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This policy brief identifies 10 innovative methods to finance services for children and youth. Some of these methods have been successfully implemented by communities while others are strategies that should be considered as we look to use all the tools available to prepare America's youth for the future.The policy brief is an important resource for policy and decision makers as well as community leaders working to serve children and youth. Access the full article here.

Through extensive interviews with leaders in the field about their experiences and reflections on the demands of their positions, this field study fills a gap in information about, and understanding of, what backbone leaders need in terms of competencies and skills as well as supports to effectively carry out these pivotal roles. This field study provides: An overview of the competencies that leaders considered of greatest importance for ensuring strong, sustainable backbone structures. A review of the supports that already exist for backbone leaders in developing these competencies

Success Planning pairs each child and youth with a caring adult Navigator to help them access tailored supports and opportunities—both in and out of school. This brief examines how states can facilitate and accelerate Success Planning to ensure that all children have clear and accessible pathways to well-being, educational attainment, and upward mobility Access the full article here.

This summer, we convened a diverse group of community leaders, researchers and a range of experts to both learn from and build local expertise in developing place-based solutions for children through two convenings: the 2022 By All Means Community Retreat and Transforming Place Through Neighborhood Leadership, hosted in partnership with the William Julius Wilson Institute at the Harlem Children’s Zone. This brief summarizes key takeaways from both events and is designed as a practical guide for communities building cross-sector systems of opportunity and support for their children and youth

“Every Student Known” has become the mantra of the Metro Nashville Public Schools (Metro Nashville), which pair students with a caring adult, called a Navigator, to ensure students feel known, cared for, respected, and supported. This commitment across the entire district originated as a response to Covid disruptions, but it has become a philosophy underpinning a personalized, relationship-based strategy—what EdRedesign calls Success Planning—for meeting students’ needs. This case study distills lessons from Metro Nashville’s experience in order to inform other school and community leaders

Education Reform Now (ERN) Massachusetts published a report looking back at the last 30 years of education reform. Three decades after passage of the groundbreaking Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993, a look back at what was accomplished — and what still needs to be done — to bring equity to all students in the Commonwealth. Access the full article here.

This video accompanies a case study chronicling the development and implementation of Metro Nashville Public Schools' Navigator initiative, which is designed to pair every student with a caring adult called a Navigator. View the case study and executive summary. Watch the video here .

During the third session in EdRedesign's Institute for Success Planning Virtual Learning Series, Metro Nashville Public Schools leaders participate in a lively panel discussion, sharing key lesssons on what it took to successfully implement their Navigator initiative, which seeks to ensure every child feels known, cared for, respected, and supported. For more information about Metro Nashville's Navigator initiative, view EdRedesign's case study, executive summary, and accompanying video. Watch the session recording.

This resource provides an overview about fiscal maps, which document and analyze the various sources of funding that support programs and services for children and youth in a state, city, or county. The map can include public dollars from federal, state, and local sources and sometimes private dollars from foundations and other philanthropies if appropriate. It answers a fundamental question: WHO invests HOW MUCH money and in WHAT?