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ERIC Number: ED585943
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 24
Abstractor: ERIC
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Reshaping Workforce Development in Baltimore: Ensuring Community Voice and Expertise Guide Us
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has been working to improve education, job opportunities, health and neighborhoods for Baltimore's children and families. The Baltimore Civic Site team invested in a participatory research pilot to help internal staff and other local partners engage the authentic voices and experiences of young people in Baltimore within the context of workforce development. The Foundation recruited seven young adult community leaders as consultants to plan and implement this work. These consultants were given considerable freedom to set the scope of the project and design an engagement process they felt would genuinely connect with young Baltimoreans. Project goals were to: (1) help develop effective workforce interventions by enabling youth and young adults to respond openly and express their concerns, hopes and dreams; and (2) demonstrate the feasibility of bringing young adults and other community voices into the institutional decision making process. This report provides an overview of the feedback the Annie E. Casey Foundation gained from young people--both the interviewees and the consultants--as well as a road map for implementing similar research and engagement models. Ten recommendations resulting from the findings are included.
Annie E. Casey Foundation. 701 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. Tel: 410-547-6600; Fax: 410-547-6624; Web site: http://www.aecf.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Identifiers - Location: Maryland (Baltimore)
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