduate on time Honoring Progress: An Update on the NGA Center Honor States Volume 1, Issue 2 - August 2006 Foundation Corner: "Connected by 25," An Effort of the Youth Transition Funders Group Making Good on a Promise: More School Topics that Oprah Might Explore JFF's (Jobs for the Future) CONNECTED BY 25 initiative offers new resources for improving options and outcomes for underserved and out-of- school youth. Read the op-ed from EDWEEK, as well as lessons for building an early warning data system to identify potential dropouts. (Jobs for the Future is a T.A. provider to the out-of-school/struggling students work group of YTFG.) St. Petersburg Times - Jul 30 3:04 AM Foster teens start securing their financial futures Connected by 25 sets up 30 foster teens in the county with $125 in their own savings and $25 in their own debit accounts. William Penn News - July 21, 2006 Promoting a Safe Passage to Adulthood Youth Today - July/August Issue 2006, p 23Youth Development - Safe Passage: How Philanthropy Is Working Together to Help All of America's Youth Connect by Age 25 Front and Center - June 22, 2006 A new Youth Transition Funders Group (YTFG) report provides policymakers with checklists and best practices for struggling youth concerning educational DOL Topics of Interest - July 2006Services to Youth: Youth Transition Funders Group Issues New Report The Youth Transition Funders Group is a network of grantmakers whose mission is to help all youth make a successful transition to adulthood by age 25. GCYF: What's New - July 2006 Just the Facts The strategies outlined in this publication from the Youth Transition Funders Group highlight some of the ways we can make more prudent and effective ... National Youth Employment Coalition - July 2006 Youth Transition Funders Group releases report entitled Safe Passage: How Philanthropy is Working Together to Help All of America's Youth Connect by Age 25. ... Boston Parent Organizing Network - May/June 2006 BPON Parents Lend Voices to Out-of-School Youth Planning Study http://www.bpon.org/news/Youth%20Transitions.asp Throughout the months of May and June, over 50 BPON parents came together to meet at locations across the city to discuss a matter of great importance to them: what we can do to prevent Boston youth from leaving school and to reconnect those that have already left to support services. Brevity on the Net - March 15, 2006 From the Briefing Paper Series of the Youth Transition Funders Group, this paper addresses the pipeline in which youth are pushed straight from school to juvenile detention as a result of the country’s educational reform efforts to secure its children better education Children, Youth and Family Consortium New report urges reform and offers recommendations for the juvenile justice system - March 2006 The complexity of intervening with youth in the juvenile justice system requires a comprehensive blueprint for change. The paper, which follows the recommendations of the national Funders Group for Youth in Transition, offers nine tenets for reform CTJJA | Announcement: Weekly - February 2006 The Youth Transition Funders Group has embarked on the production of a “Beyond the Tunnel” series of briefing papers that address the cross-cutting issues ...
Call them silos, tunnels, or fragmentation, we know that when a young person has trouble, the kind of services he or she receives New Efforts - Philadelphia Public School Notebook - Fall 2005 This recent grant from the “Youth Transition Funders Group” calls for the new Philadelphia collaborative to improve data collection and data sharing among ... Philadelphia Public School Notebook - Fall 2005 Educational issues face youth aging out of foster care Inadequate coordination exists between schools and child welfare system. One key population for dropout prevention in Philadelphia is the almost 2,900 adolescents – 14 years old and older – in the custody of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services (DHS). Just Grants! Arizona Newsletter (n.d.) Building Stronger Grantee Relationships: How to Increase Impact The Youth Transition Funders Group is an excellent example of this. They include many of the largest foundations – including Mott, Annie E. Casey, Ford, ... St. Petersburg Times - October 2005 These kids are aged out, but not grown up http://www.sptimes.com/2005/10/21/Columns/These_kids_are_aged_o.shtml Good luck. There was a time when young adults got little more than a farewell when they aged out of the state's foster care system. Aged out? It's the term social workers use for the foster children who are forced to leave the state's care when they turn 18. At that age, they are legal adults, old enough to fight for their country and fend for themselves. Connect for Kids Bookmark the Youth in Transition BlogSpot for Weekly News http://www.connectforkids.org/node/3878#YOUTH PNN Online – Foundations target dropout crisis http://www.pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=5688 Three major foundations are putting a total of $2 million into an initiative to support local efforts to combat the silent crisis of too many students dropping out of high school. Recent Policy Documents and News: July 2005 The Youth Transition Funding Group’s Juvenile Justice Work Group offers a new resource on the challenges and opportunities to improve the administration of ... |
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