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May 11, 2022 | Report/Brief

SYEP in 2021: Lessons For a Changing World

This brief summarizes key themes that emerged from interviews with Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEP) funders, program providers, and youth participants in Albany, Denver, Louisville, Los Angeles, New York, and Orlando.

May 11, 2022 | Report/Brief

Toward a Vision of Quality Summer Employment For All Youth

By Noel Tieszen For decades, Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) have provided income, career exposure, and real-life work experience for thousands of young people across the United States. Yet year after year, youth and community leaders report that there are not enough summer jobs to…

April 19, 2022 | Report/Brief | Darrel Thompson

No More Double Punishments: Lifting the Ban on SNAP and TANF for People with Prior Felony Drug Convictions

In many states, people with drug-related felony convictions are banned from SNAP and TANF. This impedes successful reentry.

July 23, 2021 | Report/Brief | Duy Pham

Subsidized Jobs: Youth and adults impacted by the criminal legal system

The public health and economic crises of the past year have exacerbated existing economic inequities. The pandemic has devastated Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color; workers in jobs paying low wages; youth and young adults; women and women of color; and people impacted by…

April 12, 2021 | Report/Brief | Whitney Bunts

Youth Mobile Response Services: An Investment to Decriminalize Mental Health

In this report for federal, state, and local government entities, we offer examples of states that have created good mental health mobile response systems

February 11, 2021 | Report/Brief | Juan Carlos Gomez

Immigrant Families during the Pandemic: On the Frontlines but Left Behind

This brief details the many ways in which immigrant families have been left behind during the pandemic and provides recommendations on how the federal government can be proactive in meeting the needs of immigrants and their families.

December 1, 2020 | Report/Brief | Kisha Bird

Youth, Equity, and the Power of Now: Our Collective Responsibility

These policy recommendations address health and mental health, employment and economic security, education and career pathways, justice and safe communities, and child care for youth and young adults in America. 

December 1, 2020 | Report/Brief | Duy Pham

Divest from Policing and Mass Incarceration, Invest in Communities and Families of Color

The Biden-Harris Administration must undertake criminal justice reform with an obligation to divest from systems of oppression and invest in the healing of historically oppressed communities.

November 30, 2020 | Report/Brief | Isha Weerasinghe

Boldly Addressing the Current Mental Health and Wellbeing Crisis for Economically Marginalized People and Communities of Color

Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration to address our current mental health crisis. 

November 12, 2020 | Presentation/Webinar | Nia West-Bey

Criminalization to Healing: Reimagining Safety in Schools

>>Watch Part I: Criminalization to Healing: The Movement to Decriminalize Education Our panelists painted a picture of what safety in schools looks like: Deep relationship building between students and staff Addressing root causes within schools and the larger community Providing culturally and historically affirming education Restorative justice…

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