Thanks for bring this research to our attention. This should become part of information libraries used by people in different cities and states to better understand the problem of disconnected youth, and the prevention that needs to start in preschool, to reduce the number of youth who become part of this category.
As better information is available, it needs to be used to help elected leaders (and business and community leaders) build strategies that make age-appropriate youth supports available in geographic areas with large numbers of disconnected youth. Maps of political districts can show indicators, programs and potential assets. They can also show what an elected leader does and give reasons for re-election, or for a challenger to be elected. Here’s a PDF from my collection showing uses of maps by political leaders. https://www.scribd.com/doc/209978033/Using-Maps-to-Fill-Political-Districts-with-Needed-Youth-Programs
In addition to using geographic maps to show where the problem is most concentrated, concept maps need to be developed to show a sequence of actions/resources that need to become available in all of the districts with high poverty and a need for greater support systems for youth. This is one map from my collection. http://tinyurl.com/TMI-K-CareerMentoring
Finally, this information needs to be part of on-going network building and learning efforts. Just as faith communities meet weekly to review scripture, community action leaders need to call people together weekly to look at maps, blueprints, research and other information that helps them innovate ways to build and fund the support systems that would reduce the number of kids failing to reach their full potential.
Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB) in Olympia, WA has a powerful program that works with disconnected, disengaged high school youth. I’d love to see this approach spread! http://goodgrub.org/youth/grub-in-the-schools/
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BY Daniel Bassill
ON July 2, 2015 12:02 PM
Thanks for bring this research to our attention. This should become part of information libraries used by people in different cities and states to better understand the problem of disconnected youth, and the prevention that needs to start in preschool, to reduce the number of youth who become part of this category.
As better information is available, it needs to be used to help elected leaders (and business and community leaders) build strategies that make age-appropriate youth supports available in geographic areas with large numbers of disconnected youth. Maps of political districts can show indicators, programs and potential assets. They can also show what an elected leader does and give reasons for re-election, or for a challenger to be elected. Here’s a PDF from my collection showing uses of maps by political leaders. https://www.scribd.com/doc/209978033/Using-Maps-to-Fill-Political-Districts-with-Needed-Youth-Programs
In addition to using geographic maps to show where the problem is most concentrated, concept maps need to be developed to show a sequence of actions/resources that need to become available in all of the districts with high poverty and a need for greater support systems for youth. This is one map from my collection. http://tinyurl.com/TMI-K-CareerMentoring
Finally, this information needs to be part of on-going network building and learning efforts. Just as faith communities meet weekly to review scripture, community action leaders need to call people together weekly to look at maps, blueprints, research and other information that helps them innovate ways to build and fund the support systems that would reduce the number of kids failing to reach their full potential.
BY Steven Byers, Helping Human Systems
ON December 13, 2015 07:55 PM
Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB) in Olympia, WA has a powerful program that works with disconnected, disengaged high school youth. I’d love to see this approach spread! http://goodgrub.org/youth/grub-in-the-schools/
Steve Byers