http://www.clasp.org/issues/rss/topic_publications.xml?type=youth&id=0005 Resources and Publications from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 08:29:15 -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 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1230&list=publications In a single generation, our nation is faced with the prospect of losing over 132,000 black men and boys to gun violence. Moreover, for every black male who dies from gun violence, there are another 24 others who suffer non-fatal injuries - making the impacts of such violence even greater. In black communities, gun violence is about far more than reforming gun control laws and empowering law enforcement. Gun violence for young black males predominates in communities where residents live in concentrated disadvantage with high rates of unemployment, school dropout, and poverty. The absence of opportunities in these communities gives rise to criminal activity and the loss of too many young lives. Solving the crisis of gun violence in communities requires that America address the issue of concentrated poverty and geography. The rebuilding and strengthening of these communities through creating infrastructure to provide improved education and employment opportunities for black youth will significantly reduce issues of gun violence. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1230&list=publications Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Keeping-Connected-Youth-Newsletter-February-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-February-2013.htm 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 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Keeping-Connected-Youth-Newsletter-December-2012.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-December-2012.htm Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Surveys-Technical-Report.pdf This report is a summary of the findings from over 500 online and telephone surveys with local practitioners and national experts in the area of boys and young men of color. They shared perspectives on which issues were most pressing in the areas of education, employment, and health as well as solutions for moving the work forward more effectively in communities. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Surveys-Technical-Report.pdf Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Roundtable-Summary-HS.pdf Summary of roundtable discussion with national experts on strengthening education and employment pathways for males of color in high school. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Roundtable-Summary-HS.pdf Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Roundtable-Summary-OSY.pdf Summary of roundtable discussion with national experts on creating education and employment pathways for out-of-school males of color. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Roundtable-Summary-OSY.pdf Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Roundtable-Summary-middle.pdf Summary of roundtable discussion with national experts on improving education outcomes and pathways to employment for boys of color in middle school. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Roundtable-Summary-middle.pdf Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Roundtable-Summary-health.pdf Summary of roundtable discussion with national experts on issues of health for boys and young men of color. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/RWJF-Roundtable-Summary-health.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, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=0936&list=publications Webcast of an event to advance the vision and policy solutions presented in the "We Dream A World" report, released December 2010. This event was jointly sponsored by CLASP and the 2025 Campaign for Black Men and Boys. It was the second in CLASP's 40th anniversary policy series, Policy and Promise for Low Income People in America. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0936&list=publications 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 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/2025BMBfulldocDec.pdf This compelling new report presents a broad social and political strategy to drastically change outcomes for young black boys who will come of age in the year 2025. It is the product of five years of research and brainstorming by a diverse set of scholars, researchers and other thought leaders in the African American community. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/2025BMBfulldocDec.pdf Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/community-intervetion-strategy-excerpt.pdf Building postsecondary pathways to good jobs for low-income young men of color will require stretching the paradigms of our secondary, postsecondary, workforce, and adult education systems, as well as greater collaboration among these systems. Aligning systems and programming across funding streams, building partnerships, and creating new pathways are complex endeavors. But there are many innovative approaches that have shown promise and can be implemented and taken to scale. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/community-intervetion-strategy-excerpt.pdf Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/postsecondaryyouthofcolor.pdf Linda Harris, director of youth policy, and Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield, senior policy analyst, co-authored a chapter in the recently published book Changing Places: How Communities Will Improve the Health of Boys of Color. The book "draws attention to the urgent need--both economic and moral--to better understand the policy and community-based factors that serve as opportunities or barriers for young men and boys of color as they make critical life decisions." Ms. Harris and Ms. Duke-Benfield's chapter examines why it is essential to invest access to postsecondary education opportunities for young men of color. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/postsecondaryyouthofcolor.pdf 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 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/ESEA-Recommendations2010.pdf American school districts are losing the battle to successfully educate a large number of the nation's youth. The reauthorization of ESEA is a prime opportunity to rethink how we can strengthen our commitment to reconnect with youth who have left school without receiving their diploma. These comments, submitted to the US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, focus on how to amend ESEA to ensure that struggling students and high school dropouts have access to systems, support, and funding to remain in school or re-enter the educational system and attain a viable education that prepares them for post secondary opportunities and success in careers. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/ESEA-Recommendations2010.pdf Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Youth-Employment-Systems.pdf 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. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Youth-Employment-Systems.pdf 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