National Youth Employment Coalition: Information Center


The State of City Leadership for Children and Families 1/20/2010
	This groundbreaking new YEF Institute report identifies the nationâ??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. Building on the YEF Instituteâ??s intensive work with hundreds of cities over the past decade, The State of City Leadership for Children and Families highlights the progress that cities have made and the potential for future action in nine areas. The publication was released October 13, 2009, before more than 350 municipal leaders attending the 2009 National Summit on Your Cityâ??s Families in Boston.

Geography Matters: Child Well-Being In The States-April 2008
	This report shows just how wide the gaps are among the states on critical indicators of child well-being. First, it looks at commonly recognized measurements of child well-being, mostly from official government sources, such as poverty and fatality indicators. It shows how the top state compares to the bottom state for each indicator, and how the top 10 states and bottom 10 states compare. Various other displays of this data can be found at www.everychildmatters.org. Also on the website are the Administration's proposed 2009 budget cuts in children's services. All the material from this report can be reprinted and distributed copyright free. April 2008

Engaging Youth... On Their Turf: Creative Approaches to Connecting Youth through Community (2007)
	"Engaging Youth... On Their Turf: Creative Approaches to Connecting Youth through Community" by Abby Kahn, Janet Max, and Pat Paluzzi, Healthy Teen Network This new publication focuses on how adolescent health professionals can utilize creative approaches to engaging youth in positive youth development. The publication highlights six examples of programs that reach out to youth in non-traditional communities through parental engagement, athletics, service-learning, art, mentoring, and youth empowerment approaches. The publication provides some next steps for professionals to develop or adapt creative approaches like those described here in existing programs for youth. 2007

Dead Ends: The Need For More Pathways to Graduation for Overage, Under-credited Students in New York City - Dec. 2007
	This brief examines the ability of the Office of Multiple Pathways to Graduation (OMPG) schools to meet the instructional needs of English Language Learners (ELLs), students with special education needs, students who are older with few or no credits, and students who are pregnant or parenting. 12/10/2007

When Girls Don't Graduate, We All Fail
	A report from the National Women's Law Center (2007) provides a look at the dropout crisis for girls. When Girls Don't Graduate, We All Fail finds that girls, and especially female students of color, are dropping out of high school at dangerously high rates. The report further finds that the economic consequences of dropping out are particularly steep for women, who face especially poor employment prospects, low earnings potential, poor health status, and the need to rely on public support programs. The report demonstrates that the high school dropout problem is a problem for boys and girls. The report identifies some of the barriers leading to, and the risk factors for, dropping out that are of particular importance to girls. And it offers these recommendations for reducing girls' dropout rates: Increasing research on gender-based differentials and designing targeted interventions based on that research Improving data collection Increasing school accountability for dropouts Providing additional support for pregnant and parenting students Ensuring girls have equal access to career and technical education training for high-skill, high-wage jobs and after-school programs, including athletics Protecting students from sexual harassment and bullying Ensuring that students know how to report sex discrimination. Many of these recommendations will help boys as well.

Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities Are Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth (2006)
	"Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities Are Reconnecting Out-Of-School Youth" documents what committed educators, policymakers, and community leaders across the country are doing to reconnect out-of-school youth to the social and economic mainstream. It provides background on the serious high school dropout problem and describes in-depth what twelve communities are doing to reconnect dropouts to education and employment training. It also includes descriptions of major national program models serving out-of-school youth. Case Studies include: Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio; Jefferson County (Louisville), Kentucky; Austin, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Portland, Oregon; Oakland, California; Trenton, New Jersey; Baltimore, Maryland; Pima County (Tucson), Arizona; Camden, New Jersey; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Published by the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), 2006.