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How can we help young people - especially those from low-income backgrounds–improve their life prospects? To help answer that question for anyone who designs, administers, or funds services for youth, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation recently supported Child Trends to examine what works in youth programs. Child Trends also compiled information on the kinds of outcomes that communities can strive to achieve and maintain for young people. These tools, which are described below, can be accessed on the Child Trends website by visiting Research Tools To Improve Youth Development. There are two parts to this database: Programs for Teens section summarizes the best available program evaluations to determine what works, what doesn't work, and what are some "good bets" (or promising practices). Through the interactive What Works tables, readers will be able to identify youth outcomes which either have, or have not, been positively affected through youth programs using various approaches. Outcomes for Teens section discusses more than 25 major outcomes (in educational achievement, health and safety, social and emotional well-being, and self-sufficiency) that programs and communities can seek to affect in the lives of youth with their services. | |||
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Latest Developments
An Experiment in Coordinated Investment
This report describes the factors that led the EMCF to develop its Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot, highlights key aspects of this joint approach to supporting the growth and sustainability of three highly effective youth organizations, and outlines what EMCF and its co-investors hope to learn and accomplish over the next several years.
$120 Million in Growth Capital Secured to Advance Opportunities for Low-Income Youth
EMCF President Nancy Roob discusses the progress made by EMCF through its Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot, along with the nineteen co-investors and the board of directors of Nurse-Family Partnership, Youth Villages, and Citizen Schools.
In the News
Nun's Three Transfer Schools Give Bronx, Brooklyn Students A Second Chance
New York One's feature NYer of the Week honors Good Shepherd Services Executive Director Sister Paulette LoMonaco.
May 9, 2008
Program Is 'Last Stop' for Youths Aging Out Of State Foster Care
The Memphis Commercial- Appeal highlights Youth Villages' Transitional Living Program.
May 6, 2008
City Effort Give At-Risk Teens Job Skills
The New York Daily News on Good Shepherd Services' work to help youth find meaningful employment.
April 22, 2008
A New York Times Magazine piece on efforts to measure the impact of philanthropy.
March 9, 2008
Determined to Find a New Beginning
The New York Times features the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO).
February 17, 2008
New Fund to Help Charities Add Efficiency by Growth
The New York Times reports on the success of EMCF's pilot to raise growth capital up-front for grantees.
December 21, 2007
