12/14/09 - Children's Cabinet Virtual Roundtable Materials

On December 14th, the Forum for Youth Investment hosted a Virtual Roundtable of the Children's Cabinet Network.  Children's Cabinet directors and staff gained new information on funding issues and recapped their work during the previous year around data sharing and post secondary education. The Forum unveiled a user-friendly, new tool for states to use when mapping their public resources for children, youth and families (available soon!).  The tool was based on the groundbreaking children's budget work that has been done around the country over the last few years.  Scott Hughes of the New Mexico Office of Education Accountability spoke of his state's unique work in this area and demonstrated their child and youth report card which shows funding in relation to child and youth outcomes.  Other speakers included Elizabeth Laird, Program Manager at the Data Quality Campaign and  Shawn Stelow Griffin, Senior Program Associate at the Finance Project.

Please find below materials from the meeting including: 

• Annotated agenda
• Virtual Roundtable PowerPoint with notes
• Update on Maine's action plan
• Update on Tennessee's data system
• Remarks from New Mexico on Children's Budgets
• "2009 New Mexico Children's Cabinet Budget & Report Card, Growing Our Future Together"
• Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Councils SYF 1011 Plan Model
• Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Councils SYF 1011 Plan Detailed
• Children's Cabinet Network update on Race to the Top