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Broad Recovery, Persistent Inequity: Youth Disconnection in America
Broad Recovery, Persistent Inequity presents 2022 youth disconnection rates for the United States as a whole as well as by gender, race and ethnicity, region, state, metro area, and congressional district.
A Portrait of Newark
A Portrait of Newark is an extensive study of well-being across race, place, and gender, and youth disconnection across Newark, New Jersey.
A Portrait of the Valley: San Joaquin Valley Human Development Report 2023
A Portrait of the Valley is an extensive study of well-being across race, place, and gender across the San Joaquin Valley.
Youth Disconnection Interactive Tool
Millions of young people in the United States are neither working nor in school. Explore the latest youth disconnection data for yourself in this interactive tool.
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The forgotten millions: Disconnected young Americans
"Research shows that disconnected youth face significantly reduced lifetime earnings, higher rates of unemployment, increased interaction with the criminal legal system, and poorer physical and mental health."
The Philadelphia Inquirer | April 15, 2025‘Not invisible’: This Indy program helps struggling young people
"In 2022, about 24,300 young people in the Indianapolis metro area were in this category, according to the Social Science Research Council."
Mirror Indy | March 5, 2025Chimacum students learning skills to become ready for workforce
"The district also tapped into data from the Social Science Research Council’s Measure of America that showed 25 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds in Jefferson County are not working, in school or in the military."
Peninsula Daily News | February 1, 2025
