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Youth Programs Resource Center Audio Conference Series Archives

The Youth Programs Resource Center hosts a series of audio conferences for program leaders, intermediaries, policymakers and funders to share their valuable ideas and experiences on financing and sustaining youth initiatives. Please see below for background materials from past audio conference events.

Webinar for: 
Cutting Costs, Keeping Quality: Financing Strategies for Youth Serving Organizations in a Difficult Economy
 Tuesday, April 6, 2010 from 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST

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Webinar for: 
Effective Investments in Positive Youth Development: Implications of Research and Practice
 Tuesday, October 13, 2009 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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Audio Conference for 
Finding Resources to Support Mentoring Programs and Services for Youth
 Thursday, December 18, 2008 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

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Web Conference for
My Favorite Mistakes: Lessons from a Non-Profit Business Manager
Thursday, November 20, 2008 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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Financing and Sustaining
Youth and Afterschool Programs
in Rural Communities
Audio Conference*
August 21, 2008 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST

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Funding Sustainability and Long-Term Change
Audio Conference*
May 22, 2008 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST

Organized by Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families and co-sponsored by The Forum for Youth Investment and The Finance Project, this audio conference was intended for grantmakers to dialogue with other youth program funders across the country. The call focused on Innovative best practices used to increase the impact funders have for youth outcomes, both in terms of sustainability and program results. In addition, TFP's publication, Investing in the Sustainability of Youth Programs: An Assessment Tool Funders was also featured.

Speakers included:

  • Nicole Yohalam, Program Director, The Forum for Youth Investment

  • Robert LaVallee, Senior Program Associate, The Finance Project 

  • Lin Ishihara, Senior Program Officer, The W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation

  • Frank Mirabel, Title, New Mexico Community Foundation

Background materials included the Forum for Forum for Youth Investment’s with Big Picture Change: Philanthropic Efforts to Change the Odds for Children and Youth and The Finance Project’s Investing in the Sustainability of Youth Programs: An Assessment Tool for Funders.

Creating Dedicated Local and State Revenue Sources
for Youth Programs
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Monday, September 24, 2007

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Successful Public-Private Partnerships for Youth Programs
Audio Conference
July 25, 2007

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Thinking Broadly: Financing Strategies for Youth Programs
Audio Conference
May 23, 2007

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