Transitioning to Implementation MAYOR PEDRO E. SEGARRA Welcome - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Collaborative Meeting May 29, 2014 Transitioning to Implementation

MAYOR PEDRO E. SEGARRA Welcome www.YouthReconneCT.org

KIM OLIVER Progress to Date www.YouthReconneCT.org

Collaborating for Impact Progress to date Implementation Goal Engaged 40 organizations • • Evolve from good with 24 organizations information sharing and signing a MOU networking group to being Leveraged partner • a change agent relationships with employers Partners put resources on • the table to support joint efforts Built an operational • structure to manage the collaborative’s work www.YouthReconneCT.org

Formalizing Youth Leadership Progress to Date Implementation Goal • Learned from 37 youth in • Empower youth with focus groups leadership training that addresses their challenges • Informed by survey of 269 and provides youth opportunities to • Designed and developed a transform economic youth leadership liabilities to economic development training opportunities program www.YouthReconneCT.org

Youth Leadership Training Key Components Targeted Outcomes • Core principles of youth • Certification development • Empowerment • Training designed to • Advocacy empower youth to take on • Mentorship leadership roles • Support for youth career training • Presentations at regional and national youth leadership conferences www.YouthReconneCT.org

Building Effective Pathways Progress to Date Implementation Goals Supported and enhanced Build systems capacity to • • career pathways programs scale up best and promising practices – Postsecondary Develop staff skills and – Construction • capacity to better serve OY – Health Care – Manufacturing Increase penetration and • participation of youth in key Designed a career pathway • sub-populations system that builds upon national models, emerging – Justice-involved youth lessons from our foundation – Young parents programs, and is customized – Youth in or transitioning from to meet our needs in Foster Care Hartford – Latino and Black/AA Males www.YouthReconneCT.org

Career Pathway System www.YouthReconneCT.org

Using Data to Guide Decisions and Assess Impact Progress to Date Implementation Goals • Analyzed a variety of data • Complete and distribute to gauge the level of the RBA benchmark reporting crisis in Hartford • Provide systems and staff • Rolled out Efforts to training and development Outcomes (ETO)™ to collect, aggregate and report participant-level data • Agreed upon a Result- Based Accountability framework www.YouthReconneCT.org

RBA Framework Indicators Result : Hartford Youth achieve educational success, are employed, and are self-sufficient. Educational Success Employment Self Sufficiency  % with an Associates’  Unemployment Rate  % at or above 300% of Primary Indicators degree or better Poverty Level Secondary  % at or above goal on 3rd  % employed  % students on free  Unemployment Rate Indicators grade CMT and reduced lunch  4 year graduation rate (18-24 years old)  % requiring remedial or  Labor Force developmental Participation Rates coursework in college Additional  % opportunity youth (% youth 16-24 that are not in school or working) Indicators  % youth that: – Do not have stable housing – Are parents – Are justice involved – Have a behavioral or mental health issue – Have a history of substance abuse 12 www.YouthReconneCT.org

RBA Framework Measures Result : Hartford Youth achieve educational success, are employed, and are self-sufficient. Strategies System Performance Measures (Cross program) Youth  Number and % of opportunity youth served Recruitment and  % of youth with identified case manager Engagement  % opportunity youth with employment plan Enriched  % opportunity youth needing GED/HS Diploma receiving GED or high Preparation school diploma  % of opportunity youth with a work experience before age  % of opportunity youth moving to training, college Occupational  % of those that move to credit-bearing college coursework Bridging  % of opportunity youth completing long-term training/apprenticeships  % of opportunity youth placed in permanent jobs Retention  % of youth served that remain enrolled in college or remain employed Supports 13 www.YouthReconneCT.org

Leveraging Funding to Support and Sustain Innovation Progress to Date Implementation Goals • Secured $100,000 from Raise $1 million in new, • unrestricted funding support Aspen systems building • Secured $100,000 from Create a funders • Hartford Foundation collaborative to align • Secured $10,000 from funding and invest in Berkshire Bank operations and innovative pilots to improve systems • Secured $7,500 from The that serve OY Fund for Greater Hartford Influence policymakers to • • Aligned $721,684 in WIA create a line item in the Youth funding State budget for OY www.YouthReconneCT.org

Creating Policy and Systems Alignment Progress to Date Implementation Goals • Leveraged existing efforts • Advocate for coordinated to identify opportunities approach to serving OY and promote policy, involved in multiple practice, and legislative systems change www.YouthReconneCT.org

Policy & Systems Alignment www.YouthReconneCT.org

Scaling Up & Sustainment • What are some best/promising practices we have observed this year? • How can we build awareness of these practices? • How can we increase the adoption, replication, and scaling up of these practices? www.YouthReconneCT.org

Change Agent • How can we use our collective influence on system leaders? • What changes in our environment must we consider in our efforts? • What would be the most effective way to interact with each other to ensure we can affect system change? www.YouthReconneCT.org

Wrap Up & Final Thoughts www.YouthReconneCT.org

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