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Memo on Reconnecting Our Youth

 

List of Signers
Letter to President


Federal Youth Development Council
Federal Youth Coordination Act Issue Brief
Federal Youth Coordination Act website
Helpful Links for FYDC
White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth Final Report

Graduation Rates
Important Facts on America's Graduation Rates
Consensus Needed on America’s Graduation Rates Issue Brief
Resources, Research and Helpful Links
Conventional Wisdom vs. Urban Institute Research
Dropouts Costly to Society
The Missing Middle: High School Students Missing Billions

Foster Care and Juvenile Justice
Aging Out of Foster Care: A Closer Look
National Youth in Transition Database Issue Brief
Life After Foster Care, an article by National Conference on State Legislators
Juvenile Justice: A Closer Look
Aftercare: OJJDP Issue Brief
Serious and Violent Offenders Reentry Initiative Issue Brief
Important to Sustain Family Ties While a Parent is Incarcerated or in Reentry
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids - Letter to Congress

Homeless Children
Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs Issue Brief

Expand High Quality Alternatives & Ensure Funding Follows the Youth
Expand Quality Alternatives & Ensure Funding Follows the Youth Issue Brief
Principles and Strategies to Support Alternatives and Funding
National Youth Employment Coalition Report: Financing Alternative Education Pathways

Expand Work Experience and Community Service
Expand Work Experience and Community Service Issue Brief
Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Study: Nearly 5.5 million youth out of school and work

 

Youth Out Of School & Jobless
Demographics of America’s Future Workforce: Trends and Date
Learn and Serve America Fact Sheet
Americorps Fact Sheet

Use the Congressional reauthorization process to strengthen systems to support disconnected youth:
Higher Education Act.
Workforce Investment Act
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Second Chance Act of 2005
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act

Links to Resources and Data
Most Important Facts on Disconnected Youth
Most Important Facts on America’s Graduation Rates
Aging Out of Foster Care: A Closer Look
Graduation Rates Resources, Research and Helpful Links
Juvenile Justice: A Closer Look
Demographics of America’s Future Workforce: Trends and Date
Websites on Vulnerable / Disconnected Youth
 


 

PDF Documents

White House Memo on Reconnecting Our Youth

Cover Letter to President Bush

Signing Organizations

 

Policy Issue Briefs

Federal Youth Coordination Act Issue Brief

Consensus Needed on America’s Graduation Rates Issue Brief

National Youth in Transition Database Issue Brief

The Second Chance Act of 2005 Issue Brief

Expand Quality Alternatives & Ensure Funding Follows the Youth Issue Brief

Expand Work Experience and Community Service Issue Brief

 

Power Point Presentations

Reconnecting Our Youth-Campaign for Youth
Graduation Rates and No Child Left Behind-Urban Institute
Transforming the American High School-Alliance for Excellent Education

 

 
 

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