April 30, 2011
During the past decade (2000-2010), the employment rates of every single age group of U.S. adults 54 and younger declined. These reductions in employment rates, however, were most severe among those 30 and under, with teenagers (16-19) faring by far the worst. The employment rate of the nation’s teens fell by nearly 19 percentage points over the decade from nearly 46% to just under 27%. Male teens fared worse than their female counterparts (a 20.6 percentage point decline in the male employment rate versus an 18.0 percentage point drop for women). The annual average employment rate for teens last year was the lowest ever recorded since the end of World War II.
February 1, 2011
Building Roads to Success is designed to assist community and state leaders, youth advocates, educators, and other stakeholders interested in improving or expanding the options for struggling students and out-of-school youth.
December 1, 2010
“We Dream a World” is a call to action for America to begin strategically addressing the problems that hinder Black men and boys. It lays out a comprehensive agenda of reform that, if implemented, will significantly change the life trajectory of Black men and boys.
November 30, 2010
This chapter looks at strategies for connecting male high school dropouts of color between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four to pathways to postsecondary credentials that have value in the labor market. Many of the millions of young men of color who have dropped out of school have the talent, ability, and aspirations for a better future and can benefit from being connected to a supported pathway to postsecondary credentials.
November 1, 2010
This exploration into competency-based innovation at the school, district, and state levels suggests that competency-based pathways are a re-engineering of our education system around learning—a reengineering designed for success in which failure is no longer an option.
December 30, 2009
Most national macroeconomic models project little to no net employment growth through the middle of next year. Overall unemployment, as even indicated by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, is likely to rise through the fall of the coming year, 2010. Joblessness and labor underutilization problems will worsen over this time period. The country must act now to help put America's youth and adults back to work in a cost effective and transparent manner.
December 1, 2009
The Campaign for Youth is calling on the Obama Administration and Congress to ensure that the needs of young people - especially those with limited education and job skills - are addressed as the economy recovers and jobs become available.
November 1, 2009
Since 1998, there have been some successes, many challenges and many questions regarding implementation and service delivery. In 2009, young people are facing a labor market with limited prospects. NYEC recommends that statutory changes are needed to improve implementation of the program and the career trajectories of the young people served by the program. NYEC proposes the enclosed recommendations for WIA Reauthorization. We look forward to working with the Administration, Congress, our members and other key stakeholders in the reauthorization process.
October 1, 2009
This report describes programs that have been proven to help young people successfully complete high school and be prepared for success in postsecondary education and careers. These programs represent a wide range of interventions, including school-wide reform initiatives, community-based afterschool services, work-based learning opportunities, and college access programs. From an analysis of the included programs, the report identifies common programmatic and structural elements that may contribute to their effectiveness and summarizes key outcomes.
October 1, 2008
This paper looks at strategies for connecting high school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 24 to pathways to postsecondary credentials that have value in the labor market. We will highlight examples of innovations in policy, program delivery, pedagogy in adult education, youth development and dropout recovery, and postsecondary education. We do this not only to advocate for expanded adoption of these best practices, but to seed thinking about ways these policies and practices, if better integrated and funded, can bring about more robust and successful dropout recovery and postsecondary education to address this challenge.
December 30, 2008
In 2008, the Campaign launched “Our Youth, Our Economy, Our Future”, a call to action with recommendations for a national investment strategy to reconnect youth and increase the level of federal investment in youth programs directed at the out-of-school and high risk vulnerable youth populations. Aimed at influencing the New Congress and Administration, this call to action mobilized over 250 local and national advocates, practitioners, and policy makers from across the country in support of youth in the most distressed situations.
May 1, 2008
The report focuses on the various factors that contribute to the discrepancies in outcomes among youth. The focus on indicators throughout early adulthood provide strategies of a continuum of support that benefit youth development.
May 13, 2008
policymakers view the purpose of the educational system. The report argues that not enough focus has been put on career and technical education pathways that result in civic responsibility and transition into adulthood while providing specific strategies that can be undertaken by federal and state governments to correct this.
January 1, 2008
This publication is part of a new series of products from The Finance Project. The series focuses on tools, strategies, and resources for supporting and sustaining effective youth programs and policies. Each product will present options and strategies for financing and sustaining, or effectively governing and managing, youth programs and initiatives. Each will also illustrate these options and strategies with examples drawn from initiatives nationwide and highlight relevant considerations to assist leaders
July 1, 2007
And I was very grateful that my country gave me an opportunity to do something productive, to learn something, and to make a little money. I hope when the history books are written, it will look like a pretty good investment that was made in a young man from a modest family in a small town a long time ago.~ President Bill Clinton, August 3, 1998.
April 1, 2007
Job opportunities for teens during the summer months varied widely across race-ethnic and family income groups, and geographic regions, states, and cities. Slightly over one-half of all White, non-Hispanic teens were employed versus only one-third of Hispanics and only slightly more than one-fourth of Black teens.
January 21, 2006
In School Year 2002-2003, US public schools awarded 2.7 million diplomas and the National Center for Education Statistics calculated the graduation rate to be 73.9%. Graduation rates varied greatly by state, from 87% in New Jersey to under 60% in the District of Columbia and South Carolina.
January 1, 2006
This paper reviews the current research and literature on OST programs especially with regard to their effectiveness; explores the range of OST programs and activities as employed by the various youth-serving sectors; considers the untapped possibilities of OST programs to meet the needs of young people, including academic enhancement, career and college preparation, leadership development, and civic engagement; and provides policy guidance on how to support and sustain high quality OST programs as part of a system of supports for older youth.
February 1, 2005
This report is about this one-third of our nation who do not complete high school, about the fact that this situation has gotten worse in most states during the last decade, and about the factors in students’ lives that are closely associated with dropping out of school. The report identifies several approaches to increasing student retention that evaluations have shown to have positive results.
January 1, 2005
In January 2005 a coalition of more than 250 organizations forwarded a memo to the President with a set of policy solutions to improve outcomes for disconnected youth.
June 14, 2004
This report seeks to highlight these disparities to draw the public’s and policymakers’ attention to the urgent need to address this educational and civil rights crisis. Using a more accurate method for calculating graduation rates developed by the Urban Institute we provide estimates of high school graduation rates, distinguished at the state and district level, and disaggregated by race.
October 1, 2003
Unlike past generations, when there were jobs in manufacturing, agriculture, and other areas that did not require a high skill level, today’s youth face a job market that demands an unprecedented level of skills.
July 1, 2003
This paper focuses on opportunities for consideration by Congress to help reconnect disconnected youth. Too many young people are not on the path toward successful adulthood, and the U.S. has no coherent policy to help these disconnected youth become productive members of society.
August 1, 1996
This report completes the series of studies of national and community service programs conducted by Abt Associates Inc. and the Brandeis University Center for Human Resources for the Corporation for National Service. The focus of this report is on the participant and community impacts associated with the Subtitle C programs.
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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.
