Helpful Resources
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) recently issued a Democratic Jobs Agenda, which outlines promising proposals, including incentives for employers to create new jobs and investments in jobs programs (including summer jobs) for youth.
The President's FY2011 Budget - Opportunities for Disconnected Youth- CLASP
On February 1, President Obama presented his FY 2011 budget proposal to Congress. The document lays out the desired course for the president's spending priorities for the coming year. This budget reflects the administration's commitment to the education and employment of youth, and proposes increased funding in several areas that can impact programming for disadvantaged and disconnected youth.
The State of City Leadership for Children and Families - National League of Cities
This report from the National League of Cities-Institute for Youth Education and Families identifies the nation's 32 most cutting-edge city innovations to help children and families thrive, and documents emerging and established trends in municipal leadership to promote child and family well-being.
Describing the Dimensions of the Current Labor Market Crisis in the U.S. - Center for Labor Market Studies
CLMS outlines and makes the case for a New Job Creation Strategy for America. Proposing primarily a combination of three strategies for job creation: direct job creation by state / local governments and non-profit firms, using some of the available stimulus monies to support the job creation activities, subsidies for the hiring of teens and young adults by firms in the private-for-profit sector, and wage / on-the-job training subsidies for the hiring of primarily dislocated blue collar workers by private sector firms.
Dire Straits for Many American Workers: The Economic Case for New Job Creation Strategies in 2010 for the Nation's Teens and Young Adults (20-24) - Center for Labor Market Studies
This report authored by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University articulates the need for broad based teen and young adult job creation programs in the U.S. and makes the case to support a job stimulus program for teens that will create jobs for youth in the public and nonprofit sectors and provide economic incentives through wage subsidies for private for profit employers to hire teens.
American Jobs Plan - Economic Policy Institute
The United States is experiencing its worst jobs crisis since the Great Depression. Nearly 16 million Americans-our family, friends, and neighbors-are out of work. This national crisis demands a bold plan to put people back to work. The Economic Policy Institute proposes the American Jobs Plan, a plan that would create at least 4.6 million jobs in one year.
Success at Every Step: How 23 Programs Support Youth on the Path to College and Beyond - American Youth Policy Forum
This publication 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.
NYEC Workforce Investment Act Title I Youth Activities Reauthorization Recommendations - November 2009- National Youth Employment Coalition
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.
The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School Joblessness and Jailing for High School Dropouts and the High Cost for Taxpayers- Center for Labor Market Studies
This report prepared by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University outlines the employment, earnings, incarceration, teen and young adult parenting experiences and family incomes of the nation's young adult high school dropouts and their better educated peers in 2006 to 2008. Dropouts become incarcerated at a shocking rate: 23 of every 100 young Black male dropouts were in jail on any given day in 2006-07 compared to only 6 to 7 of every 100 Asian, Hispanic or White dropouts. While young Black men are disproportionately affected, the report found that this crisis cuts across racial and ethnic lines.
Left Behind in America: The Nation's Dropout Crisis - Center for Labor Market Studies
This report prepared by Center for Labor Market Studies (CLMS) in cooperation with the Chicago Alternative Schools Network lays the groundwork for an informed discussion of solutions to the nation's dropout crisis through an analysis of a variety of data from 2007, including dropout data from U.S. Census Bureau American Community Surveys, household data from the Current Population Survey, national data on GED certificate awards, and other official sources to gauge the level of the crisis at the national level and in the nation's 12 largest states which include California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia.
