Public/Private Ventures: Reports on Workforce and Youth Development

Public/Private Ventures has a series of reports available for free download which deal with programs and policies for youth-out-of-school and workforce development. From their web site:

Public/Private Ventures is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults. In carrying out this mission, P/PV works with philanthropies, the public and business sectors, and nonprofit organizations.

Their report, Getting It Right: Strategies for After-School Success is a discussion of approaches for after-school programs.

This report synthesizes the last 10 years of findings from P/PV�s and other researchers� work to address one of the most demanding challenges facing today�s after-school programs�how to create and manage programs that stand the best chance of producing specific, policy-relevant outcomes. It examines recruitment strategies that attract young people to activities, the qualities that make activities engaging and motivate participants to attend regularly, and the infrastructure�staffing, management and monitoring�needed to support such activities. The report�s final chapter explores the fiscal realities of after-school programming, considering how administrators might stretch existing dollars to enhance services.

This is one of several reports available in.PDF format Link

Via the 5/18 Chronicle of Philanthropy