Youth

This community is a space for Housing Is members interested in youth. Low-income youth face unique challenges and opportunities as their families move towards self-sufficiency through housing assistance; some youth are experiencing homelessness or are independent from guardians.
Found 3 resources.
Policy Brief Mon, 04/05/2021

A Summer for Learning & Recovery

Summer programs can be essential supports for equitable recovery and accelerating learning. Summer learning programs have the power to be a game changer for youth. Programs can help students re-connect with peers and caring adults, re-engage in learning, and accelerate students’ social, emotional, and academic recovery.
Author/Publisher: AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE
Early childhood, Education, Grade-level proficiency, Low-income, Out-of-school time, School-readiness, Youth
Shared by Housing Is on Apr 6, 2021
Policy Brief Mon, 04/05/2021

A Summer for Learning & Recovery

Summer programs can be essential supports for equitable recovery and accelerating learning. Summer learning programs have the power to be a game changer for youth. Programs can help students re-connect with peers and caring adults, re-engage in learning, and accelerate students’ social, emotional, and academic recovery.
Author/Publisher: AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE
Early childhood, Education, Grade-level proficiency, Low-income, Out-of-school time, School-readiness, Youth
Shared by Housing Is on Apr 6, 2021
News Article Thu, 06/29/2017

Chicago jobs program reduces youth violence, Urban Labs study shows

One Summer Chicago Plus is a jobs program designed to reduce violence and prepare youth living in some of the city’s highest-violence neighborhoods for the labor market. This study was carried out over the summer of 2013 in partnership with the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services. It found that the program, which provided a six-week, minimum-wage job for 25 hours a week, reduced the number of violent-crime arrests for participants by 33 percent over the subsequent year. The One Summer Chicago Plus 2013 study—accompanied by a long-term follow-up of the 2012 program—closely examines the two to three years following the six-week program and finds that the reduction in violent-crime arrests is not driven simply by keeping participants off the streets during the summer. In fact, the decline in violence remains significant when the summer is ignored entirely. Researchers did find, however, that the program had no significant impacts on schooling outcomes or engagement, nor did it have a positive impact on formal labor sector employment for all of the participants after the fact. The authors do note that it is possible that significant labor market effects will develop past the three-year window examined in the study.
Author/Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO URBAN LABS
Child welfare, Community development, Criminal justice, Out-of-school time, Partnerships, Preventative care, Safety, Youth
Shared by Housing Is on Oct 15, 2020

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