Achieving, Connecting, Thriving (ACT) Framework

The Achieving, Connecting, Thriving: ACT Results Framework for Boston Youth was commissioned by the Boston Public Schools (DELTAS), Boston After School & Beyond, United Way, and the Mayor’s Office as a means of providing a common language for the skills and outcomes toward which the OST sector is working. This framework will act as a guide to help youth programs articulate outcomes and how they are measured. "The stakeholders envisioned a citywide results framework that could enable aggregation of outcome data for all of the city’s youth programs; help programs articulate their goals and impact on youth in the context of a citywide strategy; and help ensure that government agencies and youth-serving organizations collectively promote, track, and achieve the outcomes that matter most for children and youth." (Read the ACT Final Report)

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