Bright Spot Nomination Form

We are all doing youth development work. And to do our work, we bring people together. Sometimes this means we coordinate with other organizations. The Bright Spots database is a space to highlight examples of what can work when organizations come together, when we intentionally partner with each other to meet a shared goal.

Showcase your partnership!

Partnerships can be new or existing. They can neighborhood-specific or nationally-scaled. What is important is that the partnerships are clear examples of organizations--be they city departments, schools, museums, research firms, youth development clubs, or other groups entirely--coordinating together to meet the needs of youth.

Your responses are the first step to being included into the Bright Spots Database and sharing about your high-quality partnership with the youth development field.

* denotes a required field

PARTNERSHIP PROFILE

What is the partnership's name? If it does not have a name, which organization should be listed in the database as the key coordinator or provider? *

Please provide a short description of the partnership. The description should include when the partnership was formed, as well as what youth need the partnership addresses. *

What is the partnership's website (if it is currently in use)?

Who are the lead organization partners? Please list the organization names. *

Which participant population is the partnership targeting? (Check UP TO THREE) *

Other population target

Please upload any visual or supporting documents that you would like to share on the database about the partnership (such as news articles, blog posts, webinars, flyers, toolkits, infographics).

SUPPORT DETAILS: INITIATIVE, PROGRAM, SERVICE

Please fill in the blank: The partnership supports an initiative/program/service that is offered during _____ . (Check ALL that apply) *

Please fill in the blank: The total capacity or target enrollment of the initiative/program/service is _____ number of participants. (Said another way, the maximum number of participants that can engage in the initiative/program/service is _____.) *

How are participants' and staff/volunteers' health and safety being attended to during the pandemic? (Check ALL that apply)

Compliance with State/County/City guidance
Limited room occupancy
Multiple hand washing/sanitizing stations
Not applicable; We are not providing in-person supports.
Open ventilation
Physical distancing
Required masks for all--adults and youth--on site
Youth temperature checks

Other health and safety

How does this initiative/program/service address inequity?

Who can we contact to get more details about the partnership? Please include name, organization, and email address. *

OPTIONAL PARTNERSHIP RESOURCES: Thank you for letting us know about your partnership! We know that partnerships take time and effort. Even more so for successful partnerships. They require coordination. They rely on continuous communication. Partners build a common agenda. Their activities are mutually reinforcing. They take stock of their progress through shared measurements. As you work together to meet your shared goal, we encourage you to consider which of these elements currently exist in your partnership, and use that information to continuously improve together. More information about these 'Collective Impact' elements and evaluating their implementation within your partnership is available here: https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/sites/default/files/Guide%20to%20Evaluating%20CI%2003.pdf. More information on mobilizing your partnership for change can be found here: https://forumfyi.org/big-picture-approach/what-is-bpa/. A working example and toolkit of this kind of 'Big Picture' mobilization is offered here: http://www.readyby21.org/thebigpictureapproach. A school-community specific partnership toolkit is available here: https://ydekc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Partnership-Ecosystem-Introduction.pdf. Thank you, again.

Common Agenda: All partners have a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving it.

Continuous Communication: Consistent and open communication exists across the partners.

Backbone Support: There is a dedicated team that orchestrates the work of the group.

Mutually Reinforcing Activities: All partners coordinate their different but complementary activities.

Shared Measurement: All partners track progress in the same way.