Youth Education & Employment.

The Center for Education and Employment shows that Youth Employment Has Declined during the Past 20 Years:

It states. By the end of 2019, youth (ages 16 to 21) were already 11 percentage points less likely to be employed than in 2000, compared to a 1-percentage-point difference for prime-age adults (ages 25 to 54). During the pandemic, the youth employment rate declined by another 6 percentage points, and the gap between youth employment and prime-age employment has widened by 9 percentage points since 2000.

Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino Youth are Much More Likely to be Disconnected from School and Work than White Youth.

The overall rate of disconnection from school and work hides major disparities by race and ethnicity: Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino youth are substantially more likely to be neither working nor enrolled in school or college than White youth. It is fragmented across multiple institutional silos—including K–12 education; postsecondary education; federal, state, and local government entities; and private industry. This disjointed and fragmented approach to youth policy allows too many young people to slip through the seams.

We are hoping to close those gaps by working with Public and Private sector to employee the Youth we Serve.

Encouraging them to seek higher education and training in areas they are not normally exposed to.