Disconnected Youth: A Look at to Year Olds Who Are Not youth who are not working or in school may have difficulty gaining the skills.
Table of contents
- Disconnected Youth: A Look at 16- to 24-Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School
- Opportunity Youth - Oregon Youth Development Council
- Audio Player
Coalition for Community Schools. Collins, Chris, Baker City Herald, Improving Student Outcomes Through Collective Impact A promising approach to education reform has emerged in more than communities across the country where partnerships of cross-sector leaders are using evidence based strategies and existing resources to improve outcomes for students.
Collective Impact for Policymakers This report examines how federal, state and local policies impede collaboration in the child and youth field — and how they can enhance collaboration instead.
Informative site to become familiar with much of the initial work done on ninth grade on track indicators. Connecting Entrance and Departure An article examining the transition to ninth grade and eventual high school dropout. Research indicates that ninth grade academic outcomes are not simply proxies for student characteristics measured prior to ninth grade and that the transition to ninth grade is critical.
Implementation of Senate Bill Connecting Opportunity Youth to the Workforce. The YDC has developed recommendations for how to better serve Opportunity Youth by addressing the unique challenges these youth face, and taking innovative and effective approaches to preparing them for career success. The report provides an overview of what the YDC heard from communities across Oregon during a months-long community engagement effort to learn about their needs, challenges, successes and vision for connecting young people to the workforce.
The report also gives a summary of current state, federal and tribal workforce development programs serving youth, as well as YDC Community Investments with a workforce focus.
Most importantly, the report offers recommendations for preparing Opportunity Youth for career success. Re-engaging Unemployed and Opportunity Youth in Oregon. This YDC position paper looks at youth disconnection from the Oregon labor market and examines promising practices to remove barriers to success, reconnect youth to education and training, build their skills, provide multiple access points, and foster successful entry into the workforce.
The report also makes several recommendations to improve the workforce outlook of disconnected youth. Multnomah County Website, 2. Job Corps Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the U. S Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through vocational and academic training.
Disconnected Youth: A Look at 16- to 24-Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School
YouthBuild At YouthBuild programs in the United States and across the globe, low-income young people learn construction skills to help build affordable housing and other community assets such as community centers and schools. Zeroing In on Place and Race: Opportunity Index The Opportunity Index is an annual composite measure at the state and county levels of economic, educational and civic factors that expand opportunity. EcoNorthwest Opportunity Youth Report An analysis of youth ages 16 to 24 in the Portland metropolitan region who are not in school and not currently employed, providing an overview of demographic, educational, and family characteristics, in order to help local stakeholders in targeting services and outreach to best support these individuals.
Endangered Youth in the Labor Force An analysis of youth unemployment and labor force participation in Oregon. The Economics of Investing in Opportunity Youth A report on the economic impact of Opportunity Youth, and the return on investment that may be gained from reengaging disconnected youth and young adults.
Opportunity Youth - Oregon Youth Development Council
The Hidden Cost of Young Adult Unemployment Analysis of the federal and state tax revenue lost due to youth unemployment. Toward a Consensus A thorough review of the research-based set of key soft skills that increase the chance that youth ages will be successful in the workforce. This 4-page brief looks at the specific problems foster youth face, and the recommendations from the YDC that offer them a brighter, more successful future. It also discusses the need for more supports to enable foster youth to succeed in the post-secondary world, as well as other intensive supports needed to allow them to remain housed, stay out of the prison system, and connect to employment.
Children in Foster Care — Societal and Financial Costs A report from A Family For Every Child that offers a clear calculation of the societal and financial costs incurred when children languish in foster care. Afterschool Matters Spring Discusses the benefits of afterschool programs on a range of youth through a number of articles. State Policies to Help Youth Transition Out of Foster Care Successes and challenges that states are having supporting foster youth transition into adulthood. The Role of Social Bonds in Protecting Foster Youth Making the Transition to Adulthood This study examines how social bonds, or the lack thereof, are related to the risk of arrest in transitioning foster youth in adulthood.
An interactive system that allows you to compare variables within groups as recent as going back a decade.
Despite improving economy, number of homeless students exceeds recession level. Another 1, children in Pre-K programs also fall under this definition. While some of the largest school districts had the highest numbers of homeless students, the impact is also felt in rural areas. There are districts where 20 percent or more of their students count as homeless by the federal definition. This is due to a number of factors including unemployment, lack of family-wage jobs and not enough affordable housing in rural areas.
More than 75 percent of this amount went to districts in the form of competitive sub-grants. The money helps offset the costs of school transportation and other services for homeless students. Along with losing their home, community, friends, and routines as well as their sense of stability and safety, many homeless youth are also victims of trauma.
While trying to survive on the streets, youth are exposed to countless dangers, with an increased likelihood of substance abuse, early parenthood, impulsivity, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a vulnerability to being trafficked. Homeless and Runaway Youth: A large number of these youth are LGBT and a large percentage are youth of color. Homeless and Runaway Youth in Oregon: A YDC Position Paper This in-depth report looks at the scope and scale of youth homelessness in Oregon, with more than 20, school-aged youth ages identified as such.
These youth face a lack of family resources, a lack of skills needed to care for themselves, and little or no connection with adults or agencies to help. Hidden in Plain Sight: Key Findings and Facts: Homelessness During the Transition from Foster Care to Adulthood research article providing findings on homeless youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood. A YDC Policy Brief This 6-page policy brief outlines the issues these youth face and outlines the increasing argument for statewide policy alignment to improve their outcomes.
With more than one in ten 11th graders describing themselves as either LGB or Questioning, the need is great.
- Disconnected Youth: A Look at 16- to 24-Year Olds Who Are Not Working or In School.
- Trees and Shrubs (Yesterdays Classics) (Eyes and No Eyes Book 5)!
- Positive Youth Development!
- Decima Rising (Ranexx Series Book 2).
These teens face bullying, teasing, harassment, physical assault, and suicide-related behaviors. School are a notoriously hostile setting for LGBT students, with many facing verbal or physical harassment by students and even school personnel based on their sexual orientation or gender expression.
These youth often experience harsh exclusionary school discipline, and are kicked out of their own homes at alarming rates. Department of Justice and Department of Education guidance letter for serving transgender students. Department of Education document providing examples of policies and practices for supporting transgender students. Guidance to School Districts: Creating a Safe and Supportive School Environment for Transgender Students Oregon Department of Education guidance letter for creating safe and supportive school environment for Transgender students.
A Family for Every Child Newsletter. This website serves as a clearinghouse of culturally appropriate resources, training, and technical assistance to help OJJDP tribal grantees and federally recognized tribes improve, enhance, and support their juvenile justice systems. This inequity results in the increased likelihood that these youth will drop out of school, become homeless, unemployed, and imprisoned. From recent data showing Black and African American youth referred to juvenile court at a rate 2.
A young person's detachment from both the labor market and school is an indicator that he or she may not be adequately making the transition to adulthood.
Audio Player
Referred to as "disconnected" in the social science literature, youth who are not working or in school may have difficulty gaining the skills and knowledge needed to attain self-sufficiency. The purpose of the report is to provide context for Congress about the characteristics of youth who are not working or in school, and the circumstances in which they live. This report is part of the collection entitled: It has been viewed 17 times. More information about this report can be viewed below.
People and organizations associated with either the creation of this report or its content. Serving as both a federal and a state depository library, the UNT Libraries Government Documents Department maintains millions of items in a variety of formats. Descriptive information to help identify this report. Follow the links below to find similar items on the Digital Library.
Unique identifying numbers for this report in the Digital Library or other systems. This legislative branch agency works exclusively for Members of Congress, their committees and their staff. This collection includes CRS reports from the mid's through the present--covering a variety of topics from agriculture to foreign policy to welfare. What responsibilities do I have when using this report? Dates and time periods associated with this report.
- The Burgher and the Whore: Prostitution in Early Modern Amsterdam!
- Opportunity Youth;
- The History of Forgetting (Penguin Poets).
- Transforming NATO in the Cold War: Challenges beyond Deterrence in the 1960s (CSS Studies in Securit?
- Ascendai: The Destiny Crest.
- La scienza in cucina e larte di mangiar bene (Italian Edition)!
Geographical information about where this report originated or about its content. Description A young person's detachment from both the labor market and school is an indicator that he or she may not be adequately making the transition to adulthood. Physical Description 82 pages.