Resources & Publications: San Diego
- Aug 19, 2011 Keeping Youth Connected: San Diego The purpose of the community profiles project is to highlight data that help community members, advocates, and policymakers understand the nature and extent of issues facing large numbers of youth in low-income urban and rural communities. This fact sheet presents data and research related to San Diego to help elevate the issue of youth development and high school dropout. Download PDF
- Mar 09, 2010 | Sara Hastings, Rhonda Tsoi-A-Fatt, and Linda Harris Building a Comprehensive Youth Employment Delivery System: Examples of Effective Practice Many communities have shown tremendous commitment to youth employment. The return on investment and effort, however, can be greatly multiplied if federal youth funds, discretionary funding, resources from other youth serving systems, and community resources are brought together to build comprehensive youth employment system. Key elements of such a system include: a strong convening entity, an effective administrative agent, a well-trained case management arm, strong partnerships across systems that serve youth, and high quality work experience and career exposure. Download PDF
- Jul 28, 2009 | Sara Hastings Putting Youth to Work Series: Examples of Effective Practice in Disconnected Communities, San Diego There are several communities that are working effectively to address pressing youth issues. Their approach and lessons learned can be a guide for other communities seeking to improve outcomes for their youth populations. CLASP is committed to highlighting these effective practices in particular communities around the country and have initiated a series focused on youth employment service delivery. This profile highlights examples of the approaches used in San Diego. Download PDF
- Jan 30, 2009 | Sara Hastings CCRY Network 2009 Winter Meeting Summary: Looking Forward - Moving the Youth Agenda with a New Federal Administration The agenda for the day-and-a-half meeting consisted of: group discussions on the potential opportunities that exist with an Obama Administration and Congress, including the recovery bill and investments in green jobs, energy and infrastructure; a facilitated workshop on crafting the Network message; and community presentations from Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Diego on connecting out-of-school youth to postsecondary pathways. Download PDF
- Jan 01, 2009 | Rhonda Tsoi-A-Fatt Lessons Learned: Community Perspectives on Supporting the Path to Positive Outcomes for Youth CLASP convened city leadership from eight communities around the country which face the problem of high levels of youth distress. These city leaders provided their grounded perspective on the challenges that communities face when trying to create a continuum of supportive services at sufficient scale to serve all their youth. They also discuss the role that national policy organizations can play in supporting their work. Download PDF
- Jul 01, 2008 | Sara Hastings CCRY Network 2008 Summer Meeting: Using the Workforce and Youth Development Delivery Systems to Serve Gang Involved Youth The agenda for the day-and-a-half meeting consisted of five panel sessions: Intervention and Recovery Strategies; Partnering with Law Enforcement; The Youth Perspective; Community-Wide Efforts to Address Gang Violence; and Garnering Political Support, Resources and Action to Make Youth a Priority. This summary features best practices from Boston and Brockton, Massachusetts, and San Diego. Download PDF
- Jun 16, 2007 | Linda Harris CCRY Network: Community Collaboration Among Systems This page highlights several community collaborations between the workforce development system and the secondary and postsecondary system as well as the juvenile justice system. This page is an excerpt from the appendix of the report, "Learning from the Youth Opportunity Experience: Building Delivery Capacity in Distressed Communities." Download PDF
- Feb 16, 2006 | Linda Harris Learning from the Youth Opportunity Experience: Building Delivery Capacity in Distressed Communities In 2000, the U.S. Department of Labor awarded significant Youth Opportunity (YO) Grants to 36 high-poverty urban, rural, and Native American communities. The grants were designed to serve all young people in these areas, regardless of income or connection to school or work. Communities were required to assess and integrate existing youth-serving systems and agencies to support education, work exposure, youth development, and other services for young people. Despite evidence of considerable community accomplishments, the YO grants were ended in 2005. This report, based on a survey of 22 of the 36 sites, examines the approaches' strengths, challenges, and lessons learned, and offers recommendations for policy and practice. The appendix of this report contains a brief description of the collaborative efforts in which these YO communities were engaged. Download PDF