Competency Area VIII: Connection to Resources

VIII.1 Ability to identify a range of community resources (people, places, things, and money) that can assist youth

Learning Objectives

• VIII.1.1 Maintain an inclusive and cohesive updated list and descriptions of a range of community resources (people, places, things, and money) that can assist youth

Selected Activities

• Explore the Internet to find out if your community has an online community resource. If a map exists, list the advantages/disadvantages of these programs as they apply to your organizational needs

Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!

• Maintain an inclusive and cohesive updated list and descriptions of a range of community resources (people, places, things, and money) that can assist youth

Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners

• Crane, K. and Skinner, B. (2003). Community Resource Mapping: A Strategy for Promoting Successful Transition for Youth with Disabilities. National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET).
• National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (n.d.). NCSET Web Sites and Affiliated Web Sites.
• National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (n.d.). State Resources & Contacts.
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (n.d.). Blending and Braiding Funds and Resources: The Intermediary as Facilitator.
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (2002). How Young People Can Benefit from One-Stop Centers.
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (n.d.). Module 4: Linking and Leveraging - Microsoft Word , Module 4: Linking and Leveraging - Microsoft PowerPoint .
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (2005). The Right Connections: Navigating the Workforce Development System.

Other Resources

• Amos, Wally Website (n.d.). Amos Wally Website Links.
• National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (1996). Reconnecting Youth & Community: A Youth Development Approach.
• Waushara County Division of Cooperative Extension of the University of Wisconsin-Extension (2003). Hispanic/Latino Focus Group Report.

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VIII.2 Ability to create relationships and network with other community agencies and potential partners

Learning Objectives

• VIII.2.1 Develop, model and monitor creative relationships and networks with other community agencies and potential partners

Selected Activities

• List and describe current existing community agencies and partners
• List and describe possible/future community agencies and partners
• Take the Career Circuit A. Building Relationships/Developing Community Support tutorial

Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!

• Describe a plan or program possibilities to create relationships and network with other community agencies and potential partners

Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners

• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (n.d.). Module 4: Linking and Leveraging - Microsoft Word , Module 4: Linking and Leveraging - Microsoft PowerPoint .
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (2005). The Right Connections: Navigating the Workforce Development System.
• National Youth Employment Coalition (n.d.). PEPNet Online Index to Quality Practices, 2.4 (collaboration).

Other Resources

• Constitutional Rights Foundation. Promoting Civic Partnerships.

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VIII.3 Ability to market own program as a valuable resource to community and a viable partner

Learning Objectives

• VIII.3.1 Describe multiple strategies to market your program as a valuable resource to community and a viable partner

Selected Activities

• Review other marketing plans in the community

Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!

• Create a marketing plan for your initiative

Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners

• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (2005). Building, Developing, and Going to Scale.

Other Resources

• Community Toolbox. Marketing the Initiative to Secure Financial Support.

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VIII.4 Ability to build collaborative relationships and manage partnerships

Learning Objectives

• VIII.4.1 Describe multiple strategies to build collaborative relationships and manage partnerships

Selected Activities

• Find three organizations with similar interests that might benefit from collaboration
• Draft letters introducing your organization

Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!

• Initiate a collaborative effort with another organization

Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners

• Hodges, S., Nesman, T. & Hernandez, M. (1999). Promising practices: Building collaboration in systems of care, Volume VI.
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (n.d.). Blending and Braiding Funds and Resources: The Intermediary as Facilitator.
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (2004). Making the Connections: Growing and Supporting New Organizations: Intermediaries.
• National Youth Employment Coalition (n.d.). PEPNet Online Index to Quality Practices, 2.4 (collaboration).

Other Resources

• American Youth Policy Forum (1999). American Youth Policy Forum on Issues Affecting
  At-Risk and Out-of-School Youth.

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VIII.5 Knowledge about different funding streams for youth

Learning Objectives

• VIII.5.1 List and describe different updated funding streams for youth

Selected Activities

• Develop a presentation that includes local, state or regional, and national funding streams for the youth served by your organization. Include funding levels and information on available resources

Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!

• Can deliver a talk on multiple youth funding streams with little to no preparation

Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners

• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (n.d.). Module 4: Linking and Leveraging - Microsoft Word , Module 4: Linking and Leveraging - Microsoft PowerPoint .
• Relave, N. & Mendes, E. (2005, June). Finding funding: A guide to federal sources for workforce development initiatives.

Other Resources

• The Finance Project (2006). Finding Resources to Support Workforce Development for Youth Retrieved .
• New Ways to Work (2003). Funding Matrix for a Comprehensive Youth Serving System: A Directory of Funding Sources and Programs for Youth .

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VIII.6.D Knowledge of community intermediary organizations to assist with disability-specific supports and resources

Learning Objectives

• VIII.6.D.1 List and describe different updated community intermediary organizations that assist with disability-specific support

Selected Activities

• Research community intermediary organizations in your neighborhood

Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!

• Draft a standard operating procedure to involve community intermediary organizations in an effort

Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners

• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (2005). Building, Developing, and Going to Scale: Grant Funded Programs for Youth in Transition - Module 1: Collaboration and Relationship Building – Module 1 in PDF , Module 1 in MS Word .
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (2005). Facilitating Employer Engagement Among WIB Partners: A Role for Intermediaries.
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (2004). Making the Connections: Growing and Supporting New Organizations: Intermediaries.
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (n.d.). State Intermediary Grants.
• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (2005). The Right Connections: Navigating the Workforce Development System.

Other Resources

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Toolkit for Faith-Based and Community Organizations.
• World Institute on Disability. Making the Connections: Empowering Faith-based Asset Builders to Serve People with Disabilities.

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