http://www.clasp.org/experts/highlights.xml?id=0017 Resources & Publications from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 06:43:01 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Keeping-Connected-Youth-Newsletter-April-2013.htm This periodic update for the field is a part of CLASP's ongoing work to advance policy and practice that will dramatically improve the education, employment, and life outcomes for youth in communities of high youth distress. It highlights policy happenings in education, training and youth development that impact black male achievement. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Keeping-Connected-Youth-Newsletter-April-2013.htm Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /postsecondary/publication?id=0762&list=publications This toolkit is designed to help interagency state teams identify and facilitate "braiding" of federal resources to design and develop career pathways and bridges into them for adults and out-of-school youth. The toolkit also will help state teams identify state policy barriers to using federal resources for career pathways and bridges and, ideally, address them. http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=0762&list=publications Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1170&list=publications This periodic update for the field is a part of CLASP's ongoing work to advance policy and practice that will dramatically improve the education, employment, and life outcomes for youth in communities of high youth distress. It highlights policy happenings in education, training and youth development that impact black male achievement. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1170&list=publications Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1208&list=publications Boys and young men of color in the United States face challenges in the areas of education, employment, and health. In the last several years, there has been greater focus on understanding these challenges and identifying potential solutions. While we know more about effective programmatic solutions, we still have much to learn about the systemic barriers that impede the success of males of color. Effecting policy changes in these areas will produce sustainable gains for boys and young men of color. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned CLASP to conduct a scan of these policy opportunities to inform the development of their Forward Promise Initiative. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1208&list=publications Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1142&list=publications Our comments here draw upon CLASP's decade of policy work at the national, state, and local levels related to disconnected youth. We believe our comments in response to the U.S. Department of Education Request for Information on Strategies for Improving Outcomes for Disconnected Youth will serve to inform the development of the Performance Partnership Pilots as well as federal cross-agency policy development and funding decisions that can address our current challenges, develop the human capital needed to fuel our economy, and unleash the untapped potential and talent of the millions of young people who have fallen through the cracks. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1142&list=publications Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/CFYResponse-Docket-ID-2012OVAE0014-Final.pdf On behalf of the Campaign for Youth, a coalition of national youth policy and advocacy organizations focusing on low-income youth who are out of school and/or out of work, we applaud the Obama Administration and the U.S. Department of Education for its leadership in bringing attention to the unique challenges facing youth and for its thoughtfulness in gathering input from a broad range of stakeholders to inform its work around disconnected youth. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CFYResponse-Docket-ID-2012OVAE0014-Final.pdf Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/WIAYouthHR4297-Final.pdf On March 29, 2012, Rep. Virginia Foxx, Rep. Joseph J. Heck and Rep. Howard P. McKeon introduced a Workforce Investment Act (WIA) reauthorization bill (H.R. 4297). This analysis looks at the bill's youth provisions. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/WIAYouthHR4297-Final.pdf Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Bird15U.Pa.J.L.Soc.Change2012233.pdf This article was written for the Journal of Law & Social Change for the 31st Annual annual Edward V. Sparer Symposium "Coming of Age Against the Odds: Advocating for At-Risk Youth". The paper lays out the magnitude of employment and education challenges facing youth outside the mainstream; discusses the influence of youth perception on program and policy implementation; highlights effective community practice; and includes recommendations for moving a national workforce agenda with local implications. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Bird15U.Pa.J.L.Soc.Change2012233.pdf Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1081&list=publications In his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013, the president continues to draw attention to persistently high unemployment among the nation's youth and young adults and the grave situation facing disconnected youth. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1081&list=publications Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-Comments-on-Department-of-Education-Strategic-Plan-FY-2011_FINAL.pdf In January 2012, CLASP provided comments on the Department of Education's Strategic Plan for FY 2011 - 2014. CLASP applauded the Department for putting forth a strategic plan that raises expectations for our nation's education system at all levels and moves the country toward meeting the goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-Comments-on-Department-of-Education-Strategic-Plan-FY-2011_FINAL.pdf Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/CLASPAgenda.ReconnectingYouth.Website.pdf CLASP's youth policy work aims to advance policy and practice that will dramatically improve the education, employment, and life outcomes for youth in communities of high youth distress. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASPAgenda.ReconnectingYouth.Website.pdf Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/ADACongressionalBriefing-YouthEmployment.pptx http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/ADACongressionalBriefing-YouthEmployment.pptx Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/3-9kbirdstatementCLC.pdf This statement by Kisha Bird, project director of the Campaign for Youth and senior policy analyst at CLASP, at the Children's Leadership Council news conference March 9, 2011 addresses the importance of programs that help people access education and other opportunities. Many of these programs are facing cuts under the House-passed Continuing Resolution, HR 1. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/3-9kbirdstatementCLC.pdf Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Input-for-a-Strategic-Plan-for-Federal-Youth-Policy.CampaignforYouth.1.20.11.pdf The Campaign for Youth believe's a Strategic Plan for Federal Youth Policy must effectively support the outcomes of youth living in communities of high youth distress, youth of color, and those disconnected from the mainstream. Our comments and recommendations relate specifically to ensuring the needs of disconnected and high needs youth are adequately addressed. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Input-for-a-Strategic-Plan-for-Federal-Youth-Policy.CampaignforYouth.1.20.11.pdf Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/NCLRWorkforceDevConferenceMasterNYEC-CLASP-short.pptx http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/NCLRWorkforceDevConferenceMasterNYEC-CLASP-short.pptx Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/YouthEmploymentCrisis.ppt This presentation outlines the state of the youth unemployment crisis. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/YouthEmploymentCrisis.ppt Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Follow-the-Money.pdf Several pieces of legislation have been proposed or passed that present opportunities to fund programs in communities to keep young people connected to school and recapture those who have fallen by the wayside. Most of these resources, however, are from competitive funding streams which will require communities to demonstrate innovative practice in planning and implementation. Communities need to be aware of these potential opportunities very early in the process in order to plan strategically and create partnerships to program at-scale and meet the needs of their disconnected youth. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Follow-the-Money.pdf Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/YO.ImplicationsforFederalPolicy.March2010.pdf For young people who live in communities plagued by high dropout rates, high youth unemployment rates, greater incidence of juvenile crime, violence, and gang activity, the prospects are bleak and there are few pathways to education, work and responsible citizenship for those disconnected from work and school. Fortunately, we have a roadmap for reaching out to, reconnecting and providing opportunities to disconnected youth. Agencies and organizations that serve youth who are disconnected from school and employment are increasingly working together using a systems approach that improves outcomes and reduces the gaps in services and supports that can occur in more fragmented systems. In the first half of last decade nearly 100,000 disadvantaged and disconnected youth nationwide were able to continue or complete their education and enter the workforce thanks to Youth Opportunity Programming. Unfortunately, funding was discontinued in 2005, and in the ensuing years federal funding for comprehensive youth programming continued to decline despite this being the most difficult economic environment since pre-World War II for the nation's youth. This paper outlines the key lessons of the Youth Opportunity Experience and building on existing strength, experience, and capacity describes its implications for current federal policy, including the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA). http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/YO.ImplicationsforFederalPolicy.March2010.pdf Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/CCRY.Baltimore.YO.pdf By implementing a service delivery philosophy that relied on highly skilled youth service professionals and neighborhood-based youth centers, YO! Baltimore not only became a hub for training and education but also for relationship and community building among residents young and old. YO! Sites were safe havens where caring adults gave young people the resources, skills and opportunities they needed to stay on track and to get back on track to achieve their goals. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CCRY.Baltimore.YO.pdf Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/CCRY.CIMC.YO.pdf In 2000, the California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc. (CIMC) was awarded a $15.9 million Youth Opportunity Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The YO! CIMC Project was a collaborative effort of 23 Indian Tribes and CIMC aimed at providing comprehensive development activities and support for youth, ages 14- 21. The YO! CIMC experience afforded disadvantaged youth (many of whom attended schools in rural and isolated areas, which lacked qualified teachers or adequate curricula and serious health, social, and economic disparities) the opportunity to gain educational and occupational skills through Internships and Subsidized Employment, Life Skills Training, Job Readiness Training, and College SAT Prep programs. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CCRY.CIMC.YO.pdf