Efforts to understand and address the challenges of Opportunity Youth are in place throughout the country. Provided here are links and research to enhance our local understanding of the issues and interventions.
Data
Grad Nation – America’s Promise Alliance
Reconnecting Opportunity Youth: Data Reference Guide, March 2015
Getting Started with Data-Driven Decision Making: A Workbook
Identifying Potential Dropouts: Key Lessons for Building an Early Warning Data System
Best Practice/Community Case Studies
Employing Opportunity Youth: Recognizing and Reinforcing the Business Case
True Opportunity For Opportunity Youth
My Brother’s Keeper Task Force Report
Collective Impact for Opportunity Youth – FSG
Spreading Innovation – Collective Impact Case Studies – Jobs for the Future
Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure into Action
Accounting for Opportunity: A Fiscal Scan for New Orleans Opportunity Youth
Reconnecting Opportunity Youth: The Issue, The Impact, The Opportunity for New Orleans
In and Beyond Schools: Putting More Youth on the Path to Success with Integrated Support
Supporting Opportunity Youth on Postsecondary Pathways: Lessons from Two States
Pathways for Success for Michigan’s Opportunity Youth
My Brothers Keeper – Life Course Framework for Improving the Lives of Boys and Men of Color
Career 360: An Employer-Led Approach to Bridging the Opportunity Divide
High School Dropouts
The Dropout Crisis: Promising Approaches in Prevention and Recovery
Beyond the Indicators: An Integrated School-Level Approach to Dropout Prevention
Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Raising High School Graduation Rates
Freshman Year: The Make-it or Break-it Year
High School Disconnection: Insights from the Inside
What your community can do to end its dropout crisis: Learnings from Research and Practice
Prevention