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Patrick Mortiere; Melissa Johnson; Brooke DeRenzis; Jeannine LaPrad – National Skills Coalition, 2025
This policy playbook presents a comprehensive set of strategies aimed at empowering state policymakers, governors, and state agency leaders to cultivate a strong, diverse, and multigenerational workforce capable of driving the development and maintenance of our nation's new infrastructure. By implementing the following recommendations, state…
Descriptors: Empowerment, State Officials, State Agencies, State Government
Luesse, Hiershenee B.; Luesse, Joseph E. – Online Submission, 2019
This report presents best practices in wraparound care from three perspectives: the research perspective as reflected in empirical studies and non-empirical literature, professional knowledge and values generated from interviews with industry leaders, as well as consumer insights from clients of the Comprehensive Case Management program. The…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Poverty Programs, Caseworker Approach, Counselor Client Relationship
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Andresen, William; Dallapiazza, Margaret; Calvert, Matthew – New Directions for Youth Development, 2013
This chapter focuses on two remote rural communities that engaged young people in meaningful community development efforts to build social capital. One community connected youth to the assets of the community and created opportunities for young adults to strengthen social networks. The other created partnerships and networks to build…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Community Development, Citizen Participation, Social Capital
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Gallagher, Claire B. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2004
In the 'Our Town' project, 20 urban children designed and built an intervention in their neighborhood. The process involved extensive collaboration with the community at large and resulted in a park. This construction was developed in direct contrast to a more typical adult conception of a playground. Children's concerns in their design included…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Design, Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Improvement
Irby, Merita, Ed. – 2001
The International Learning Group on Youth and Community Development (ILG) was formed to examine the convergence of youth development and community development. In 1999, ILG commissioned a set of papers from young people involved in national efforts to engage youth in the political processes of their countries and brought ILG members together for a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Agents, Childrens Rights, Community Development
Ciolan, Lucian – 2001
The end of communist rule in Romania meant that the country's Rroma (Gypsy) population could affirm its ethnic and cultural identity. However, educational opportunities for Rroma children remain low. The following are among the many factors that have led to social exclusion of the Rroma in Romania: existing policy priorities; high unemployment and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Development