Out Today: Promising Practices in Work-Based Learning for Youth
As workforce-development agencies across the country consider how to implement WIOA’s requirement that 20 percent of youth funds go toward work experiences, NYEC and the National Skills Coalition today released a new paper on work-based learning strategies for young people. In the paper, Katie Spiker of NSC and I examine four different work-based learning models,…
Read MoreFinancial Empowerment in the Summer: An Interview with I-Hsing Sun
I recently conducted the following interview with I-Hsing Sun, Chief Program Officer, Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Fund. The interview has been edited lightly. Photos of programs supported by the CFE Fund are throughout this issue of YouthNotes. At the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund), you have a lot of different projects going…
Read MoreNational Youth Justice Awareness Month Event Highlights Need for Rehabilitative Perspective in Juvenile Justice System
On October 12th, the First Annual Justice for Youth Summit was held at American University in Washington, DC. The event featured a variety of presenters (formerly incarcerated youth, affected family members of (formerly) incarcerated youth, nonprofit service providers for incarcerated youth, lawyers, and a professional photographer. An overarching theme was that far too often youth…
Read MoreRallying Behind Disconnected Youth: Opportunity Nation Summit 2012
The campus of George Washington University was abuzz on September 19th with the Opportunity Nation Summit 2012. Opportunity Nation is a bi-partisan, cross-sector campaign with a nationwide focus on a population labeled “opportunity youth,” which coincides with “disconnected youth.” The Summit served as an opportunity to all involved individuals (young people, service providers, policymakers, journalists,…
Read MoreStanding Room Only at the Capitol: Disconnected Youth Briefing Draws Crowd
On Tuesday, September 25th, disconnected youth were the focus for practitioners, advocates, and legislators alike. A Congressional briefing sponsored by the United Way Worldwide and the Campaign For Youth, entitled “Reclaiming Our Nation’s Disconnected Youth,” emphasized prevention and re-engagement strategies for individuals who were in danger of or had already dropped out from high school. The…
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