NYS Office of Children and Family Services Office of Youth Development Quality Youth Development System

NYS Office of Children and Family ServicesNYS Office of Children and Family ServicesOffice of Youth DevelopmentOffice of Youth Development

Quality Youth Quality Youth Development SystemDevelopment System

Table of ContentsTable of Contents

BackgroundBackground PurposePurpose Touchstones Life Areas, Goals, Objectives Touchstones Life Areas, Goals, Objectives

and Services, Opportunities and Supportsand Services, Opportunities and Supports Features of Positive Developmental SettingsFeatures of Positive Developmental Settings ResourcesResources

Why?Why?

Snap shot of OYD:Snap shot of OYD: Approximate budget of $35 millionApproximate budget of $35 million Approximate number of youth served: 2.5 Approximate number of youth served: 2.5

million youth 0-21million youth 0-21 Approximate number of programs in NYS: Approximate number of programs in NYS:

3,5003,500

Why?Why?

Current methods for collecting relevant program Current methods for collecting relevant program information are:information are:

VAGUEVAGUE DEFICIT BASEDDEFICIT BASED DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 80’SDEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 80’S DOES NOT REFELCT RESEARCH ON YOUTH DOES NOT REFELCT RESEARCH ON YOUTH

DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT NOT CONNECTED TO COUNTY PLANS/NEEDSNOT CONNECTED TO COUNTY PLANS/NEEDS

As a result, we are unable to obtain relevant data As a result, we are unable to obtain relevant data and unable to measure program effectiveness and and unable to measure program effectiveness and qualityquality

NYS TouchstonesNYS Touchstones

BackgroundBackground

In 1997, the commissioners and directors of In 1997, the commissioners and directors of New York State's health, education and New York State's health, education and human services agencies recognized that to human services agencies recognized that to improve outcomes in each of the areas for improve outcomes in each of the areas for which they had responsibility, it was which they had responsibility, it was necessary to shift to a new model necessary to shift to a new model characterized by prevention, early characterized by prevention, early intervention and family / youth involvement intervention and family / youth involvement

Background (cont.)Background (cont.)

The agencies embarked on an effort to The agencies embarked on an effort to develop a common set of measurable goals develop a common set of measurable goals and objectives that lead to improved and objectives that lead to improved outcomes for children and families. From outcomes for children and families. From these actions, the Council and its 12 these actions, the Council and its 12 member agencies developed New York member agencies developed New York State Touchstones in 1998. State Touchstones in 1998.

Background (cont.)Background (cont.)

Office of Alcoholism and Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Substance Abuse Services

Office for the Aging Office for the Aging Office of Children and Office of Children and

Family Services Family Services Division of Criminal Justice Division of Criminal Justice

Services Services State Education State Education

Department Department Department of Health Department of Health Department of Labor Department of Labor

Office of Mental Health Office of Mental Health Office of Mental Office of Mental

Retardation and Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Developmental Disabilities

Division of Probation and Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives Correctional Alternatives

Commission on Quality of Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities Persons with Disabilities

Office Temporary and Office Temporary and Disability Assistance Disability Assistance

PurposePurpose

Touchstones is a tool to help guide State and local Touchstones is a tool to help guide State and local efforts - a common set of measurable goals and efforts - a common set of measurable goals and objectives that lead to improved outcomes for objectives that lead to improved outcomes for children and families. children and families.

The common set of goals and objectives cuts The common set of goals and objectives cuts across all service systems and allows individuals across all service systems and allows individuals and organization's with diverse missions to come and organization's with diverse missions to come together to improve conditions for children and together to improve conditions for children and families. families.

51 counties use the Touchstones framework to 51 counties use the Touchstones framework to develop county plansdevelop county plans

VisionVision

All children, youth and families will be healthy All children, youth and families will be healthy and have the knowledge, skills and and have the knowledge, skills and resources to succeed in a dynamic society resources to succeed in a dynamic society

The Touchstones framework is organized by The Touchstones framework is organized by six major life areas: six major life areas:

Economic SecurityEconomic Security Physical & Emotional Physical & Emotional HealthHealth

EducationEducation CitizenshipCitizenship

FamilyFamily CommunityCommunity

Overview (cont.)Overview (cont.)

Each life area has a set of goals and Each life area has a set of goals and objectives representing expectations about objectives representing expectations about the future, and a set of indicators-reflecting the future, and a set of indicators-reflecting the status of children and families.the status of children and families.

The goals and objectives are integrally The goals and objectives are integrally related to each other and call for related to each other and call for comprehensive strategies to address any comprehensive strategies to address any single aspect of children and family well-single aspect of children and family well-being. being.

Touchstones:Touchstones: a framework for QYDS a framework for QYDS

Economic SecurityEconomic Security

Goal 1: Youth will be prepared for their eventualGoal 1: Youth will be prepared for their eventual

economic self-sufficiency.economic self-sufficiency. Objective 1:Youth will have skills, attitudes and Objective 1:Youth will have skills, attitudes and

competencies to enter college, the work force or competencies to enter college, the work force or other meaningful activities.other meaningful activities.

Objective 2:Young adults who can work will have Objective 2:Young adults who can work will have opportunities for employment.opportunities for employment.

Objective 3:Youth seeking summer jobs will have Objective 3:Youth seeking summer jobs will have employment opportunitiesemployment opportunities..

Services, Opportunities & SupportsServices, Opportunities & Supports

Career CounselingCareer Counseling Career Days/FairsCareer Days/Fairs Career Research & PlanningCareer Research & Planning College Exploration & College Exploration &

ReadinessReadiness College Research & PlanningCollege Research & Planning Computer/Internet SkillsComputer/Internet Skills EmploymentEmployment GED PreparationGED Preparation Independent Living SkillsIndependent Living Skills Interest & Skills AssessmentInterest & Skills Assessment

Job ShadowingJob Shadowing Job Training/Employment Skills Job Training/Employment Skills

DevelopmentDevelopment Matching with Employers for Matching with Employers for

Internships/WorkInternships/Work Resume & Job AssistanceResume & Job Assistance Self-sufficiency Skills Self-sufficiency Skills

DevelopmentDevelopment Summer EmploymentSummer Employment Vocational TrainingVocational Training Work Readiness SkillsWork Readiness Skills

Physical and Emotional HealthPhysical and Emotional Health Goal 2: Children and youth will have optimal Goal 2: Children and youth will have optimal

physical and emotional health.physical and emotional health. Objective 1:Children and youth will be physically Objective 1:Children and youth will be physically

fit.fit. Objective 2:Children and youth will be emotionally Objective 2:Children and youth will be emotionally

healthy.healthy. Objective 3:Children and youth will be free from Objective 3:Children and youth will be free from

health risk behaviors (e.g., smoking, drinking, health risk behaviors (e.g., smoking, drinking, substance abuse, unsafe sexual activity).substance abuse, unsafe sexual activity).

Objective 4:Children and youth with service needs Objective 4:Children and youth with service needs due to mental illness, developmental disabilities due to mental illness, developmental disabilities and/or substance abuse problems will have and/or substance abuse problems will have access to timely and appropriate services.access to timely and appropriate services.

Services, Opportunities & SupportsServices, Opportunities & Supports Adolescent Sexuality Adolescent Sexuality

EducationEducation Alcohol/Substance Abuse Alcohol/Substance Abuse

CounselingCounseling Alcohol/Substance Abuse Alcohol/Substance Abuse

Prevention ActivitiesPrevention Activities Alcohol/Substance Abuse Alcohol/Substance Abuse

TreatmentTreatment Assessment of Service Assessment of Service

NeedsNeeds Athletic ActivitiesAthletic Activities Case Case

Management/ReferralsManagement/Referrals Child CareChild Care

CounselingCounseling Counseling-Emotional Counseling-Emotional

(Self-Esteem, Other)(Self-Esteem, Other) Crisis InterventionCrisis Intervention Crisis Intervention Crisis Intervention

CounselingCounseling Group CounselingGroup Counseling Health EducationHealth Education Health Medical servicesHealth Medical services HIV-AIDS/STD PreventionHIV-AIDS/STD Prevention Individual CounselingIndividual Counseling


Mental Health ServicesMental Health Services Nutrition-Obesity Nutrition-Obesity

PreventionPrevention Nutrition and Food Nutrition and Food

ProgramsPrograms Peer CounselingPeer Counseling Pregnancy PreventionPregnancy Prevention Recreational Activities Recreational Activities

(Summer)(Summer) Recreational Activities Recreational Activities

(Year Round)(Year Round)

Resiliency BuildingResiliency Building Self-esteem Self-esteem

WorkshopsWorkshops Smoking Smoking

Prevention/Cessation Prevention/Cessation ActivitiesActivities

Suicide Prevention Suicide Prevention

EducationEducation

Goal 3: Children will leave school prepared toGoal 3: Children will leave school prepared tolive, learn and work in a community as live, learn and work in a community as contributing members of society.contributing members of society. Objective 1:Students will meet or exceed high Objective 1:Students will meet or exceed high

standards for academic performance and standards for academic performance and demonstrate knowledge and skills required for demonstrate knowledge and skills required for lifelong learning and self-sufficiency in a dynamic lifelong learning and self-sufficiency in a dynamic world.world.

Objective 2:Students will stay in school until Objective 2:Students will stay in school until successful completion.successful completion.


Academic Academic Services/Education Services/Education Related ServicesRelated Services

Alternative EducationAlternative Education Arts & Crafts Arts & Crafts

EducationEducation Basic Literacy SupportBasic Literacy Support Basic Math SupportBasic Math Support

Bilingual EducationBilingual Education Counseling-EducationCounseling-Education Dropout PreventionDropout Prevention Learning DisabilitiesLearning Disabilities Study SkillsStudy Skills

CitizenshipCitizenship

Goal 4: Children and youth will demonstrate Goal 4: Children and youth will demonstrate good citizenship as law-abiding, contributing good citizenship as law-abiding, contributing members of their families, schools and members of their families, schools and communities.communities. Objective 1:Children and youth will assume Objective 1:Children and youth will assume

personal responsibility for their behavior.personal responsibility for their behavior. Objective 2:Youth will demonstrate ethical Objective 2:Youth will demonstrate ethical

behavior and civic values. behavior and civic values. Objective 3:Children and youth will understand Objective 3:Children and youth will understand

and respect people who are different from and respect people who are different from themselves.themselves.

Citizenship (cont.)Citizenship (cont.)

Objective 4:Children and youth will participate in Objective 4:Children and youth will participate in family and community activities.family and community activities.

Objective 5:Children and youth will have positive Objective 5:Children and youth will have positive peer interactions.peer interactions.

Objective 6:Children and youth will make Objective 6:Children and youth will make constructive use of leisure time.constructive use of leisure time.

Objective 7:Youth will delay becoming parents Objective 7:Youth will delay becoming parents until adulthood.until adulthood.

Objective 8:Children and youth will refrain from Objective 8:Children and youth will refrain from violence and other illegal behaviors.violence and other illegal behaviors.


After School ProgramsAfter School Programs Aftercare/Transitional Aftercare/Transitional

ServicesServices Character EducationCharacter Education Civic/Political ActivitiesCivic/Political Activities Classism, Sexism, Classism, Sexism,

Racism WorkshopsRacism Workshops Community Community

Service/Youth Activism Service/Youth Activism ProjectsProjects

Cultural Cultural Enrichment/AwarenessEnrichment/Awareness

Gang Prevention/ Gang Prevention/ InterventionIntervention

Gang Gang Violence/InterventionViolence/Intervention

Juvenile Aid Juvenile Aid Bureau/OfficerBureau/Officer

Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice Diversion ServicesDiversion Services


Leadership Skills Leadership Skills DevelopmentDevelopment

MediationMediation PINS Diversion PINS Diversion

ServicesServices Safe Place Out of Safe Place Out of

School TimeSchool Time School Resource School Resource

OfficerOfficer

Supportive Supportive RelationshipsRelationships

Youth CourtYouth Court Youth Leadership / Youth Leadership /

EmpowermentEmpowerment

FamilyFamily

Goal 5: Families will provide children with Goal 5: Families will provide children with

safe, stable and nurturing safe, stable and nurturing

EnvironmentsEnvironments Objective 1:Parent/caregivers will provide Objective 1:Parent/caregivers will provide

children with a stable family relationship.children with a stable family relationship. Objective 2:Parent/caregivers will possess and Objective 2:Parent/caregivers will possess and

practice adequate child rearing skills.practice adequate child rearing skills. Objective 3:Parent/caregivers will be positively Objective 3:Parent/caregivers will be positively

involved in their children's learning.involved in their children's learning.

Family (cont.)Family (cont.)

Objective 4:Parent/caregivers will the knowledge Objective 4:Parent/caregivers will the knowledge and ability to access support services for their and ability to access support services for their children.children.

Objective 5:Parent/caregivers will provide their Objective 5:Parent/caregivers will provide their children with households free from physical and children with households free from physical and emotional abuse.emotional abuse.

Objective 6:Parent/caregivers will provide their Objective 6:Parent/caregivers will provide their children with households free from alcohol and children with households free from alcohol and other substance abuseother substance abuse..

Services, Opportunities, & SupportsServices, Opportunities, & Supports

Adoption Adoption Counseling/WorkshopsCounseling/Workshops

Asset BuildingAsset Building Child Abuse & Neglect Child Abuse & Neglect

Intervention and TreatmentIntervention and Treatment Child Abuse & Neglect Child Abuse & Neglect

Prevention/EducationPrevention/Education Community Programs to Community Programs to

Promote Positive Youth Promote Positive Youth DevelopmentDevelopment

Dating Violence Dating Violence Intervention and TreatmentIntervention and Treatment

Dating Violence Dating Violence Prevention/EducationPrevention/Education

Death & Bereavement Death & Bereavement Counseling/WorkshopsCounseling/Workshops

Divorce/Single Parenting Divorce/Single Parenting Counseling/WorkshopCounseling/Workshop

Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Intervention and TreatmentIntervention and Treatment


Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Prevention/EducationPrevention/Education

Family Communications Family Communications WorkshopsWorkshops

Family SupportFamily Support Family Violence Family Violence

Prevention/EducationPrevention/Education GLBTQ GLBTQ

Counseling/Workshops / Counseling/Workshops / EducationEducation

Parenting SkillsParenting Skills Services for Pregnant & Services for Pregnant &

Parenting YouthParenting Youth Sexuality Exploited Youth Sexuality Exploited Youth

EducationEducation Stress Management Stress Management

WorkshopsWorkshops

CommunityCommunity

Goal 6: New York State communities will Goal 6: New York State communities will

provide children, youth and families with provide children, youth and families with

healthy, safe and thriving healthy, safe and thriving

environments.environments. Objective 1:Adequate housing will be available.Objective 1:Adequate housing will be available. Objective 2:Adequate transportation will be Objective 2:Adequate transportation will be

available.available.

Community (cont.)Community (cont.)

Goal 7: New York State communities will provide Goal 7: New York State communities will provide

children, youth and their families with children, youth and their families with

opportunities to help them meet their needs for opportunities to help them meet their needs for

physical, social, moral and emotional physical, social, moral and emotional

growth.growth. Objective 1:Communities will make available and Objective 1:Communities will make available and

accessible formal and informal services (e.g., child accessible formal and informal services (e.g., child care, parent training, recreation, youth services, care, parent training, recreation, youth services, libraries, museums, parks).libraries, museums, parks).

Community (cont.)Community (cont.)

Objective 2: Adults in the community will provide Objective 2: Adults in the community will provide youth with good role models and opportunities for youth with good role models and opportunities for positive adult interactions.positive adult interactions.

Objective 3: Communities will provide Objective 3: Communities will provide opportunities for youth to make positive opportunities for youth to make positive contributions to community life and to practice skill contributions to community life and to practice skill developmentdevelopment..


Administering or Providing Administering or Providing Funding for Funding for Services/SupportsServices/Supports

Advocacy on Behalf of Advocacy on Behalf of YouthYouth

Clearinghouse/Resource Clearinghouse/Resource CenterCenter

Conferences/MeetingsConferences/Meetings Convening Collaborative Convening Collaborative

Groups for Groups for Planning/OrganizationPlanning/Organization

Developing or Developing or Coordinating Coordinating Programs/ModelsPrograms/Models

Evaluation ActivitiesEvaluation Activities Information DisseminationInformation Dissemination Mentoring long term (More Mentoring long term (More

than 12-Month than 12-Month Relationships Relationships

Mentoring short term (less Mentoring short term (less than 12-Month than 12-Month Relationships)Relationships)


Monitoring ActivitiesMonitoring Activities Needs AssessmentsNeeds Assessments Planning & Program Planning & Program

DevelopmentDevelopment Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development ResearchResearch RHYA CoordinationRHYA Coordination RHYA Part I Emergency RHYA Part I Emergency

ShelterShelter RHYA Part I Interim FamilyRHYA Part I Interim Family

RHYA Part I Street RHYA Part I Street OutreachOutreach

RHYA Part II Non-RHYA Part II Non-Residential Case Residential Case ManagementManagement

RHYA Part II Group RHYA Part II Group ResidenceResidence

RHYA Part II TILPS RHYA Part II TILPS Supported ResidenceSupported Residence

RHYA Part I Non RHYA Part I Non Residential Residential


ManagementManagement Spiritual or Faith-Based Spiritual or Faith-Based

Connections/Youth GroupsConnections/Youth Groups Training Technical Training Technical

AssistanceAssistance Violence /Crime Violence /Crime

/Delinquency Prevention /Delinquency Prevention ActivitiesActivities

Let’s Review the 5003 formLet’s Review the 5003 form

Features of Positive Features of Positive Developmental SettingsDevelopmental Settings

Community Programs to Promote Community Programs to Promote Youth DevelopmentYouth Development

Published by the National Research Council Published by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 2002and Institute of Medicine, 2002

Examined programs that target youth 10 to Examined programs that target youth 10 to 1818

Focus on youth development perspective Focus on youth development perspective Developed a list of features that are likely to Developed a list of features that are likely to

provide better supports for young people’s provide better supports for young people’s positive development and to achieve youth positive development and to achieve youth development outcomesdevelopment outcomes

Features of Positive Developmental Features of Positive Developmental SettingsSettings

Physical and Psychological SafetyPhysical and Psychological Safety Appropriate StructureAppropriate Structure Supportive RelationshipsSupportive Relationships Opportunities to BelongOpportunities to Belong Positive Social NormsPositive Social Norms Support for Efficacy and MatteringSupport for Efficacy and Mattering Opportunities for Skill BuildingOpportunities for Skill Building Integration of Family, School and Community Integration of Family, School and Community

EffortsEfforts

Physical and Psychological SafetyPhysical and Psychological Safety

DescriptorsDescriptors

Safe and health-Safe and health-promoting facilities; promoting facilities; practice that increases practice that increases safe peer group safe peer group interaction and interaction and decreases unsafe or decreases unsafe or confrontational peer confrontational peer interactions. interactions.

Opposite PolesOpposite Poles

Physical and health Physical and health dangers; fear; feeling of dangers; fear; feeling of insecurity, sexual and insecurity, sexual and physical harassment; physical harassment; and verbal abuse.and verbal abuse.

Appropriate StructureAppropriate Structure


Limit setting; clear and Limit setting; clear and consistent rules and consistent rules and expectations; firm-enough expectations; firm-enough control; continuity and control; continuity and predictability; clear predictability; clear boundaries; and age- boundaries; and age- appropriate monitoringappropriate monitoring. .


Chaotic; disorganized; Chaotic; disorganized; laissez-faire; rigid; over laissez-faire; rigid; over controlled; and controlled; and autocratic.autocratic.

Supportive RelationshipsSupportive Relationships


Warmth; closeness; Warmth; closeness; connectedness; good connectedness; good communication; caring; communication; caring; support; guidance; support; guidance; secure attachment; and secure attachment; and responsiveness.responsiveness.


Cold; distant; over Cold; distant; over controlling; ambiguous controlling; ambiguous support; untrustworthy; support; untrustworthy; focused on winning; focused on winning; inattentive; inattentive; unresponsive; and unresponsive; and rejecting.rejecting.

Opportunities to BelongOpportunities to Belong DescriptorsDescriptors

Opportunities for meaningful Opportunities for meaningful inclusion, regardless of one‘s inclusion, regardless of one‘s gender, ethnicity, sexual gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disabilities; orientation, or disabilities; social inclusion, social social inclusion, social engagement and integration; engagement and integration; opportunities for socio-opportunities for socio-cultural identity formation; cultural identity formation; and support for cultural and and support for cultural and bicultural competence. bicultural competence.

Opposite PolesOpposite PolesExclusion; Exclusion; Marginalization; and Marginalization; and intergroup conflict.intergroup conflict.

Positive Social NormsPositive Social Norms DescriptorsDescriptors

Rules of behavior; Rules of behavior; expectations; expectations; injunctions; ways of injunctions; ways of doing things; values and doing things; values and morals; and obligations morals; and obligations for service.for service.


Normlessness; anomie; Normlessness; anomie; laissez-faire practices; laissez-faire practices; antisocial and amoral antisocial and amoral norms; norms that norms; norms that encourage violence; encourage violence; reckless behavior; reckless behavior; consumerism; poor consumerism; poor health practices; and health practices; and conformity.conformity.

Support for Efficacy and MatteringSupport for Efficacy and Mattering DescriptorsDescriptors

Youth-based; empowerment Youth-based; empowerment practices that support practices that support autonomy; making a real autonomy; making a real difference in one’s community; difference in one’s community; and being taken seriously. and being taken seriously. Practices that include enabling; Practices that include enabling; responsibility granting; and responsibility granting; and meaningful challenge. Practices meaningful challenge. Practices that focus on improvement that focus on improvement rather than on relative current rather than on relative current performance levels. performance levels.

Opposite PolesOpposite PolesUnchallenging; Unchallenging; overcontrolling; overcontrolling; disempowering; and disempowering; and disabling. Practices that disabling. Practices that undermine motivation undermine motivation and desire to learn, such and desire to learn, such as excessive focus on as excessive focus on current relative current relative performance level rather performance level rather than improvement.than improvement.

Opportunities for Skill BuildingOpportunities for Skill Building DescriptorsDescriptors

Opportunities to learn physical, Opportunities to learn physical, intellectual, psychological, intellectual, psychological, emotional, and social skills; emotional, and social skills; exposure to intentional learning exposure to intentional learning experiences; opportunities to experiences; opportunities to learn cultural literacy, media learn cultural literacy, media literacy, communication skills, literacy, communication skills, and good habits of mind; and good habits of mind; preparation for adult preparation for adult employment, and opportunities employment, and opportunities to develop social and cultural to develop social and cultural capital.capital.


Practice that promotes Practice that promotes bad physical habits and bad physical habits and habits of mind; and habits of mind; and practice that undermines practice that undermines school and learning.school and learning.

Integration of Family, School, and Integration of Family, School, and Community EffortsCommunity Efforts


Concordance; Concordance; coordination; and coordination; and synergy among family, synergy among family, school and communityschool and community


Discordance; lack of Discordance; lack of communication; and communication; and conflict.conflict.

Lets Review the 5002 application and Lets Review the 5002 application and examples examples

Website Resources for Website Resources for the Quality Youth the Quality Youth

Development SystemDevelopment System

ResourcesResources Kids Wellbeing Indicators ClearinghouseKids Wellbeing Indicators Clearinghouse

http://www.nyskwic.orghttp://www.nyskwic.org NYS Kids Count InitiativeNYS Kids Count Initiative

http://www.nyscommunityjusticefourm.org/http://www.nyscommunityjusticefourm.org/Initiatives/KidCountHomeInitiatives/KidCountHome

Kids Count Data Book & Special ReportsKids Count Data Book & Special Reportshttp://www.nyscommunityjusticefourm.org/http://www.nyscommunityjusticefourm.org/Initiatives/KidCountRelate/KCReportsInitiatives/KidCountRelate/KCReports

Annie E Casey FoundationAnnie E Casey Foundationhttp://www.aecf.orghttp://www.aecf.org

New York State Touchstones:New York State Touchstones:http://www.nyskwic.org/about/touchstones.cfmhttp://www.nyskwic.org/about/touchstones.cfm

Features of Positive Youth Development Features of Positive Youth Development Settings:Settings:http://www.bocyf.org/youth_development_brief.pdfhttp://www.bocyf.org/youth_development_brief.pdf

http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/garp/articles/http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/garp/articles/eccles04b.pdfeccles04b.pdf

http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/files/http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/files/ForumFOCUS_Jul-Aug2003.pdfForumFOCUS_Jul-Aug2003.pdf

http://www.ncfy.com/publications/pdf/http://www.ncfy.com/publications/pdf/PosYthDevel.pdfPosYthDevel.pdf (pg 21 of document) (pg 21 of document)

Disconnected Youth:Disconnected Youth:

http://www.ccf.state.ny.us/Initiatives/CabRelate/http://www.ccf.state.ny.us/Initiatives/CabRelate/DiscYouth.htmDiscYouth.htm

http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/files/http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/files/back_on_track_report1.pdfback_on_track_report1.pdf

http://fcnetwork.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/http://fcnetwork.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/nyinitiativeyabrecs.pdfnyinitiativeyabrecs.pdf

Youth Development:Youth Development:

http://www.ncfy.com/publications/pdf/http://www.ncfy.com/publications/pdf/PosYthDevel.pdfPosYthDevel.pdf

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