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.
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…
In this brief, we offer recommendations for supporting the design and implementation of community violence interventions based on research and practice evidence.
Christine Johnson-Staub and Isha Weerasinghe offer a set of principles policymakers and other stakeholders can consider as they implement ARPA’s mental health provisions.
The Census Bureau annual release on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage shows that government investments in 2020 successfully reduced poverty.
CLASP conducted an analysis of 37* state plans to better understand if and how schools were prioritizing Tier 1 social and emotional learning supports.