Resources
Research
Creating Postsecondary Pathways to Good Jobs for Young High School Dropouts
A Chance for Change: Supporting Youth in Transition in New York City
Disconnected Youth: An Answer to Preventing Disengagement
GAO Report on Disconnected Youthuserfiles/postsecpathyouth(2).pdf
Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America
Green-Collar Jobs in America's Cities
New York City Vocational High School Restructuring Project: Summary
Our Youth, Our Economy, Our Future: A National Investment Strategy for Disconnected Youth
Out of Focus: A Snapshot of Public Funding to Reconnect Youth to Education and Employment
Out of School, Out of Work ... Out of Luck? New York City's Disconnected Youth
Center for Law and Social Policy: Creating Postsecondary Pathways to Good Jobs for Young High School Dropouts: The Possibilities and the Challenges (October 2008)
Working Poor and Young Hit Hard in Downturn (NYT, November 9, 2008)
DYCD Report - GED Testing - "Our Chance for Change - A Four-Year Reform Initiative for GED Testing in NYC"
JobsFirst NYC commissioned P/PV Brief: Disconnected Young People in New York City: Crisis and Opportunity
Links
Documents
New York Nonprofit Press Op-Ed
Summary of Fiscal Year 2009 Adopted City Budget Priorities
Tomorrow's Workforce Initiative
Advocacy Tools
Young Worker Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign
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