ERIC Number: ED504001
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Mar
Pages: 58
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Building Quality Improvement Systems: Lessons from Three Emerging Efforts in the Youth-Serving Sector
Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia; Yohalem, Nicole
Forum for Youth Investment
Quality is fast becoming a policy priority in states and localities around the country. As a result, formal and informal networks of youth organizations are seeking and developing strategies to help them assess and improve performance. This report takes a close look at efforts underway in three networks and provides a preliminary framework for thinking about key questions when planning any kind of program quality improvement work in the youth-serving sector. (Contains 9 figures.) [This report was written with Karen Pittman.]
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Improvement Programs, Change Strategies, Strategic Planning, Social Networks, Performance Technology, Job Performance, Program Design, Case Studies, Quality Control, Total Quality Management, Accountability, Intervention, Formative Evaluation, Organizational Change, Organizational Theories, Program Effectiveness
Forum for Youth Investment. The Cady-Lee House, 7064 Eastern Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20012-2031. Tel: 202-207-3333; Fax: 202-207-3329; e-mail: youth@forumfyi.org; Web site: http:// www.forumfyi.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
Sponsor: William T. Grant Foundation
Authoring Institution: Forum for Youth Investment
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