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ERIC Number: ED613973
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Apr
Pages: 11
Abstractor: ERIC
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Building Partnerships to Improve Employment Training Programs for Young Adults in Cleveland/Cuyahoga County
DeMand, Alex; Redd, Zakia; Lantos, Hannah; Moore, Kristin Anderson
Child Trends
Employment training organizations and agencies often work independently of each other, for reasons that may include interorganizational competition, limited knowledge of each other's strengths, separate funding streams, and lack of resources (both time and financial). To more effectively serve youth and young adults, many organizations could benefit from opportunities to develop collaborative approaches. For its Generation Work project, the Annie E. Casey Foundation focuses on increasing organizational collaboration across the employment training system. This case study focuses on how the local partnership in Cleveland/Cuyahoga County established a coalition across two organizations to better serve youth and young adults in the region. This case study describes the relational factors that helped two well-established employment training organizations in Cleveland, Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) and Towards Employment (TE), jointly develop a local Young Adult Resource Center (YRC). It also highlights how the YRC implemented positive youth development (PYD) approaches to better serve youth and young adults. This is one of five case studies that examine how local partnerships in the Generation Work initiative have scaled up and supported the use of PYD approaches in training programs for young people who seek high-quality training and employment. For the other case studies in this series, see Hartford, Indianapolis (ED613935), Philadelphia (ED613975), and Seattle (ED613974).
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Authoring Institution: Child Trends
Identifiers - Location: Ohio (Cleveland)
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