Percent of Youth Ages 16-24 Not in School and Not Working
Current Value
8.7%
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
FY2018 -
- from Community Needs Survey 2016
- Opiod crisis/substance abuse prevalence
- lack of jobs/lack of vocational training
- Although low unemployment; jobs not matched to skill set of youth
- Life skills - lack of
- Insufficient transitional programs
- Insufficient services for older youth
- Lack of affordable housing
- Focus on college bound vs. other post secondary options
- Alternative options for HS completion not accessible - e.g. raised age of drop out.
- Gang related activity
Partners
Transportaion Partners:
- Transit
- Taxis
- County and City Planning Departments
Homeless
- Business Community
- Faith-Based Community
What Works
Most off the wall idea:
Transportation: Encourage youth to consider taking jobs that are close to where they live so they can walk and bike to work; take a skateboard to work.
Homeless: Use Winchester Hall and the Fire Departments as open buildings for shelters when they are not operating.
Strategy
- Transportatino: Shuttles from outer areas into the work hubs
- Homeless: Coordinate the business community with the faith-based community; if faith-based community vouches for homeless youth to businesses they may be more likely to hire them.
Data Discussion
Indicator: Youth Not in School and Not Working (% ages 16-24)
Definition: The percentage of the population ages 16 to 24 who are not enrolled in school and who are not working (either unemployed or not in the labor force).
Source: Measure of America analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey PUMS Microdata (http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml) and custom tabulations for county and county equivalents provided by special arrangement with the U.S. Census Bureau.