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ERIC Number: ED671614
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Dec
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Preparing Today's Youth for the Jobs of the Future: JFF's Policy Recommendations for Serving Youth in Infrastructure, Climate and Semiconductor Production Careers
Taylor Maag; Brooke Valle; Mary Clagett
Jobs for the Future
Youth want workforce policies and programs that reflect their unique needs. If policymakers listen, they will create more inclusive opportunities that benefit communities, local businesses, and youth themselves. Jobs for the Future (JFF) held a series of focus groups with young people ages 16 to 24 focused on their career aspirations and perspectives on infrastructure, climate, and semiconductor production occupations. Informed by the voices of young people and insights from the Workforce Transformation Policy Council (WTPC), a group of future-focused workforce development leaders from around the country who serve youth every day, JFF has developed nine policy recommendations to best serve youth who are neither working nor enrolled in school--also known as "opportunity youth"--through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act. These recommendations highlight ways state and local officials can dedicate funding to serve young people, expand paid work experiences, increase connections between K-12, workforce, and social services programs, and continue to advance job quality and youth protections.
Jobs for the Future. 88 Broad Street 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02110. Tel: 617-728-4446; Fax: 617-728-4857; e-mail: info@jff.org; Web site: http://www.jff.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Authoring Institution: JFF (Jobs for the Future)
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