1. Using Data to Create a Youth Sector Milbrey McLaughlin John W. Gardner Center for Youth & Their Communities Stanford University Netter Center 20 th Anniversary Conference November 12 2012

2. YOUTH Schools Family CBOs FBOs Social Services Re- Creation Opps. Justice Work Peer Groups The Local Youth Sector

3.  Operates through university-community partnership  Cross-agency integrated data system – public and private administrative data  Individual-level data linked across agencies to create a longitudinal record  Affords a cross-institutional community-level view of youth needs, resources and opportunities  Data provide the “glue” for the youth sector The Youth Data Archive: Supporting a “Youth Sector” Perspective

4.  JGC/Stanford is neutral third party and partner  Community partner data ownership  User-focused approach to developing questions, interpreting & presenting findings  Long-term commitment to community partners—a design/build/revise approach  Focus on community capacity building YDA’s Guiding Principles

5.  Foster Youth and school outcomes  Court dependent youth and educational outcomes  Motivation goal structures & academic achievement  Chronic absenteeism and school outcomes  Language proficiency and after school YDA Analyses Involving Low Income Youth & Youth of Color

6.  Strengthening partners’ capacity—  expanded/improved data collection  learning opportunities  Strengthening local youth sector & the “local advantage”  Increased coherence of youth policy  Building and maintaining community partnerships YDA as resource for community youth development & system-level action

7.  Building and tending trusting relationships– requires time and intentionality; a collaborative table  Leaders’ support and advocacy  Shared urgency about a problem: user perspective  Assurances about data ownership and sign off  Rethinking conventional notions of “rigorous” research Launching & Sustaining the YDA: What Matters?

8. Using Data to Create a Youth Sector Milbrey McLaughlin John W. Gardner Center for Youth & Their Communities Stanford University gardnercenter.stanford.edu Netter Center 20 th Anniversary Conference November 12 2012