Measure of America research on youth disconnection was cited in a recent Mirror Indy article on youth employment services in Indianapolis. There are 24,300 opportunity youth in the Indianapolis metro area—this programming aims to reduce this number by offering training, education, and counseling. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/e5XF_YxZ?
Measure of America
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We are a nonpartisan program of the Social Science Research Council, focused on well-being and opportunity in America.
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Measure of America is a nonpartisan project of the Social Science Research Council, a nonprofit think tank based in Brooklyn, NY. Measure of America creates easy-to-use and methodologically sound tools for understanding well-being and opportunity in the United States and stimulates fact-based dialogue about these issues. Through reports, interactive maps, online tools, custom-built dashboards, community engagement, and commissioned research, Measure of America and its partners breathe life into numbers, using data to identify areas of need, build consensus about priorities, pinpoint levers for change, and track progress over time.
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Check out Connecticut’s first annual report on youth disconnection, a milestone that took years of dedicated analysis and advocacy. Dalio Education’s 2023 report and legwork brought statewide attention to this important issue, ultimately leading the legislature to pass a law requiring an annual report on youth disconnection. This is a great example of how data, narrative, and people-centered advocacy can drive meaningful policy change, and a model for other states.
Shout out to Adhlere Coffy for being the engine behind the scenes. Connecticut now knows a lot about young people who are struggling the most. Many people have helped to create visibility into the statewide crisis that impacts every town and affects 1 in 5 young people, but Adhlere deserves specific mention. He was the intellectual architect for the 2023 analysis that identified 119,000 young people as at-risk or disconnected. And he was the leader who ensured that the framework carried forward to this important analysis, now adopted by the State of Connecticut. May this analysis lead to State action in support of 106,000 young people.
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Our friend Robert Sainz and NYEC had the opportunity to provide testimony before Congress last week. There is no substitute for government-scale investment to ensure all young people in America are given the attention and resources to succeed in school and at work.
NYEC was honored to be asked to testify before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development on "Strengthening WIOA: Improving Outcomes for America's Workforce.” In his testimony, NYEC’s Board Chair, Robert Sainz, encouraged Congress to reauthorize WIOA this Congress with key provisions that would benefit opportunity youth and the programs that serve them. These provisions include:? 1.Creating a Youth Apprenticeship Readiness Grant program;?? 2.Updating the definition of “out-of-school youth” to “opportunity youth” and including youth experiencing homelessness and youth in foster care in the definition regardless of school enrollment status;?? 3.Mandating the use of self-attestation so young people can be served by providers upon engaging with the program;?? 4.Codifying the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program so justice-impacted youth can be connected to employment opportunities;?? 5.Requiring state and local workforce boards to produce an analysis of the opportunity youth population in the state and their needs; and?? 6.Authorizing increased funding for the WIOA Title I Youth Program.? NYEC looks forward to working with Congressional leaders, our national partners, our members, and young people to strengthen and reauthorize WIOA.? You can watch a recording of the hearing here: https://lnkd.in/grwfpt6j
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Last week, we held our first advisory panel meetings for our upcoming report, A Portrait of Los Angeles 2026. We shared preliminary findings and gathered feedback from our advisory panels, drawn from a wide range of County and community stakeholders. We look forward to incorporating the takeaways into our continuing research and continuing these discussions! Thank you to the The James Irvine Foundation and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health for hosting these meetings and for their support of this work.
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We’re thrilled to be presenting at the 2025 National Youth Employment Coalition Annual Forum this May!
We’re excited to announce Kristen Lewis Director and Co-Founder, and Alex Powers, Associate Director of Measure of America , as featured speakers at the 2025 NYEC Annual Forum in Minneapolis, Minnesota! Join them as they present key insights from their latest report, Broad Recovery, Persistent Inequity, exploring national trends in youth disconnection, changes over the past decade, and strategies to create more equitable opportunities for young people. Don’t miss this important conversation. Register now and be part of the conversation! .https://lnkd.in/eGU6n7WX
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A recent brief from Mary Alice McCarthy of New America examines different workforce development programs and strategies—including apprenticeships, sector-based training, and WIOA—and what actually leads to quality, in-demand jobs for young people. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eFPpsMi3
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A recent journal article highlights the difference between “lifespan” and “healthspan.” Americans are living longer (but not necessarily healthier) lives. The study found that the US has the largest healthspan-lifespan gap, and that on average Americans spend the last 12.4 years of their lives living with chronic diseases. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dY2nYkCA
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Elizabeth Cheung and Jennifer Epps of Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and The LIFT Fund published an article in Nonprofit Quarterly emphasizing the importance of transforming the US workforce system to become more just and effective. They cite Measure of America’s national research on youth disconnection to highlight young people who have been left behind by the current workforce system due to systemic barriers and to bring attention to the importance of creating an inclusive economy. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gdGGp-y7
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Check out this great article highlighting the importance of transforming the US workforce system; it uses our data on youth disconnection.
Senior Program Officer, Opportunity Youth Initiative at Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Despite low unemployment rates, many people still struggle to find jobs that offer economic mobility, especially young adults hoping to begin their careers. Research shows almost 4.7 million young people ages 16 to 24 in the U.S. are “disconnected” and looking for employment and further education. To change this, it is critically important for philanthropy, nonprofits, and stakeholder groups to work together to advance a transformative vision of a US workforce system. Learn more in this piece I wrote with Jennifer Epps, Executive Director of The LIFT Fund: https://lnkd.in/gRC7tmbA Conrad N. Hilton Foundation