Our Approach

New Ways helps create powerful partnerships that provide young people with the opportunities and support they need to prepare them for success in career and life.

Partner Collaboration

The New Ways approach is driven by practice and has a track record of success in communities around the country:

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  • Utilizing state-of-the-art process tools and organizational change methodologies commonly used in the private sector.
  • Working closely with government entities, foundations and local communities to design and implement strategies and solutions to identified issues, problems and priorities relating to youth and the institutions that serve them.
  • Helping to clarify the issues and identify quality practices from around the country that can help address the issues.
  • Working with people on the ground, from staff to leadership, to design solutions and approaches to these issues, apply new strategies and implement the appropriate initiatives to address local needs.
  • Collaborating with organizations and communities to design strategies that will engage leadership, practitioners and other stakeholders in developing and implementing a solution.
  • Supporting implementation, ongoing improvement and sustainability of the initiatives and the systems that supports them.

Community Coordination

At New Ways to Work, we believe that all schools and youth programs, educational opportunities, training programs and support services need to be connected and coordinated to best serve young people.

We help local programs build the four elements of our All Youth-One SystemTM framework. These elements apply to all youth and should be addressed by any efforts seeking to prepare youth and young adults for the future. Addressing these elements in isolation simply doesn’t get the job done. The elements include academic achievement, career development, community connections and support, and youth leadership.

They are delivered through a comprehensive and connected youth development approach engaging local partners such as:

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  • schools
  • community organizations
  • workforce boards
  • colleges
  • social service agencies
  • government
  • philanthropic organizations
  • the private sector