Strategic Relationships Contribute to Cross-System Collaboration in Seattle's Generation Work Initiative

Autor/inn/en	Lantos, Hannah; Habteselasse, Sham; Moore, Kristin Anderson
Institution	Child Trends
Titel	Strategic Relationships Contribute to Cross-System Collaboration in Seattle's Generation Work Initiative
Quelle	(2021), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Labor Force Development; Partnerships in Education; Staff Development; Program Effectiveness; Job Training; Institutional Cooperation; Competition; Adult Education; Washington (Seattle) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Arbeitskräftebestand; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Wettkampf; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung
Abstract	Young adults' individual needs often differ from those of their peers in both minor and significant ways, and no single workforce training program model will meet the needs of all participants. While the workforce training system can best meet young people's various employment training needs through a vibrant network of partners and services, many staff in the workforce training system do not have a full picture of their potential partners or the services and supports available through other organizations. Additionally, young adults (ages 18-29) prepare to join the workforce in different ways and at different life stages, so they need different types of support than younger teenagers (ages 13-17). By helping staff get to know and trust one another across organizations, Generation Work has helped its Seattle local partnership develop a more coordinated and integrated system for youth and young adults who enter the system. Specifically, this brief describes how the Seattle partnership's work embodied a positive youth development (PYD) approach in two important ways. First, the partnership brought more organizations into city-wide conversations to make the employment system less siloed, which allowed individual staff members to better understand the strength(s) of other organizations. Second, it supported the improved identification of appropriate linkages and services for different young people--particularly for the sake of referring youth to programs suited to their needs--which helped young people better meet their goals. 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 Cleveland (ED613973), Hartford, Indianapolis (ED613935), and Philadelphia (ED613975). (ERIC).
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Update	2024/1/01