NSW Family Services Performance Report (NSW, Australia) This report includes an excellent set of performance measures, an honest assessment of the story behind the numbers, an action plan, plus a Data Agenda, Research Agenda and Policy Agenda. Download the complete PDF here.
Turning the curve on Positive Youth Shelter Discharges
Turning the curve on Positive Youth Shelter Discharges from the Spectrum Youth and Family Services Homeless Shelter in Burlington, Vermont: Trine Bech, authored this paper summarizing the exceptional work of the shelter staff and residents using Results Accountability methods to turn a declining trend in rate of positive exits for young people from the shelter. A key to their success …
Turning the Curve on Positive Discharges from Spectrum Youth and Family Services Homeless Shelter
Section I. In the Beginning: Spectrum Youth and Family Services is a community-based youth service agency with community outreach, shelter, transitional living, educational and substance abuse treatment programs serving approximately 2600 youths per year. The youth homeless shelter serves as an entry point for short term, temporary supported housing, where the youth identifies how they got to be homeless and …
18 Years of Building Community on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia
The Working Bee. Whian Whian is a very small rural community located approximately 25Kms from Lismore on the Far North Coast of NSW. The population would struggle to exceed 150 people. There is a very small primary school (16 kids) and a community hall across the road from the school that is managed by the community. The majority of the …
Turning Curves, Achieving Results
Five Annie E. Casey Foundation Fellows (Craig Levine, Molly McGrath, Brenda Donald, Dennis Campa and Yolie Flores Aguilar) describe their successes using Results Accountability to measurably improve the well-being of children and families in Essex County, NJ, Chicago, IL, Washington, DC, San Antonio TX, and Los Angeles County, CA. Don’t miss the inspiring introduction by Molly McGrath. Download the Complete …
A Recreation Entitlement
A Recreation Entitlement 1. The Idea: One of the reasons so many kids get into trouble is because they have nothing better to do. Fly into an American city on a warm summer afternoon and count the baseball fields. Now count the fields with children on them – few, if any. Where are the children? Children need and deserve recreation programs …
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