Cutting Cost, Keeping Quality: Financing Strategies for Youth Programs in a Difficult Economy

The project includes: 1) The impact that an organizational structure has on sustainability; 2) Short-term funding sources and strategies that can meet immediate fiscal needs; and 3) Longer-term approaches to sustainability. A decision-making matrix on funding core services, a community strategies action plan worksheet, "best bets" for short-term funding, an overview of the federal funding database, and a model that describes key elements of long-term approaches to sustainability are discussed. (Abstractor: Author and Website Staff).

Presentation contains suggestions, tools, templates, and frameworks to help finance youth programs. Key highlights include: A description of short-term program funding solutions and strategies, an overview of the federal funding database, and 8 key elements of sustainability (vision, results orientation, strategic financial orientation, adaptability to changing conditions, broad base of community support, key champions, strong internal systems, and sustainability plan). (Abstractor: Author and Website Staff).

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• Resource Publication Date: 2012
• Author(s): Individual author not identified
• Organizational Author(s): The Finance Project
• Funding Source: Finance Project
• Resource Availability: Publicly available
• Posted by: Wesley Peterson
• Posted in: Workforce System Strategies