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		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.

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.

		Tools for Workforce Practitioners Newly Available for Download!

Four guides previously offered only in hard copy are now available for download: netWORKS offers practical ideas on how organizations can incorporate networking into their programs for low-income job seekers; Job Development Essentials and Employment Retention Essentials aim to help job developers improve placement and retention; and Here to Stay provides businesses with hands-on advice for hiring, retaining and advancing hourly-wage workers.

		Mentoring Former Prisoners: A Guide for Reentry Programs

By Renata Cobbs Fletcher and Jerry Sherk with Linda Jucovy November 2009, 90 pages This manual draws on the experience of the 11 sites involved in P/PV's Ready4Work prisoner reentry demonstration, as well as established best practices, to provide guidelines for practitioners interested in developing mentoring programs to support former prisoners and enhance the effectiveness of other reentry services.

Overview


P/PV is fortunate to collaborate with committed practitioners around the country—evaluating their programs, working together to identify challenges and best practices, and replicating effective models. From this experience, we distill lessons about effective program strategies and compile them in reports, toolkits, curricula, workshops and conferences, all designed to help service-delivery organizations more effectively fulfill their individual missions. More >>

Publications for Practitioners

Navigating the Child Support System: Lessons from the Fathers at Work Initiative
Navigating the Child Support System provides a basic introduction to child support enforcement and shares tips, tools and cautions for workforce organizations that aim to help noncustodial fathers understand and manage their obligations. It is based on the experiences of sites that participated in the Fathers at Work initiative.

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Using Data for Success: Five Activities for Workforce Managers to Use with Frontline Staff
Commissioned by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and based on input from its grantees and other practitioners, Using Data for Success is designed to help workforce development organizations use data to improve their performance and the well-being of their clients.

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How Community-Based Organizations Can Learn about the Needs and Strengths of Disconnected Young People: Hudson Guild of New York City's Youth Survey Effort
In Fall 2007, Hudson Guild embarked on a study to assess the needs of youth in their community who were disconnected or at risk of becoming disconnected. This brief provides the survey they conducted in its entirety and a companion decision-making tool that can be utilized by other organizations interested in undertaking a similar effort.

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Initiatives for Practitioners

Evaluation of Financial Management in Out-of-School Time
This initiative seeks to strengthen the financial-management practices of out-of-school-time programs by evaluating two distinct capacity-building strategies.

Ready2Thrive: A Resource Center & Practitioners' Network
P/PV has received support from the Ford Foundation to create Ready2Thrive, a web-based practitioners' network for organizations working to improve outcomes for African American, Latino and other young males of color who are at high risk for poor economic, educational, social and health-related outcomes.

Sector Strategies Practicum
Funded by the New York City Workforce Innovation Fund, the practicum will assist selected New York City organizations in the development of practical plans for launching or strengthening sectoral approaches.

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