The Federal Shared Youth Vision Partnership

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The Federal Shared Youth Vision Partnership

• http//www.doleta.gov/ryf/

A Federal Partnership between the Corporation for
National community Service the United States
Departments of Education, Health and Human
Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice,
and Labor and the United States Social Security
Administration.nd-Drive Economy
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Creating a Collaborative Approach to Prepare
Youth for Success in a Global, Demand-Driven
Economy

• In response to the 2003 White House Task Force
  Report for Disadvantaged Youth, a Federal
  Interagency Work Group was created to
• enhance communication, coordination, and
  collaboration among Federal agencies and
• ensure that well-designed and coordinated
  programs provide the neediest youth opportunities
  to successfully transition to adult roles and
  responsibilities.

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Objectives

• Develop and coordinate policy, within existing
  policy structures, to address the needs of our
  neediest youth
• Maximize interagency collaborations to utilize
  the significant expertise within specific Federal
  agencies
• Develop innovative approaches that efficiently
  and effectively respond to serving youth
• Enhance the quality of service delivery and
  improve efficiencies
• Improve the outcomes for the youth we serve

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Disability Program Navigator (DPN)

• ETA and the SSA have jointly funded the
  establishment of a new position, the Disability
  Program Navigators, within One-Stop Career
  Centers.
• This demonstration project was initiated in 2002
  in 17 states.
• By the end of December, 2006, there will be
  approximately 450 DPNs in 30 states and the
  District of Columbia.

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DPN Initiative

• By January, 2006, this Initiative will be
  expanded to the remaining states and territories
• DPNs guide One-Stop Career Center staff in
  helping people with disabilities navigate the
  complex provisions of various programs that
  impact their ability to gain/retain employment
• DPNs are serving youth with disabilities in the
  One-Stop Career Centers

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DPN (Continued)

• DPNs are facilitating the transition of youth
  with disabilities to obtain employment and
  economic self-sufficiency
• DPNs are being linked with the 16 State Youth
  Teams
• DPN Initiative is assisting with implementing the
  Youth Vision
• For a list of state DPN contacts and effective
  strategies www.onestoptoolkit.org

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Federal Youth Vision Partners

• US Department of Education
• US Department of Health Human Services
• US Department of Housing Urban Development
• US Department of Justice
• US Department of Labor
• Social Security Administration
• Corporation for National Community Service

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COLLABORATION
IS THE KEY! Working together the Federal
Partners have
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Prioritized investments for

• Youth in foster care or aging out of foster care
• Children of incarcerated parents
• Court involved youth or those at-risk of
  involvement
• Migrant youth
• Youth with disabilities
• Native American youth
• Homeless and runaway youth
• Out of school youth
• High school drop-outs

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Regional Youth ForumsConvened in 2004 to

• Communicate the shared vision and commitment to
  collaboration
• Facilitate the creation of state/tribal teams
  cross-agency systems to better serve the neediest
  youth through leveraging resources and policy
  alignment
• Develop strategies for Federal support of the
  interagency teams
• 51 states and territories attended the forums
  and began work on their Shared Youth Vision

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State challenges and Federal opportunities
identified

• The need for information on resources and
  services across programs/agencies
• Engagement of state/tribal leadership
• Models for collaboration
• Common message/common language
• Continued support of teams

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Regional Forum Follow-up in 2005 included

• Letters to the Governors encouraging support of
  the new Shared Youth Vision
• An email system youthfed.team_at_dol.gov to
  effectively disseminate information and
  correspond with teams
• The Crosswalk of Key Federal Program Definitions
  and Program Policies designed to address policy
  issues that present obstacles to cross-agency
  collaboration

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Forum Follow-up, Cont.

• The development of a Federal Funding Matrix to
  provide states information on funding from each
  of the Federal agencies in their individual
  states.
• The creation of a Federal/State Bench-Marking
  Tool to provide teams with broad principles to
  assist them in gauging the effectiveness of their
  collaborative efforts.
• A new website for Federal and state/tribal team
  partners to obtain information and receive
  updates on current efforts.

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• The Federal Partnership is Moving Forward!

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In 2006, the Federal Partnership is Moving
Forward

• A second set of youth forums held in September
• Sixteen teams chosen to attend these Advanced
  Level Technical Assistance Youth Vision Forums.
• Teams received assistance in aligning resources,
  staffing, barriers and challenges, resource
  mapping, and identifying specific interagency
  goals and objectives as a result of the work
  completed during these forums.

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Moving Forward

• 16 Teams attended Advanced Forums and will have
  an opportunity to compete to become a Pilot
  Team.
• Pilot Teams will receive specialized technical
  assistance designed to advance their
  individualized strategic plan and may receive
  funding to advance their team to the next level
  of collaboration in serving its neediest youth.

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Moving Forward

• A Federal interagency Solutions Desk
• technical assistance to address questions and
  overcome limitations.

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Moving Forward

• The Partnership will also work with teams to
  develop strategies that assist them in attracting
  new partners and leveraging resources by
  expanding their collaboration through the
  engagement of business and industry as well as
  foundations.

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Resources

• White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth
  Final Report, October 2003
• http//www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/content/docs
  /white_house_taskfforce.pdf
• New Strategic Vision for the Delivery of Youth
  Services Under the Workforce Investment Act.
  (Training Guidance Letter No 3-04,
• http//wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL3-04.
  pdf
• TEGL 28-05 Expanding ETAs Vision for the
  Delivery of Youth Services Under WIA to Include
  Indian and Native American Youth and Youth with
  Disabilities.
• http//wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOC
  N2224