City-Schools Youth Planning Initiative - Phase Two

Cities are encouraged to apply for a new technical assistance project sponsored by the YEF Institute on the implementation of comprehensive agendas or plans for children and youth.  Proposals are due by Aug. 10, 2007. 

These plans may focus on specific issue areas, or may be community-wide youth master plans.  Supported by the MetLife Foundation, the project will offer access to national experts on city-school partnerships, youth development and youth master planning, networking opportunities with municipal leaders from other project cities, and customized assistance from the YEF Institute.  Strategies for engaging school officials and other youth will receive particular attention during the project. 

Four to six cities will be competitively selected by the Institute to participate.  Contact Leon Andrews at (202) 626-3039 or andrews@nlc.org with questions.

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City-Schools Youth Planning Initiative - Phase One

In 2005-2006, the MetLife Foundation City-Schools Youth Planning Initiative offered technical assistance to six cities to help them develop youth master plans.  The selected cities included:

• Charleston, S.C.
• Des Moines, Iowa
• Diamond Bar, Calif.
• Edmond, Okla.
• Lakewood, Ohio
• Minneapolis, Minn.

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Resources from the April 2006 cross-site meeting in Long Beach, Calif. »

For more information, visit the YEF Institute's Youth Master Planning page or contact Rebecca Makar at makar@nlc.org. 

Youth-City Connection Project

In Feb. 2004, the YEF Institute selected a diverse group of cities to receive technical assistance as part of the second year of its MetLife Foundation Youth-City Connection project. The 11 selected cities - chosen through a competitive process - received assistance based on their proposals and their city needs. These cities included Baltimore, Dallas, Denver, Fall River, Mass., Inkster, Mich., Niles, Ill., Nashville, Norfolk, Va., Philadelphia, Saginaw, Mich., and Salt Lake City.

In the first year of the project (2003), assistance was provided to 11 cities.  Selected from 67 applications, the following cities received individual assistance over an 8-month period:

Brookings, S.D.                  Caldwell, Idaho
Des Moines, Iowa               Fremont, Calif.
Galveston, Texas               Lawton, Okla.
Macon, Ga.                         Nashville, Tenn.
Newport News, Va.            Rock Hill, S.C.
Tucson, Ariz.