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Title: The Youth Opportunity Guarantee A Framework for Success
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: Today, many youth across the United States struggle to achieve their educational goals and secure a good job. Millions of youth and young adults fall behind academically or face unemployment between the ages of 16 and 24, a critical period for brain and identity development and for launching a career trajectory.1 The consequences are enduring for them and for our nation. It is time—long past time—for bold solutions. Youth are forced to navigate underfunded and unconnected secondary, postsecondary, and workforce systems, and they face too few realistic options to advance academically and professionally. Sixty-five percent of all U.S. jobs will likely require postsecondary education and training beyond high school as of 2020, but far fewer young people attain such a degree.2, 3, 4 Youth unemployment rates are double that of the prime-age U.S. population. An estimated 4.6 million youth ages 16 to 24 are disconnected or “Opportunity Youth”—neither in school nor working.5,6 Major disparities persist in young adults’ educational and employment opportunities, and many challenges faced by all youth are exacerbated for youth of color, immigrant youth, LGBTQ youth, and girls and young women, among others. The status quo is not working for America’s youth and young adults. It falls short for employers, who struggle to hire and retain the workers they need, and damages our economy, which will have to rely increasingly on today’s younger workers to support an aging population. Any serious national economic agenda must address this challenge in an ambitious and viable way . . .
Url: http://www.georgetownpoverty.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Youth-Opportunity-Guarantee-20190411.pdf
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Authors: Tatum, Laura; Hampton, Cosette; Li, Huixian (Anita); Edelman, Peter
Publisher: Georgetown Center
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Other, Poverty and Welfare
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