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 Youthpostsecpathyouth(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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