Engaging Student Support Service Providers in Higher Education
The Annie E. Casey Foundation & Third Sector Form a Learning Consortium to Scale Innovations in Workforce and Education/TrainingYouth & Young Adult Post-Secondary Success Convening in Baltimore on April 29-30th — Hosted and supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation and Third Sector staff led a two-day convening on how to align data, public funding, policy, and programs to improve outcomes for 18-24 year-old youth & young adults through community colleges’ platforms.
50+ attendees represented state departments of Labor, Education, and Human Services; workforce boards; community and technical colleges; service providers; universities; and state data centers from nine Southern and Southwestern states (AR, KY, MD, MS, NE, NM, RI, TX, & VA).
Each state formed a “team” of experts to work directly with Third Sector staff before and
New Video on D.E.I Recruitment Process Changes
Third Sector put together a short video to summarize our recent blog series, Strategies for Inclusively and Equitably Building a Diverse Team: Recruitment Process Changes. Third Sector Associate Joanna Kuang and HR Manager Danielle Antico take us through the three parts of the Recruitment Process Changes:
- Rewriting the Job Description
- Re-Evaluating the Summer Manager Compensation Package
- Restructuring the Interviews
After watching this video, please follow the links above for more detail, or contact Danielle Antico at dantico@thirdsectorcap.org
Integrated Data Systems and Outcomes-Oriented Contracting: A Powerful Combination for Improving OutcomesPart II
In Part I of this post, we described how outcomes-oriented contracting can leverage linked data to inform government spending and support better service delivery and outcomes for individuals, families, and communities. We also described how Integrated Data Systems (IDS) can supply the critical data needed throughout the outcomes-oriented contracting process. In this post, we dive deeper into outcomes-oriented contracting as a high-value use case for IDS– providing examples from the Empowering Families cohort, outlining key considerations for building IDS, and discussing opportunities to combine these two strategies to enhance your
Integrated Data Systems and Outcomes-Oriented Contracting: A Powerful Combination for Improving OutcomesPart I
Public agencies and their partners hold important, yet largely unused, administrative data on individuals, families, and communities. These data are routinely collected in the course of service delivery, and taken together, form a rich picture of people’s experiences and trajectories. The challenge is that all too often, each agency, department, or program only has access to one piece of a larger picture. When we start to bring these pieces together, important connections and opportunities are brought to light that can improve the lives of individuals and families.
For example, access to