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KEY INSIGHT |
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Why Youth Employment Matters
Understanding youth employment at a self-sufficient wage reveals a different picture of poverty - most succinctly, that poverty has become working poverty - which in turn compels a reexamination of assumptions about what causes, and therefore, what "cures" poverty.
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This figure represents the dollars lost annually NATIONALLY when youth are not employed AND not in school.
Belfield, C. R., Levin, H. M., & Rosen, R. (January 2012). The Economic Value of Opportunity Youth. Retrieved from Opportunity Nation: The Shared Plan to Restore Opportunity.
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Economic inequality adversely affects the major levers of opportunity, including education, health, work policies, housing, and asset building. It also strains Colorado's and the country's overall economic stability and productivity.
RAISING INCOMES means enhancing skills as well as improving access to jobs that pay self-sufficient wages and have career potential.
A strong economy will mean good jobs that pay self-sufficient wages, a workforce with the skills necessary to fill those jobs, and enhancing links and removing barriers between those jobs and the workers that need them.
Ensuring more young people earn a self-sufficient wage is imperative to the economic vitality of our community. If 1,000 more young people are brought up to earn a self-sufficient wage, it can be estimated that workers will earn an additional $13,761,346 in wages.
This has a positive impact on our region and creates additional demand for goods and services, and thus additional jobs and wages.
Learn more about the impact of youth employment on Adams County's economy at the Employment Collaborative Action Network's upcoming kickoff session.
LEARN MORE
A baseline for Broomfield County is in the process of being developed.
For more information, contact Jennifer Hoffman, Assistant City and County Manager, City and County of Broomfield, via Megan Grimes at
[email protected].
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Youth Employment and Cradle to Career Success
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The Reality of Youth Employment
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*Using the estimates for CCIP, a basic estimate was used to calculate the percentage of individuals at or above the Self-Sufficiency Standard for Adams County in 2018 ($27,684); Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. The US Census Bureau uses estimates only and there can be a large margin of error.
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Current data shows that only 64.4% of young people ages 18-24 in Adams County (approximately 27,700 of 43,000 youth) are earning a wage at the self-sufficiency standard.
This equates to approximately 15,000 youth who are not making a wage that allows them to afford the basic needs for their families.
If all variables remain the same and with Adams County's growing population, the percent at or above the Self Sufficiency Standard could be expected to plateau, with no noticeable signs of improvement.
Learn more about the reality of youth employment in Adams County at the Employment CAN's upcoming kickoff session. LEARN MORE
A baseline for Broomfield County is in the process of being developed.
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Youth, Educator, and Community Voice and Perspective at the Center of this Work
The Youth Employment CAN has been utilizing Technology Enabled Girl Ambassadors (TEGA) to gain insight into the challenges to employment young people are experiencing and to determine what strategies and interventions are working.
The first round of TEGA interviews focused on validating factors identified by the preliminary landscape analysis for why youth are not making a self-sufficient wage, and included interviews with young men of color, employers, and educators.
To view the initial findings from this round of TEGA interviews, CLICK HERE.
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Source: Adams County Educator
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CALL TO ACTION |
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Together We 'CAN'
We will dive into the current state of youth employment in Adams County and collectively work to identify where opportunities exist in the community to improve systems for young people related to employment.
Lunch will be available at 11:00 AM, please come early to get your food and network!
We will be starting promptly at 11:30 AM.
Please RSVP by the Friday April 12th.
A baseline for Broomfield County is in the process of being developed.
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Learn More About Additional ACYI CAN Efforts
National and local research indicates that when our youth are hitting targets in these key areas, their potential for long-term success greatly increases.
These Cradle to Career indicators are similar to
Vital Signs used in healthcare, in this case, they tell us about the health of our community. The Cradle to Career Areas are HOW we measure success for our youth long-term.
Collective work has also kicked off around other Cradle to Career Outcomes.
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STORIES OF IMPACT |
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Story of Impact: Enrolling Adams County's Most-Vulnerable Young People in Post-Secondary Programs
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The MSU Denver Team supports College Works students throughout their post-secondary journeys.
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The team has started off with small cohorts to ensure that this intervention would work for their target population: low-income youth qualifying for
Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) who are at risk of melting off over the summer, particularly youth of color.
READ MORE
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IN THE NEWS |
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Training Young Women to Become Researchers
ACYI TEGA featured on Podcast
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Pictured here: The ACYI TEGA Team at the 2018 StriveTogether National Convening in Seattle, Washington.
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ACYI's
Technology Enabled Girl Ambassadors (TEGA) effort was recently featured on a Podcast by the
Annie E. Casey Foundation. TEGAs are young women aged 18-24 who are trained to
conduct research via a mobile application, which allows them to serve as digital interviewers, collecting real-time data about their communities in the form of audio, videos and photos, as well as traditional survey data.
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INSTITUTE OFFERINGS |
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For a list of current opportunities available, visit us online at ACYI.org. |
Orientation to the ACYI Partnership and Collective Impact
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The ACYI Theory of Action
Take a Deep Dive into our Outcomes Focused Framework
Gain a better understanding of how our Outcomes Focused framework is used to affect systems change in improving outcomes for young people, and how far the ACYI Partnership is in its implementation.
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Intro to Continuous Improvement
What is
Continuous Improvement and how can this process help me improve outcomes on behalf of children and youth?
Learn about the Continuous Improvement process and receive an introduction to basic tools that are key to the practice.
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JOIN OUR TEAM |
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Join Our Team!
AmeriCorps Vista Placement Available
Here at ACYI, we know two things to be true:
- Together We CAN Do More
- Outcomes Focused Practice is How We CAN do It
If you believe this too, check out current opportunities below to join the ACYI Backbone Team.
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PARTNER UPDATES |
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Youth Leadership Camp
Opportunity for High School Students and College Freshmen
The
Latino Leadership Institute
a
t the University of Denver is
partnering with the Denver Broncos to host a Youth Leadership camp on June 26th for rising high school seniors, juniors, and college freshman (2019-20 academic year) from 11:30am-4:30pm at the Broncos Stadium.
Students will dive into Leadership, Financial Literacy, Community Building & Philanthropy, and Emotional Intelligence.
The deadline to apply is April 20. Students will be notified by May 1. Please share with students and encourage them to apply.
LEARN MORE.
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In Adams County, approximately 15,000 young people are not making a wage that allows them to afford their basic needs. The 
