http://www.clasp.org/issues/topic_in_focus.xml?type=youth&id=0006 In Focus articles from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Sun, 26 May 2013 02:51:36 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0053 Los Angeles city officials, police, and school officials entered into a new partnership for dealing with troubled youth. Rather than punishment and issuing of citations for those with minor infractions, students will be offered counseling, support, and referral to appropriate services. These changes are a result of the continuous pressure from advocates, community organizers, parents, and civil rights organizations directed at changing the disciplinary practices which had roots in the zero tolerance policies of the nineties and resulted in early involvement of far too many students at an early age in the criminal justice system. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0053 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0046 In American communities aEUR" large, small, urban, rural, and suburban -- millions of young people are isolated from opportunities to realize their potential and participate fully in our society. An astounding 6.7 million youth ages 16 to 24 are disconnected from education, the labor market, and opportunity. AmericaaEUR(TM)s youth are experiencing depression-era levels of unemployment, and we are losing significant ground with segments of our minority youth population. In particular, low-income young men of color are disproportionately affected by the current labor market, with fewer than one in five African-American and Latino young men having a job last month. The Obama Administration has shown considerable leadership in this arena through the White House Council for Community Solutions and the Interagency Work Group on Disconnected Youth. The Department of EducationaEUR(TM)s recent Request for Information on Strategies for Improving Outcomes for Disconnected Youth is also timely and necessary. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0046 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0043 On Monday, the White House Council for Community Solutions held its final summit to culminate an eighteen-month process of bringing together myriad stakeholders in and outside the beltway to better understand the challenges facing youth ages 16 to 24 that are out of school and out of work. Across the country, there are 6.7 million "opportunity youth." The Council's aim has been to raise solutions to help reconnect these youth to education and jobs and the opportunity to realize their potential. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0043 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0040 On March 29, 2012, Rep. Virginia Foxx, Rep. Joseph J. Heck and Rep. Howard P. McKeon introduced the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 4297), which among other things, consolidates 27 federal programs into a single workforce investment fund, devolves more power and decision making to state and local boards, eliminates many of the requirements and mandates that governed the consolidated streams, and increased the role of employers on state and local boards. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0040 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0037 On January 5, 2012, before an assembly of business and civic leaders, policy experts, and youth, President Obama called attention to the unemployment situation of the 6.7 million young people who are out of school and out of work and issued a aEURoeCall to ActionaEUR?. Citing the urgency of the situation the President said aEURoeAmericaaEUR(TM)s young people face record unemployment, and we need to do everything we can to make sure theyaEUR(TM)ve got the opportunity to earn the skills and a work ethic that come with a job. ItaEUR(TM)s important for their future, and for AmericaaEUR(TM)s.aEUR? http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0037 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0007 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0007 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0006 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0006 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0002 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=youth&id=0002