The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities’ 119K Commission held its first meeting Tuesday at New Haven’s Hillhouse High School to continue the conversation on disconnected youth.
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Disconnected Youth Bill Sent To The Transportation Committee
A bill to address the growing problem of at-risk or disconnected youth was referred to the Connecticut General Assembly’s Transportation Committee this week where lawmakers have five days to discuss the bill, which includes free public bus fares to help students get to and from school. Keep reading
Youth Cadet Program Works To Help Police And The Community In New London
NEW LONDON, CT – The New London Police Department’s Youth Cadets had their second official outing recently. Community Resource Officer Christine Nocito led the nine cadets to St. James Episcopal Church in downtown New London to help give out hundreds of Easter baskets and food to the local community.
119K Commission Gets Advice On Helping At-Risk Youth
When the state made public buses free during the pandemic, it was a lifeline for Sean Tomany’s high school students. They could get to school earlier, stay later, participate in extracurriculars, and meet with teachers. The free buses went away, as did the opportunities that so many of his students could access for a short while, helping make… Keep reading
CCM, Dalio Education Announce New Commission, Website, More Discussions On Disconnected Youth
Advocates for disconnected youth held a news conference Wednesday at the state Capitol to announce the establishment of a 15-member commission that includes 12 municipal leaders from some of the state’s largest to smallest towns, and another series of eight public forums on the Dalio Education report to be held this year. Keep reading
Advocates Say Data Collection, Sharing Is A Big Piece Of The Disconnected Youth Puzzle
Advocates discussed gathering better data and sharing it between a variety of organizations that haven’t traditionally shared information Wednesday during a public hearing on a bill to address the bubble of 119,000 “disconnected youth” identified in a report released by Dalio Education last year.
Lawmakers To Consider Bill Aimed At Supporting Disconnected, At-Risk Youth
Following Dalio Education’s release of a report last year identifying 119,000 youth in Connecticut who are disconnected from education or in danger of falling by the wayside, the General Assembly’s Education Committee has raised a bill to address the issue. Keep reading
Connecticut Faces Challenges in Collaborating to Support Disconnected Youth
It’s been nibbled on around the edges, but during Tuesday’s last discussion on a report about disengaged and disconnected youth, nonprofit service providers admitted that collaboration to deliver services to this invisible population is tough. Keep reading
Panelists: Young People Need More Support, And Earlier, But The Public Still Needs To Get Behind It
Education officials and nonprofit service providers said the state legislature, the business community, and even voters are needed to help fix a statewide crisis of children and young adults who are considered at-risk or disconnected.
Dalio Education Report Highlights Connecticut’s ‘Invisible’ Youth Crisis, Prompts Calls for Awareness, Action
The premise of a Dalio Education report that found that 119,000 young adults in Connecticut who are at-risk of not graduating from high school or are disconnected from post-secondary education or employment, is that when more people know about the crisis, then more people will care, and more people will act. Keep reading
OP-ED | Dalio Report Should Spark a Bipartisan Conversation
Opinion columnist Terry Cowgill dives into the trove of data provided by the report commissioned by Dalio Education and suggests that Connecticut should follow the example of several European nations that have banned cell phones in schools. The results? Less bullying and better academic performance. Keep reading
