Posts Tagged ‘juvenile justice’
Jobs and Training for Youth with Justice Involvement: How WIOA Funding Can Help
Remarkable progress has been made to decrease juvenile incarceration. Despite this progress, 48,000 young people in 2019 were in secure facilities. Access to education, training, and employment is a missing piece of the puzzle for many of these young people, and for those at other stages of justice involvement. The good news is that we…
Read MoreSecondary Impact and Unexpected Outcomes: How COVID-19 Impacts Justice Involved Youth
Written By: Caitlin Dawkins, Program Director, National Institute for Work and Learning, FHI 360 Earlier this month I participated in a workshop sponsored by the National Youth Employment Coalition on how justice involved youth are navigating past incarceration during the Coronavirus pandemic. About 30 of us gathered to discuss how to keep up service delivery, how to…
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