Welcome to Public/Private Ventures

What's New

		Now Available: Updated After-School Resource Guide

P/PV has recently updated the online resource guide that accompanies Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens, a report commissioned by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health. Click here to view new research and tools designed to strengthen after-school programs, particularly those serving preteens.

P/PV Expert at Conference on Faith-Based Partnerships

On February 18, P/PV's Vice President for Youth Connections and Reentry, Renata Cobbs Fletcher, presented at a Brookings Institute conference on government partnerships with faith-based organizations. Ms. Cobbs Fletcher spoke about the intersection of social science theory and practice in faith-based work, analyzing the change in programs and policies from the Bush administration to the present.

		Nadya K. Shmavonian Begins Tenure as P/PV President

To read Ms. Shmavonian's first Message from the President, click here. To learn more about her experience in the nonprofit and philanthropy sectors, click here.

Congratulations to the Members of the 2010 sector strategies prac.ti.cum!

The sector strategies prac.ti.cum is a nine-month intensive experience designed to foster the development of sectoral partnerships in New York City by providing participants with an understanding of successful collaborations as well as support in developing their own approach. The members of this year's prac.ti.cum—which is focused on the healthcare sector—can be viewed here.

Mayor Cory Booker Highlights P/PV's Involvement in Newark Reentry Efforts

In a NJ Voices Guest Blog post, Mayor Cory Booker of Newark explores how New Jersey's promising anti-violence and prisoner reentry efforts have been supported by a broad coalition of "policy institutes, political leaders, activists and philanthropists from both sides of the political aisle," including nonpartisan organizations like Public/Private Ventures. P/PV is providing technical assistance around data collection and program implementation for Newark's citywide reentry initiative, based on lessons from Ready4Work.

Program Areas

Learn about our work in Employment, Crime Reduction and Reentry, Mentoring, Out-of-School Time, In-School Initiatives and Community Health.

How We Work

P/PV is a national leader in creating and strengthening programs that improve lives in low-income communities. We do this in three ways:

Innovation: We work with leaders in the field to identify promising existing programs or develop ones.
Research: We rigorously evaluate these programs to determine what is effective and what is not.
Action: We reproduce proven models in new locations, provide technical assistance where needed and inform policymakers and practitioners about what works.

Resources for:

Practitioners, Policymakers, Funders, Media

Message from the President

"I write with great excitement about joining Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) and am proud to follow a distinguished line of professionals and volunteers who have served the organization over the last 30 years. P/PV has demonstrated excellence consistently, through its historic focus on youth and workforce issues, and also through its creative yet rigorous approach to building evidence of what works and what does not to improve the lives of disadvantaged people..."

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