Grounding Youth Well-Being in Community Context

A new action guide shows local coali­tions how to embed their community’s voic­es, val­ues and his­to­ry into every step of their work to improve pub­lic sys­tems for youth and fam­i­lies. From Peo­ple to Place and Pow­er: Coali­tions that Suc­ceed by Ground­ing Efforts in Com­mu­ni­ty Con­text is the fourth and lat­est in the Guid­ing Col­lec­tive Change series. The col­lec­tion of free, down­load­able action guides was devel­oped by the Edna Ben­nett Pierce Pre­ven­tion Research Cen­ter at Penn State with sup­port from the Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion. From Peo­ple to Place and Pow­er draws on lessons from six com­mu­ni­ties using the Foundation’s Evidence2Success^® frame­work. Their sto­ries show how local coali­tions used data and rela­tion­ships to dri­ve deci­sions that reflect the com­mu­ni­ties they serve and posi­tion them for last­ing change.

Amir François, a senior research asso­ciate at the Casey Foun­da­tion, explained: ​“This guide offers a pow­er­ful les­son: When coali­tions pri­or­i­tize com­mu­ni­ty wis­dom and expe­ri­ence along with data and evi­dence, the work is not only more rel­e­vant — it can real­ly have some impact.”

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