Partnership for Youth Development Ready by 21 and Aspen Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund: A Presentation to the Criminal Justice Committee of New Orleans City Council Lauren J. Bierbaum August 28, 2013

Partnership for Youth Development (PYD) maximizes learning opportunities and educational experiences for children and youth both in and beyond school. PYD serves the entire New Orleans region as a leading expert in youth and education issues, a broker of clean data and neutral information, and a trusted conduit for cross-sector conversations about how schools and communities can have the greatest impact on positive youth outcomes. Who is Partnership for Youth Development?

PYD has a proven track record in improving system-wide quality of youth-supporting initiatives. Schools, community-based providers, policymakers and funders trust PYD to inform decision-making in ways that improve the functioning of all youth-serving systems. Who is Partnership for Youth Development?

PYD works in three ways: Continuous quality improvement Policy/advocacy Knowledge generation/innovation

Who is Partnership for Youth Development? Systems-Wide Initiatives Ready by 21 Aspen Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund

What is Ready by 21?

Forum for Youth Investment’s Ready by 21 initiative creates a sectorwide commitment to effectively coordinate the services, supports, and opportunities that youth need to thrive and develop a shared framework that ensures their healthy development. What is Ready by 21?

What is the Aspen OYIF?

The Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund supports collective impact work that brings stakeholders together from all sectors of the community to improve education and employment outcomes for opportunity youth (ages 16-24, out of school and out of work)

10 Fragmented Services Medi-Cal – EPSDT Healthy Families Parent Expansion Child Health & Disability Program Expanded Access Primary Care Trauma Case Funding Co-payments for ER Services Child Lead Poisoning Prevention Program HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education Breast Cancer Screening Food Stamps WIC TANF GAIN, CAL Learn, Cal WORKS, etc. School-Based MH Services for Medi-Cal Kids Probation Officers in Schools Cardenas-Schiff Legislation Health Care Through Probation Mental Health Evaluations Juvenile Halls Child Care – CCDBG, SSBG, Cal WORKS Child Care, etc. After-School Programs – 21 st Century Learning Centers, etc. Promoting Safe & Stable Families Child Abuse & Neglect Programs Foster Care – Transition, Independent Living, Housing, etc. Adoption Assistance, Adoption Opportunities Public Schools ESEA, Title I School Lunch & Breakfast Head Start IDEA After-School Programs Textbook Funding Tests & Achievement Teacher Issues GED Mom Dad 9 year old 5 year old Mom’s sister Boyfriend in trouble Baby 1 1/2 Source: Dunkle, M. (2002) Understanding LA Systems that Affect Families. Los Angeles, CA: George Washington University and the LA County Children’s Planning Council EducationHealth & FoodSocial ServicesChild & Family Services Mental Health & Probation 10

Ready Communities: Insulate the Education Pipeline “Cradle to career” insulation

How Does Such Coordination Happen? Common Agenda Shared Measurement Systems Mutually Reinforcing Activities Continuous Communication Backbone Supports Collective Impact Kania & Kramer see, e.g.

The Reality: We Know What It Takes to Support Development The National Research Council reports that teens need: Physical and psychological safety Appropriate structure Supportive relationships Opportunities to belong Positive social norms Support for efficacy and mattering Opportunities for skill-building Integration of family, school and community efforts

Ages Times of Day Outcome Areas prevention to participation cognitive, social, civic, physical School Reform is not enough school after-school School Fills only a part of the “Developmental White Space”, especially by high school

Ready by 21 Leadership Capacity Standards Broader Partnerships  Build an overarching leadership council  Align and strengthen coalitions, commissions and intermediaries  Engage key stakeholders in setting priorities and solving problems Bigger Goals  Establish a balanced set of goals and indicators for all children, youth and young adults  Define supports that the full community must provide  Create a big picture, goal-oriented action plan  Define common terms and communicate core messages Better Data  Collect complete data about youth outcomes, community supports and leadership actions  Align and connect data for decision making  Use the best information about what works Bolder Actions  Improve systems and settings  Align policies and resources  Increase demand  Engage youth, families and community members in solutions

Who is Responsible for the Insulation? Families Peer Groups Schools and Training Organizations Higher Education Youth-Serving Organizations CBOs (Nonprofit Service Providers and Associations) Businesses (Jobs, Internships and Apprenticeships) Faith-Based Organizations Libraries, Parks and Recreation Departments Community-Based Health and Social Service Agencies ?

So what does this look like here?

Ready by 21: Funded locally (BCM, JPMC) Nine months and counting Goal: broadly adopted standards of practice for youth serving entities aligned with research base, City strategies, and Aspen OYIF What does this look like here?

Ready by 21 Partners: Agenda for Children City of New Orleans Dept. of Health Cowen Institute Forum for Youth Investment Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights Louisiana Public Health Institute OPSB United Way Unity What does this look like here?

Aspen OYIF Funded locally and nationally (Kellogg, JPMC, BCM, GNOF) Two weeks and counting; site visit from Aspen team in late October Goal: coordinated planning across key stakeholders to develop implementation plan for What does this look like here?

Aspen OYIF Partners: Bard Early College – New Orleans City of New Orleans Depts. of Health and Workforce Cowen Institute Delgado Forum for Youth Investment GNO, Inc. Jobs For the Future Opportunity Youth Executive Directors Collaborative Regional Planning Commission Tulane University Office of the President What does this look like here?

OYEDC members: Café Reconcile Covenant House Family Services of Greater New Orleans Grow Dat Youth Farm Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana Kingsley House Liberty’s Kitchen Total Community Action VAYLA Youth Empowerment Project

Backbone Supports PYD will serve as backbone for the planning processes Determinations of sustainability and long- term home (PYD, City, CYPB, other NGOs, new entity?) are part and parcel of the planning What does this look like here?

Functions of the Backbone

We envision a flourishing New Orleans in which young people, their families, and their communities are happy, healthy, secure, and empowered.

Thank you.

Questions? Lauren Bierbaum, Executive Director: