CURRENT EVENTS
REGISTER NOW! Youth Rally at the State Capitol - March 3, 2011
The Rally for Youth Day at the Capitol will be on Thursday, March 3, 2011. The highlight of the event will be the Rally for Youth in the Rotunda at 12:00 p.m and meetings with state legislators. There will be capitol tours, committee hearings, and a few other events for youth to participate in throughout the afternoon.
Organizations that would like to participate must apply in advance to attend, and must apply in groups of adults and youth. Organizations working with homelessness, mentoring, out of school time, youth intervention, workforce development and juvenile justice OR those who believe in the need for a comprehensive youth system of services are invited to attend the rally. Applications will be available beginning mid-December and will be due January 21.
Participating organizations will be asked to help prepare youth ahead of time for their involvement in the event, including helping youth prepare for meetings with their legislators. For more information, please contact Matt Steele at Youth Community Connections at 612-627-0157 or matt@youthcommunityconnections.org.
PAST EVENTS/MEETING MATERIALS
10-10-10 March and Rally for Minnesota's Children and Youth
On October 10, 2010 Youth Community Connections (YCC) will join the Young Leaders of Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota, along with other key youth organizations, in a march and rally for Minnesota’s youth. The event will take place from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM at the Minnesota State Capitol. Attendees will converge on the state capitol delivering ten specific messages to civic leaders, policy makers, and candidates running in the upcoming state elections. There will be justice music by locally known groups, a celebrity keynote address, short speeches by civic leaders, clergy and youth. Gubernatorial candidates have been invited and will be given a few minutes to say how they would address the ten focus issues. The rally will end with a challenge for change to give all Minnesota youth a fair start at life. Please consider joining YCC under the out-of-school time tent as we highlight the benefits of out-of-school time learning opportunities for Minnesota’s youth. You can help by:
- Volunteering with YCC to help make the 10-10-10 event a success
- Having your organization join YCC under the out-of-school time tent to help promote the importance of after school and summer learning opportunities.
- Recruiting youth and their families to march for Minnesota’s youth on October 10, 2010
Clik here to see a tentative agenda and volunteer opportunities. If you would like to volunteer, partner with YCC under the out-of-school time tent, recruit youth and their families to help promote the importance of high quality after school and summer learning opportunities or have any questions, please contact Matt Steele at 612-627-0157 or matt@youthcommunityconnections.org or Ceil Meade at 612-627-0160 or ceil@youthcommunityconnections.org.
Measuring Program Quality in Out-of-School Time - November 10, 2010
Youth Community Connections is hosting a field building conversation Measuring Youth Program Quality: Making Quality Matter on November 10, 2010 from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Nicole Yohalem, from the Forum of Youth Investment, will kick off this conversation with providers and stakeholders of out-of-school time opportunities as well as policy and decision leaders. Together we will learn and discuss how program-level measurement leads to quality programming and improved outcomes for children and youth. Participants will learn key indicators of program quality, discuss strategies and tools for assessing and improving program quality, and learn strategies to engage decision and policy makers in quality movement.
The convening will take place at the Neighborhood House in the Gymnasium. The Neighborhood House is located at 179 Robie Street East, St. Paul, MN 55107.
Admission is free but you must register by Wednesday, November 3, 2010!
Contact Ceil Meade, ceil@youthcommunityconnections.org or 612-627-0160, and please provide your name, organization, email and phone number.
Key Strategies for Effectively Cultivating Corporate Support
Join Youth Community Connections (YCC)
and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW)
for a Webinar on April 19, 2010!
Domenic Giandomenico of the Institute for a Competitive Workforce will discuss best practices for approaching local business leaders to solicit their support for afterschool programs. This webinar will discuss issues such as how to frame your organization, identifying various sources of corporate support, and how to make the proper ask that will help your afterschool program thrive.
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PDF PRESENTATION SLIDES: Key Strategies for Effectively Cultivating Corporate Support
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
A Special Meeting for Youth Funders:
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR QUALITY IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:
WHAT FUNDERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RESEARCH & PRACTICE
Join your peers to learn how we can improve outcomes for children and youth
by focusing on quality practice and programs through grant making.
When: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 • 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Where: Xcel Energy: 414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Meeting Objectives:
Learn about Minnesota’s quality framework for youth development and its relevance to funding.
Understand the research that supports quality practice and programs.
Identify practical applications of quality principles and tools to your grant making.
Program Featuring:
Deborah Moore
Making Quality Matter: Our Shift from Research to Action - PDF
Deborah Moore is the Operations Director for Youth Work
Institute (YWI) at the University of Minnesota Extension Center
for Youth Development.
Dr. Charles Smith
Quality in Out of School Time: Experimenta Evidence and Emerging Policies & Practices - PDF
Charles Smith is Executive Director of David P. Weikart Center for
Youth Program Quality (CYPQ) and Vice President of Research for The Forum for Youth Investment.
Minnesota Funders
Funders Use Minnesota’s Quality Framework
Marjorie Grevious of the Greater Twin Cities United Way, Sheila Oehrlein of the Minnesota Department of Education and Denise Mayotte of The Sheltering Arms Foundation, share how their organization/department is attempting to improve outcomes for children and youth by focusing on quality practice and programs through grant making.
YCC's Bi-Annual Meeting - Youth Program Quality Research:
National Findings and Local Implications
May 1, 2009 ~ 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.,
McNamara Alumni Center, Memorial Hall, U of M, Minneapolis
Dr. Charles Smith, director of HighScope's Center for Youth Program Quality will present research findings on improving youth program quality. Youth Community Connections and the University of Minnesota Extension's Youth Work Institute are co-sponsoring this event. Attend this event in person OR view via a live web broadcast (morning session only)! This event is FREE and open to the public.
Meeting Objectives:
-Hear findings from national and Minnesota studies on youth program quality
-Understand implications for improving program quality
-Learn about funding streams that support out-of-school time programming
-Hear findings from Minnesota cost study and understand implications for quality improvement
CLICK HERE to register today!
The Afterschool Formula: Bringing It All Together
Sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Education
November 13, 2008
Ramada Inn Northwest
6900 Lakeland Avenue
Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
It was great to see so many of you at our bi-annual meeting on November 13th. Thank you for attending!
Click on the links below to view materials from each session.
YCC Policy Work: ADVOCATING FOR AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES - Laura LaCroix-Dalluhn, Youth Community Connections
Session A: BUILDING EFFECTIVE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS - Corporate Voices for Working Families (Linda Roundtree, Jennifer Weber)
Afterschool Toolkits and other resources developed by Corporate Voices for
Working Families are available online
free-of-charge to help afterschool advocates - local providers or statewide
networks - navigate the business world and form lasting partnerships. A
nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, Corporate Voices represents the private
sector on public policy issues involving working families and facilitates
research in the areas of workforce readiness (afterschool, early childhood
education and youth transitions), family economic stability and workplace
flexibility. Collectively its 50 partner companies, with annual net revenues
of more than $1 trillion, employ more than 4 million individuals throughout
all 50 states.
Session B: AFTERSCHOOL COST STUDY - Jack Tamble, Chair, Youth Community Connections' Strategic Leadership Team
EXPLORING THE COSTS OF OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS IN MINNESOTA - Executive Summary
Session C: EXPLORING SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME OPPORTUNITIES IN MINNESOTA - Ann Lochner, University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Youth Development
Session D: ADVOCATING FOR AFTERSCHOOL - Michael Messinger, Youth Community Connections
Branches of Minnesota Government
Heckman
How a Bill Becomes a Law - MN - Part I
How a Bill Becomes a Law - MN - Part 2
Message Triangle
Vandell
YCC Afterschool Messages
Workforce Development
STEM
Quality Matters in Afterschool and Summer Learning Programs
Summer Learning
Session E: TAPPING INTO THE POWER OF YOUTH: YOUTH ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES - Beki Saito and Terri Sullivan, University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Youth Development
Session F: PROMOTING QUALITY PROGRAMMING IN AFTERSCHOOL - Joyce Walker, Deborah Moore, University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Youth Development, Youthwork Institute
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