Children and Youth Related Resources

CIMM 5 Cities Youth Evaluation Pilot Project: Sustaining Evaluation Capacity

This report came out of the Community Impact Measurement and Management (CIMM) pilot project and includes a literature review of principles important to consider and examples of what pilot agencies are doing to sustain evaluation capacity.


CIMM 5 Cities Children & Youth Evaluation Project 2008 Stakeholders’ Report

This report provides an update on the Community Impact Measurement and Management (CIMM) pilot project and presents the results and recommendations that came out of the focus group conversations United Way held with partner agencies in February 2008.


Children and Youth: Community Impact Plan

The overarching theme of the community impact plan is to ensure successful transitions for children and youth who face obstacles to success.


Vulnerable Youth in Calgary: Environmental Trends and Challenges - November 2006

This paper provides a comparison of the 2002 and 2006 environmental scans commissioned by United Way of Calgary, with a focus on vulnerable youth.


Vulnerable Youth in Calgary: Environmental Scan - July 2006

With a view to current and future planning for vulnerable youth, the information included in the scan provides a comprehensive picture of how Calgary’s youth are faring and the developmental risks they face, now and over time.


A Framework for Action for Calgary's Children and Youth - 2004

The Framework for Action provides a community-driven, research-based foundation for a community action agenda for service providers, funders, planners, researchers and other stakeholders who work to foster positive child and youth development and well-being.


Immigrant Children and Youth in Focus, A Map of Needs, Strategies and Resources - 2004 (448 pages)

A call to public institutions to learn, assess, plan and develop culturally competent services that address both diversity and the complexity of immigrant children and youth’s linguistic, social, cultural and educational needs.


Conversations for Change: An Overview of Services for Immigrant Children and Youth in Calgary - May 2004

The purpose of this report is to gain an understanding of the services being provided to immigrant children and youth in order to improve overall services.