$4.7M in expenses

Youth program quality: the forum's weikart center for youth program quality (YPQ) provided public and private partners with tools, assessments, trainings, and coaching to improve the quality of youth experiences in out of school time (ost) programing from the ground up. Our signature youth program quality improvement (ypqi) approach harnesses the power of research evidence and the experience of practitioners. Our evidence-based materials and practices are customizable and scalable to our partners' program type, size, and setting.

$1.1M in expenses

Cross system consulting: cross-systems consulting engages state systems leaders to shape and strengthen youth development ecosystems to improve outcomes for children and youth. We do this by serving as a strategic thought partner honing systems leaders' ability to use data and gain insights across all outcomes, all systems, all leaders, and then create a strategy and roadmap for integrating solutions to maximize impact. Our leaders are boundary spanning, innovative systems thinkers who use their full sphere of influence to improve outcomes for children & youth. They include: public systems, multi-service agencies and youth-serving organizations at the state level; state governmental coordinating bodies; cross-sector partnerships, coalitions, and networks that support them.

$711K in expenses

Policy: the forum provides opportunity for convening and connection among all stakeholders including youth, families, communities, system leaders, practitioners, funders and policymakers.