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With so much changing so fast, the most in-demand jobs and skills of today may be obsolete by the time our youngest become adults. For youth to be ready for this new reality, they must acquire four critical "currencies" that will serve them well, whatever their future holds.

With so much changing so fast, the most in-demand jobs and skills of today may be obsolete by the time our youngest become adults. For youth to be ready for this new reality, they must acquire four critical "currencies" that will serve them well, whatever their future holds.

"Causenetic"—a monthly podcast from YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas—led by cause driven leaders, Keith Vinson and Rodrigua Ross—recently welcomed NAA Board Member, Tasha Franklin Johnson Ph.D.

"Causenetic"—a monthly podcast from YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas—led by cause driven leaders, Keith Vinson and Rodrigua Ross—recently welcomed NAA Board Member, Tasha Franklin Johnson Ph.D.

Most goal-setting experts and programs would tell youth to set realistic goals for their future, yet one company's programs are empowering the next generation of leaders by instructing them to shoot for the unrealistic.

In 1993, Tameyer Evans was a sixth-grader at Coan Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 1993, Tameyer Evans was a sixth-grader at Coan Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia.

When the Robert Bowne Foundation closed its doors on December 31, 2015, it was important to the board and staff members to share the lessons they had learned as a result of their 25 years of work with practitioners, organizations and other funders interested in building the capacity of out-of-school time (OST) programs.