This document summarizes a briefing on connecting disadvantaged youth to opportunities in DC. It maps funding from 9 city agencies and 17 programs for disconnected youth. There are opportunities for improved collaboration between agencies and coordination of resources. Most funding is for short-term summer programs rather than quality year-round programming that is needed. Special populations like CFSA/DYRS and parenting youth receive limited support. The briefing recommends that philanthropy incentivize partnerships, supplement public funding for transition services, provide multi-year grants, and help build partners' reporting capacity.

1. Connecting Youth to Opportunity
Funder Briefing April 16, 2014
DC Alliance of Youth Advocates in partnership with
The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
A Resource Map of the District’s Disconnected Youth Dollars

2. Connecting Youth to Opportunity:
Structure and Scope
Sources
•2012-2013 Agency budgets
•Budget hearing responses
Analysis
•9 Agencies
•17 Programs
Limitations
•Budget transparency
•Data collection on service utilization
Findings
•Opportunities for collaboration
•Need for year-round investments in workforce
•Limited developmentally-appropriate services

3. Connecting Youth to Opportunity:
Collaboration and Coordination
Collaborative Funding: Cross-Agency
Partnerships Remain Limited
• Example:
• DOES
o OSSE
o UDC/CCDC
Opportunities for Coordination of Resources
• Example:
• TANF
o UDC-CCDC

4. Connecting Youth to Opportunity:
Quality Year-Round Programming
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
2012 2013 2014 2015
Year Round Programming SYEP Funding
Youth vs. Adults in AFE
Youth Adults
SYEP vs. Year-Round Funding

5. Connecting Youth to Opportunity:
Special Populations
Under-
resourced
youth struggle
to succeed in
educational
programs
Fail to realize
appropriate
levels of
educational
attainment
Lack
opportunities
for entry-level
employment
Cannot find,
and keep living
wage or stable
employment
Experience
multiple,
increasingly
prolonged periods
of disconnection
CFSA/DYRS
• Pre-transition aged youth
• Transition aged youth
• Alumni supports
DHS
• Pregnant and parenting youth
Bridge Supports
• Key transition points: programmatic
transitions due to skill or age
Youth Friendly Systems
• Accessible and approachable

6. Age Bands Served
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Workforce SYEP
PYAP
WIC- OSY
Adult Job
Training
Education
Alternative
Ed
Adult Ed
Human
Services
TANF
Employment
TANF Tuition
CFSA/ DYRS
Other
Youth Build

7. Connecting Youth to Opportunity:
Considerations for Philanthropy
Incentivize Partnerships and Bridge Supports
• Inter-agency, Agency:CBO, and CBO:CBO
• Social services supports
Supplement Public Funding
• Transition services/alumni supports
• Pilot programs/scaling up proven programming for under served populations
Multi-Year Funding
• Buffer community partners from somewhat volatile government funding
• Recognize the length of time needed to make demonstrable change
Build Reporting Capacity
• Increasingly necessary for government funding, but little capital to build those
resources from government

8. Connecting Youth to Opportunity
Discussion
and
Questions
Full Report Available At:
www.dc-
aya.org/news/dyfundingmap
www.cfncr.org