October 11, 2010
The CCRY Network, in partnership with a practitioner from member community, Baltimore, and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) presented at the National College Access Network Annual Conference's "Reconnecting Disconnected Youth to Education" workshop session.
March 4, 2010
The CCRY Network, in partnership with Senator Debbie Stabenow, community youth leaders, CLASP, Campaign for Youth, National Youth Employment Coalition, and First Focus held a Capitol Hill briefing to discuss youth opportunities with congressional staffers, federal agency representatives and policy makers.
A collective list of CCRY recommendations for legislative consideration.
February 1, 2010
This paper describes the landscape for youth in many of the high poverty urban communities across the country. It also discusses in detail how a comprehensive youth employment delivery system that pulls together the resources and funding streams and draws on the strength of public systems and community providers can create supported pathways that provide youth with the education, skills, and access to good jobs and successful careers.
October 26, 2010
In Their Own Words is a short video that defines the experiences of young men of color and how they see themselves. The video was featured at the 2011 San Diego Black Film Festival and has been presented and featured at several national conferences.
January 1, 2009
The YO Developmental Framework had a major impact on youth-serving agencies by demonstrating models for holistic programs that address multiple aspects of youthful learning by combining a variety of services to create successful education and employment outcomes.
December 1, 2009
In an effort to increase reconnection for out-of-school youth populations, the CCRY network created a brief, but detailed list of recommendations for Urban Policy that advances reconnection and recovery.
December 8, 2008
The idea for this policy brief emerged from the information presented in one of the meeting’s sessions, “Making Youth a Priority on the Local, State, and National Level: How to Garner Political Support, Resources, and Action.” The content and additional details conveyed in this brief are derived from that session as well as from follow‐up interviews with key leaders in the youth advocacy movement in Massachusetts.
May 8, 2008
The CCRY Network's Employer Engagement Pipeline model seeks to build a collaborative system model among education, employers and community-based organizations to provide opportunity and access to careers.
November 1, 2006
This guidebook is designed to provide advice from the field to communities who are interested in pursuing more formal connections - or strengthening existing connections - between the workforce and justice systems.
January 1, 2006
In 2000, the U.S. Department of Labor awarded significant Youth Opportunity (YO) Grants to 36 high-poverty urban, rural, and Native American communities. Here's a look at how these communities assessed and integrated existing youth-serving systems and agencies to support young people.
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A CCRY Network Capitol Hill briefing, "Recommitting to Our Nation's Youth: Building on the Legacy of Youth Opportunity," highlighted how the federal Youth Opportunity Grant Program (YO) helped get disconnected youth back on track.
This report discusses in detail how a comprehensive youth employment delivery system that pulls together the resources and funding streams and draws on the strength of public systems and community providers can create supported pathways that provide youth with the education, skills, and access to good jobs and successful careers.
On October 26, 2010 CLASP released a video that tells the compelling story of reconnection for four young men of color living in distressed communities who faced obstacles to completing high school and accessing employment.
