Join the Intermediary Network

The Intermediary Network is expanding and seeking new members!
The Intermediary Network (INet) is a national association of leading education, workforce, and youth development organizations working in local communities to ensure youth success.  Network members connect schools, communities, government agencies, workplace partners, and youth organizations to improve outcomes for youth and help build a future workforce.

• Are local or regional Intermediaries serving the education, workforce preparation, youth development, social service and economic development communities;
• Are staffed and have resources identified to support intermediary activities and functions;
• Are a functioning Intermediary, performing brokering activities through an intermediary structure;
• Strive to work systematically, performing two and seeking to address all four strategic intermediary functions (see below);
• Serve more than one program in more than one school or organization; and
• Value full participation in a national network of peer organizations.

• Convene local, regional and/or state leaders, practitioners, and customers across sectors to ensure youth success.
• Connect and broker or provide services to youth, public and private partners (including schools, social service organizations and employers), families, and neighborhoods.
• Measure effectiveness and ensure the quality and impact of youth-serving efforts.
• Sustain effective practices through advocacy and progressive policies.

• Participation in a self-governed community of leaders and practitioners in the allied youth fields
• Participation in the Intermediary Network Practice Communities
• Collective policy voice
• Leadership and staff development opportunities
• Technical assistance, timely information, and proven tools
• New funding and project opportunities

Who are the Members?
Current membership includes School-to-Work Partnerships, Youth Councils, After-School Intermediaries, Out-of-School Youth Providers, Workforce Investment Boards, Chambers of Commerce, Local Education Foundations, Non-Profit Organizations, Business-Education Partnerships, Industry Associations, State and National Affiliates, and other organizations performing intermediary functions.
Much of the value of the network comes from the interchange of ideas, challenges and solutions among member organizations. All members commit to sharing what they know and do, and to collectively promoting the success of intermediaries across the country.

Member Services
INet members are supported by the following elements:

• Training, support, and regular networking opportunities for identified team leaders from each implementing community.
• Technical assistance in and strategies for connecting to local youth-serving systems.
• Annual team institutes, designed to deliver critical content, support peer networking and allow for focused strategic planning time.
• Annual Team Leader Forums, to address emerging issues and set the course of the network for the year.
• Periodic site visits to member communities engaged in quality practices.
• Regular teleconferences and content calls covering key issues identified as high need by the participating organizations.
• A vibrant communication and technology component, supporting on-line dialogues; the collection and sharing of promising practices, tools and ideas; collecting information; and monitoring progress.

Affiliate Membership

A group of National Affiliate Members support local organizations in their efforts to improve the lives of our nation’s youth. Members also convene local, regional, and state-wide organizations doing similar work to maximize resources and effort.

Your Role as an Affiliate Member:
Members of the Network include local and regional intermediaries as well as statewide and national affiliates who function as partners in the work.  Affiliate members provide operational, strategic and financial support to local intermediaries, and to the Network as a whole through their membership and participation in workgroups, meetings and institutes.

• Jobs for the Future
• Academy for Educational Development
• The National Academy Foundation
• The Forum for Youth Investment

Affiliate members are identified and invited to join the network by one or more of the Network Members. Invited affiliates are asked to complete the application form.

Regular Membership

Regular members are the core of the Intermediary Network. Regular members are local or regional Intermediaries serving the education, workforce preparation and economic development communities. They are Intermediaries with staff and have resources identified to support intermediary activities and functions. Regular members receive:

• Intermediary Assessment and Strategic Planning Tools
• Quality Practice & Issue Briefs
• Proven Intermediary Frameworks
• All Intermediary Network Communications
• Access to the “Members Only” portion of the Intermediary Network website
• Invitation to join content calls and intermediary practice community calls
• Fact sheets and case studies
• A forum for peer learning focused on producing results in local communities
• A unified voice to sustain intermediary work
• Access to knowledge and tools from experts and practitioners across the country
• Access to powerful staff development opportunities
• Potential selection for participation in targeted national initiatives