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Youth Opportunity
By
Naomi Clayton
| 23 April 2015
Youth Opportunity
By
Naomi Clayton
| 23 April 2015
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Overview
Introduction
Box Youth employment in the UK and US
Box Figure 1: Unemployment rate by age, 2000 to 2014
Box Intervening to improve young people’s employment prospects
Box Lessons from US cities – this report
The broader policy context
Box The role of the state vs other actors
Box Cities and youth services
Box Figure 2: The US Workforce Development System (incorporating adult and youth-specific programmes)
Box Challenges facing US cities
Box How does the context vary from UK cities?
Improving employment outcomes for young people – the importance of city collaboration
Box Benefits of collaboration
Box Case study 1: Collective efforts to boost educational attainment – the Kalamazoo Promise and its partners
Box Case study 2: Developing a ‘no wrong door’ approach – Sunset Park Alliance
Box Working with employers to close the gap between supply and demand
Box Case study 3: Creating city-wide opportunities for work-based learning – After School Matters, Chicago
Box Case study 4: Working with anchor institutions – Baltimore’s ‘Eds and Meds’
Box Case study 5: ‘Real world’ work experience – Youth Build Boston
Box Case study 6: Working with employers to create alternative routes into the professional service sectors – Year Up, 14 US cities with HQ in Boston
Box Strong local leadership brings cross-sector leaders together and keep their active engagement
Box Case study 7: Mayoral influence – the history of the Boston Compact
Box Case study 8: Leadership from outside the public sector – Bill Strickland and the Manchester Bidwell Corporation
Box Partners established shared and clearly defined goals
Box Case study 9: City collectives – Thrive Chicago
Box Case study 10: Neighbourhood-based collaboration – Bronx Opportunity Network
Box Collaborative activity is supported by intermediary organisations
Box Case study 11: A conduit for multiple funding streams – the Philadelphia Youth Network
Box Case study 12: Using an intermediary organisation to leverage resource – City Connect Detroit
Box Activity is underpinned by shared data and evidence
Box Case study 13: Data for demand-led interventions – the Workforce Intelligence Network
Box Case study 14: Evidence-based policy making – Centre for Economic Opportunity
Box Funders and policymakers can create tools and incentives to enable and support collaboration
Box Case study 15: Tackling policy barriers to effective collaboration – Performance Partnership Pilots
Box Case study 16: Federal support for evaluation – Pathways for Careers and Education
Box How do the approaches taken vary from UK cities?
Recommendations
Facts and figures
Box Table 1: Economic activity by age in the UK, 2014
Box Table 2: Economic activity by age in the US, 2014
Box Figure 3: Youth unemployment as a proportion of the total 16 to 24 year old population in UK cities, 2011
Box Figure 4: Youth unemployment as a proportion of the total 16 to 24 year old population in US cities, 2011
Interviewee list
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1: WIA and local workforce investment boards
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