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Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities
Are Reconnecting Out-of-School
YouthIn cooperation with
Council of the Great City SchoolsNational Association of Secondary School Principals
National Conference of State LegislaturesNational League of Cities
National School Boards Association
Central Question
What can be done to reconnect our young people to opportunities for building useful lives in work, family, and citizenship?
Case Studies of Communities
• A sampling, illustrating various modes of reconnecting out-of-school youth to education, employment, and civic participation
• A practical resource• Not a survey
12 Communities
• Austin, Texas• Baltimore, Maryland• Camden, New Jersey • Jefferson County
(Louisville), Kentucky• Milwaukee,
Wisconsin• Montgomery County
(Dayton), Ohio
• Oakland, California• Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania • Pima County
(Tucson), Arizona• Portland, Oregon• Salt Lake City, Utah• Trenton, New Jersey
National Program Models
• Job Corps• Jobs for America’s Graduates• National Guard Youth ChalleNGe• Opportunities Industrialization Centers• YouthBuild• Youth Service and Conservation Corps• Youth Opportunity Grant Program
Dropout Recovery Efforts Are Varied
• Exist at the program, district, city, county, state, and national level
• Assist with GED preparation, high school and associate’s degree completion, and employment preparation
• Offered by school districts, CBOs, community colleges, and private companies
• Include actual programs, as well as policy initiatives encouraging such programming
Program Characteristics
• Open-Entry/Open-Exit• Flexible Scheduling and Year-round
Learning• Teachers As Coaches, Facilitators and
Crew Leaders• Real-World, Career-Oriented Curricula
Program Characteristics
• Opportunities for Employment• Clear Codes of Conduct with Consistent
Enforcement• Extensive Support Services• A Portfolio of Options for a Varied Group
Successful Efforts
• In Portland, OR, Portland Community College is offering former OSY the opportunity to complete high school and an associate’s degree or significant college credit.
• In Montgomery County, OH, The Out-of-School Youth Initiative has reduced the dropout rate dramatically by targeting programming to 16-24 year-olds without a high school diploma.
• In Philadelphia, the Reintegration Initiative puts programs and supports in place to prevent young people exiting the juvenile justice system from reoffending.
• YouthBuild programs across the country are helping young people obtain a GED or high school diploma while learning work skills by building affordable housing.
The varied programs and policies described in this report are possible for any community to implement.
The nation has more than enough models and know-how to be able to reclaim America’s dropouts.
The varied programs and policies described in this report are possible for any community to implement.
The nation has more than enough models and know-how to be able to reclaim many more of America’s dropouts.
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