144
All nonprofit leaders in this study were
absolute in their decision to put youth first
and to protect them from excessive analysis,
data gathering, and surveys. It is important to
listen both to the youth and to the nonprofit
leaders as together they approve of the indicators and demographics that will both help
the youth and the nonprofits.
5. Targeting improvements for opportunity
youth and measuring progress using SDG
8.6 indicators may help communities more
accurately find opportunity youth which
enables the community, nonprofits, and local
and regional governmental units to then provide solutions and support.
6. Creating a path of articulated skills development with appropriate supports at every level
can guide youth from entry-level skills training programs to the acquisition of credentials
and degrees at an earlier age, giving them
more economic mobility.
7. Philanthropy must find a way to support the
SDG common indicators: as the most charitable state in the nation (Burd-Sharps and
Lewis 2013), Minnesota’s philanthropy
struggles to find common measures that can
help guide its government policies and problem-solving solutions. Many efforts have
and are being launched including this particular effort to create and implement protocols to capture common evidence-based data
using a multi- indicator/multi-sector model.
With expansion, it can galvanize the existence of a developed and operationalized
strategy for youth employment as part of
Minnesota’s overall workforce development
strategy.
8. Nationally, lessons from this study and the
development of a YSE model may assist nonprofits serving low-income, opportunity
youth and youth from communities of color
in other American cities, by reinforcing the
importance of youth-centered design.
9. While evidence-based challenges can and
did arise during implementation of this YSE
model, the lessons learned over the 36
months will inform the implementation and
replication of the SDG’s workforce indicators, and strategy 8.B.1 to create a specific
youth workforce development system by
nonprofits serving youth in other American
cities.
10. Tying the implementation of SDGs to public policy will help secure its implementation and ultimate success. The benefit to the
Twin Cities and other American cities to
develop a cohesive set of measurable indicators is that overall improvements can be
more successfully monitored and solutions
can be coordinated at both a micro and
macro level.
References
Ajilore O (2020) The persistent black-white unemployment gap is built into the labor market, The Center for
American Progress Sept 28, 2020
Anzilotti E (2018) American cities are failing on sustainable development, Fast Company https://www.
fastcompany.com/40582463/american-cities-are-failing-on-sustainable-development
Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN) Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG) Index and Dashboards 2017 edition
Burd-Sharps S, Lewis K (2013) One in seven: ranking
youth disconnection in the 25 largest metro areas.
Measure of America of the Social Science Research
Council SSRC, New York
Compass Points (2017). https://www.mncompass.org/_
pdfs/compass-points-2017.pdf
Delgado M (2004) Social youth entrepreneurship: the
potential for youth and community transformation.
Praeger, Westport
Fisher S, Graham M, Compeau M (2008) Starting from
scratch: understanding the learning outcomes of undergraduate entrepreneurship education. In: Harrison RT,
Leitch C (eds) Entrepreneurial learning: conceptual
frameworks and applications. Routledge, New York,
pp 321–356
Hermida A, Fergus M (2019) Educating for the Future.
2019 Update. Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
- ERIC
Kruse T (2015) Youth social entrepreneurship: advancing
the field. Sundance Family Foundation, Saint Paul.
Retrieved from www.sundancefamilyfoundation.org/
resources
Kruse T (2019) Making change: youth social entrepreneurship as an approach to positive youth and community development. NY Oxford Press, New York,
p 109
P. Thomas et al.
All nonprofit leaders in this study were
absolute in their decision to put youth first
and to protect them from excessive analysis,
data gathering, and surveys. It is important to
listen both to the youth and to the nonprofit
leaders as together they approve of the indicators and demographics that will both help
the youth and the nonprofits.
5. Targeting improvements for opportunity
youth and measuring progress using SDG
8.6 indicators may help communities more
accurately find opportunity youth which
enables the community, nonprofits, and local
and regional governmental units to then provide solutions and support.
6. Creating a path of articulated skills development with appropriate supports at every level
can guide youth from entry-level skills training programs to the acquisition of credentials
and degrees at an earlier age, giving them
more economic mobility.
7. Philanthropy must find a way to support the
SDG common indicators: as the most charitable state in the nation (Burd-Sharps and
Lewis 2013), Minnesota’s philanthropy
struggles to find common measures that can
help guide its government policies and problem-solving solutions. Many efforts have
and are being launched including this particular effort to create and implement protocols to capture common evidence-based data
using a multi- indicator/multi-sector model.
With expansion, it can galvanize the existence of a developed and operationalized
strategy for youth employment as part of
Minnesota’s overall workforce development
strategy.
8. Nationally, lessons from this study and the
development of a YSE model may assist nonprofits serving low-income, opportunity
youth and youth from communities of color
in other American cities, by reinforcing the
importance of youth-centered design.
9. While evidence-based challenges can and
did arise during implementation of this YSE
model, the lessons learned over the 36
months will inform the implementation and
replication of the SDG’s workforce indicators, and strategy 8.B.1 to create a specific
youth workforce development system by
nonprofits serving youth in other American
cities.
10. Tying the implementation of SDGs to public policy will help secure its implementation and ultimate success. The benefit to the
Twin Cities and other American cities to
develop a cohesive set of measurable indicators is that overall improvements can be
more successfully monitored and solutions
can be coordinated at both a micro and
macro level.
References
Ajilore O (2020) The persistent black-white unemployment gap is built into the labor market, The Center for
American Progress Sept 28, 2020
Anzilotti E (2018) American cities are failing on sustainable development, Fast Company https://www.
fastcompany.com/40582463/american-cities-are-failing-on-sustainable-development
Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN) Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG) Index and Dashboards 2017 edition
Burd-Sharps S, Lewis K (2013) One in seven: ranking
youth disconnection in the 25 largest metro areas.
Measure of America of the Social Science Research
Council SSRC, New York
Compass Points (2017). https://www.mncompass.org/_
pdfs/compass-points-2017.pdf
Delgado M (2004) Social youth entrepreneurship: the
potential for youth and community transformation.
Praeger, Westport
Fisher S, Graham M, Compeau M (2008) Starting from
scratch: understanding the learning outcomes of undergraduate entrepreneurship education. In: Harrison RT,
Leitch C (eds) Entrepreneurial learning: conceptual
frameworks and applications. Routledge, New York,
pp 321–356
Hermida A, Fergus M (2019) Educating for the Future.
2019 Update. Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
- ERIC
Kruse T (2015) Youth social entrepreneurship: advancing
the field. Sundance Family Foundation, Saint Paul.
Retrieved from www.sundancefamilyfoundation.org/
resources
Kruse T (2019) Making change: youth social entrepreneurship as an approach to positive youth and community development. NY Oxford Press, New York,
p 109
P. Thomas et al.