This report, by Ernst & Young and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, uses 18 case studies to describe how corporate America is becoming involved in the youth mentoring movement. The authors provide best practices for corporate engagement including the thoughtful development of relationships with partners, investment in evidence-based programming, and targeted employee engagement.

North Carolina A&T State University Center for Behavioral Health and Wellness published a best practices brief focusing on the six standards of mentoring: recruitment, screening, training, matching, monitoring & support, and closure. Recommendations within each of the six standards are based in recent research and are informed by the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring (2009). The authors provide guidance on cultural considerations and ethical principles, and provide an overview of current trends in youth mentoring such as youth-initiated mentoring.

This report from the Greater New Haven Job Access and Transportation Working Group provides data and analysis regarding recent job growth in the New Haven area and the issues low-income residents have accessing those jobs. The most reported barrier was related to a lack of appropriate transportation. The report provides the data depicting the issues and lays out the plan to collaboratively improve transportation service.

This article from the Center for Social Development is an update and extension of a 2013 journal article regarding the financial impacts of Child Development Accounts (CDAs). The data is based on the SEED for Oklahoma Kids randomized experiment 7 years after the intervention began.

This report prepared for the City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board and the Economic and Workforce Development Department by California State University Northridge, provides an evaluation of a summer youth employment program called “Hire LA’s Youth”. Findings and recommendations are provided.

This webinar, sponsored by the Pathways to Careers Network and presented by Women Employed and the Chicago Jobs Council, reviewed Career Foundations: Making Your Education Work for You. This new tool is designed to connect adult education with careers and increase the number of transitions to postsecondary education. This tool provides low-skilled adults connections to local occupational and academic programs to increase economic opportunity.

This Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) webinar, presented by the U.S. Department of Education and Abt Associates, presents findings from an international assessment of basic skills and provides promising instructional models for adult basic skills education and promising strategies for healthcare training programs.

Jobs for the Future, in partnership with the Education Credit Management Corporation Foundation, convened Competency-Based Education (CBE) experts to explore CBE models that support underprepared adults who are not yet college ready. This report identifies and describes seven key elements of CBE programs that may need to be altered to better meet the needs of underprepared adult learners.

In this report from the Urban Institute, the authors identify and discuss 13 building blocks that they deem fundamental to advancing the economic mobility of low-income Americans. The building blocks include: family formation and stability; parenting skills; high-quality child care and early learning; elementary and secondary education; postsecondary education; employment and training; wages, wage supplements, and work supports; cash or near-cash safety net; asset formation and access to capital; health and mental health; criminal justice and safety; housing; and community building and social capital.

This Information Memorandum from the Office of Community Services discusses and encourages states, tribes, territories, and Community Action Agencies to use Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds to support and implement two-generation approaches that aim to increase family economic security and well-being.