When a recent study found that one in five or 119,000 Connecticut youth are at risk or disconnected from school and employment, officials began looking at why and what could be done. Both a new bill up for discussion at the Capitol and a CCM task force announced today composed of Connecticut leaders aim to address the crisis.
The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities launches the 119K Commission, aiming to reintegrate disconnected youth through education and employment.
The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) today announced the launch of the 119K Commission which seeks to aid the 20% of 14-26 year olds in the state who are at risk of not graduating high school or are already disconnected from education and employment opportunities.
The 15-member commission will be led by three chairs: Torrington Mayor Elinor Carbone; Andrew Ferguson, the chief executive at Dalio; and Josh Brown, a high school dropout who became a banking executive and leader of Domus, a non-profit serving teens in Stamford.