Inter-Agency Projects
This page contains links to Web sites, documents and reports that outline important inter-agency projects undertaken with other state, federal and non-profit agencies over a wide range of topics that advance our Shared Vision for Youth.
PROJECT C3: CONNECTING YOUTH TO COMMUNITIES AND CAREERS
The project helps youth, families and professionals find appropriate resources to help youth transition from school to work and community life.
Project C3 Overview
Project C3 General Resources
Project C3 Interactive Resource Map
Best Practices: Youth Resource Mapping Internships
DROPOUT PREVENTION, RETENTION AND GRADUATION
Information on the efforts of the Minnesota Department of Education and others to ensure that at-risk students stay in school.
Overview and Resources
Listening to New Voices: Youth Voices on Staying in School and Dropout Prevention in Minnesota Report.
Journey to Completion: Strategies for Success in High School, a video from Minnesota Department of Education.
ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN MINNESOTA
Here you'll find information on how government and nonprofit agencies are working to combat homelessness.
Ending Long-Term Homelessness in Minnesota
Minnesota Interagency Task Force on Homelessness: Mission Statement
Wilder Research: Documentaries, Reports and Studies on Homeless in Minnesota
NGA POLICY ACADEMY ON YOUTH TRANSITIONING OUT OF FOSTER CARE
Here you'll find a wide variety of information about the efforts underway to ensure that youth in foster care can succeed on their own.
Implementation Plan
Youth Corner is a Web site to help Minnesota's youth, families, youth workers, and others to locate needed transition services.
Transition Services - Best Practices Guide
Transition Bulletin No. 09-68-01
Coordination with Youth Workforce Systems
Here you'll find information on how WorkForce Center Systems are addressing programs for youth transitioning out of foster care.
Anoka County WorkForce Center
Rural Minnesota CEP, Inc.
Southeastern Minnesota - Workforce Development, Inc
Southwest Minnesota
Youth Engagement
Here you'll find information on how we're involving youth in the decisions that affect their futures.
Youth Leadership Councils
Juvenile Justice
Here you'll find information on how we're working together to help put young offenders back on the path to success.
Assisting Young Offenders in Re-Entering the Community
Reaching Youth in Juvenile Diversion Programs
Serving Young Offenders: Youthbuild Model
Health
Here you'll find information on efforts to improve and safeguard adolescent health and prevent teen pregnancies among foster children.
Adolescent Health E-Newsletter is a monthly publication from the Minnesota Department of Health covering adolescent health/youth development related research, data, resources, learning and funding opportunities.
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy provides tips for foster parents to help foster children avoid teen pregnancy.
Foster Care Guides
Many resources are available focused on the Fostering Connections Act passed by Congress. These guides inform our interagency work.
Interactive Casey Family Programs Fostering Connections Act:.
The National Foster Care Coalition’s (NFCC) FAQ
Fostering Connections Resource Center has information to help states implement the Fostering Connections Act
Negotiating the Curves Towards Employment: A guide About Youth Involved in the Foster Care System.
Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Identifying Strategies and Best Practices
Connected By 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth.
COOPERATIVE YOUTH SERVICE STRATEGIES AND BEST PRACTICES
Here you'll find information that taps into the collective wisdom and experience of youth services practitioners.
2009-2010 Outreach to Schools Annual Report
2008-2009 Outreach to Schools Annual Report
Career Connect E-Letter May 2011 Issue (WSA 08 - Workforce Development, Inc.)
Cooperative Youth Service Strategies and Best Practices from Local Workforce Investment Boards (April 2008)
WIA Youth and Job Corps Coordination Strategies
Junior Achievement and Workforce System Collaboration
REGIONAL CAREER INFORMATION
One of the goals of Minnesota's Shared Vision for Youth Pilot activities is the development of regional career information Web sites, such as the following:
Central Region
Headwaters Region
North Central Region
Northwest Region
West Central
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
The Community Transportation Association of America has published four briefs on the issue of youth employment and transportation. Minnesota is featured in Brief Number Two, because it has been particularly active in pursuing solutions to support youth employment. Download the briefs.