Commissioned by JobsFirstNYC, this report examines what is known about New York City's disconnected youth -- 16 to 24 year-olds who are not working and not in school. The report explores the roots of disconnection and identifies five priority populations of young people who are at high risk of becoming disconnected. It presents information about specific areas of the city with high concentrations of disconnected young people and summarizes a number of promising strategies for reclaiming this important human resource
Young people who are neither in school nor working have been termed ‘disconnected’ or more optimisti...
Presents findings from a field scan of efforts to help vulnerable youth graduate from high school, w...
This action kit highlights steps city officials can take to help young people who are not connected ...
New York City is facing a youth unemployment crisis, but the city's youth workforce development prog...
In Fall 2007, Hudson Guild -- a settlement house that provides services to hundreds of adults, teens...
Explores how retiring baby boomers can engage New York City's disconnected youth by preparing them t...
Young adulthood, between the ages of 16 to 24, is a period of transition. While this stage can be fu...
In 2008, New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) launched the Young Adult Literacy (YA...
This qualitative study analyzed how leaders from the public, private, philanthropic, and educational...
The purpose of this report is to highlight a growing segment of the population who are arriving at y...
To better understand the challenges and opportunities all youth face in finding employment, FUREEous...
In this KIDS COUNT policy report, the Casey Foundation finds that nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and ...
Nationally, more than one in four high school freshmen does not graduate in four years; in the 50 la...
Virtually all youth not connected by age 25 begin the process of disconnection much earlier, usually...
In December 2007, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave MDRC a grant to conduct reconnaissance on...
Young people who are neither in school nor working have been termed ‘disconnected’ or more optimisti...
Presents findings from a field scan of efforts to help vulnerable youth graduate from high school, w...
This action kit highlights steps city officials can take to help young people who are not connected ...
New York City is facing a youth unemployment crisis, but the city's youth workforce development prog...
In Fall 2007, Hudson Guild -- a settlement house that provides services to hundreds of adults, teens...
Explores how retiring baby boomers can engage New York City's disconnected youth by preparing them t...
Young adulthood, between the ages of 16 to 24, is a period of transition. While this stage can be fu...
In 2008, New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) launched the Young Adult Literacy (YA...
This qualitative study analyzed how leaders from the public, private, philanthropic, and educational...
The purpose of this report is to highlight a growing segment of the population who are arriving at y...
To better understand the challenges and opportunities all youth face in finding employment, FUREEous...
In this KIDS COUNT policy report, the Casey Foundation finds that nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and ...
Nationally, more than one in four high school freshmen does not graduate in four years; in the 50 la...
Virtually all youth not connected by age 25 begin the process of disconnection much earlier, usually...
In December 2007, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave MDRC a grant to conduct reconnaissance on...
Young people who are neither in school nor working have been termed ‘disconnected’ or more optimisti...
Presents findings from a field scan of efforts to help vulnerable youth graduate from high school, w...
This action kit highlights steps city officials can take to help young people who are not connected ...