• Engage Seattle Home
• Improving Access to Government
• Leveraging Volunteer Service
• Early literacy
• Out-of-school programs
• Mentoring
• Other resources
• Developing Emerging Leaders

Other resources

Attendance

• Be Here, Get There: a research-driven, incentive-based campaign designed to raise awareness and improve academic achievement by improving citywide school attendance. Read Mayor McGinn's blog post on the campaign.

Early Literacy

• Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters, a Kid's Count Special Report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Seattle Public Schools: Making Reading a Family Affair
• YMCA: Raising a Reader

Out-of-School Time

• After School Alliance: After School Programs Making a Difference

Mentoring

• Making a Difference: An Impact study of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Volunteerism & Civic Engagement

• High Impact Strategies to Leverage Volunteer Service
• Cities of Service: Join cities across the country who are leveraging volunteers to address their city's most pressing needs.
• Service as a Strategy: High-impact service strategies available for cities to read and download.
• Blueprint for Change: Online manual to help city leaders develop a comprehensive service plan and a coordinated strategy focused on placing volunteers with established organizations that are addressing critical needs in the community.



• Civic Life in America - Key Findings on the Civic Health of the Nation
• Civic life is, in essence, the common thread of participation in and building of one's community. Civic Life in America offers data on five central themes of civic life, including service, participating in a group, connecting to information and current events, social connectedness, and political action.



• Other Statistics on Volunteering
• Volunteering in America provides access to information about adult volunteering trends, statistics, tools, resources, and information for the nation, U.S. regions, states, and major cities. Their website will also allow you to see how states and cities rank on different factors related to volunteering. Check out how Seattle ranks.
• Tufts University’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) compiles information on Volunteering & Community Service.