Tools & Resources
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The State of City Leadership for Children and Families: Local Infrastructure for Children and Families Chapter (2009)
The YEF Institute's first-ever report on The State of City Leadership for Children and Families identifies the nation's most cutting-edge city strategies to help children and families thrive.
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The State of City Leadership for Children and Families: Youth in Transition Chapter (2009)
The YEF Institute's first-ever report on The State of City Leadership for Children and Families identifies the nation's most cutting-edge city strategies to help children and families thrive.
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The State of City Leadership for Children and Families: Youth Violence Prevention Chapter (2009)
The YEF Institute's first-ever report on The State of City Leadership for Children and Families identifies the nation's most cutting-edge city strategies to help children and families thrive.
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City Models for Coordinating Family Strengthening Efforts (2008)
This document highlights the various ways in which cities have provided coordination and collaboration among agencies serving young people and their families. The document focuses on mayor's offices for children, youth, and families, coordinating entities for community centers, interagency coordinating councils, nonprofit intermediaries, city departments, and local task forces.
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Implementing a Citywide Gang Violence Reduction Strategy (2008)
This strategy paper highlights comprehensive, citywide gang prevention initiatives in San Jose, San Bernardino, and Santa Rosa, Calif. These strategies are derived from lessons that emerged from the first year of the California Cities Gang Prevention Network.
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Beyond City Limits: Cross-System Collaboration to Reengage Disconnected Youth (2007)
This case study report highlights eight cities in which municipal leaders are collaborating across public systems on behalf of disconnected youth. The report highlights the importance of mayoral leadership, the need for an effective coordinating body, and accountability structures and the use of data to ensure results.
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A City Platform for Strengthening Families and Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth (2005)
The two-part platform, developed by NLC's Council on Youth, Education, and Families, urges every city and town to take concrete steps on behalf of children, youth, and families. The platform identifies the "essential infrastructure" needed for sustained progress on behalf of children, youth, and families, and offers a menu of ideas and action steps that cities of any size can take in each of seven issue areas. Nearly 100 cities formally adopted and implemented recommendations from the platform.
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Strengthening America's Families: An Agenda for Municipal Leaders (2004)
This agenda booklet offers policy and program options, as well as a broad range of action steps for local officials seeking new ways of doing business that will lead to better outcomes for children, families, and their neighborhoods. The book encompasses a brief statement on "What Municipal Leaders Must Do" and provides a menu of suggested action steps to connect families to economic opportunities, effective services and supports, and social networks.
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Municipal Leadership for Your City's Families (2002)
This report reflects on the experiences of cities and towns across the country that are working to put families first. The articles in the report are based on the content of the 2002 National Summit on Your City's Families, which was held in Minneapolis, Minn., on May 1-4, 2002.
