State leaders launch ‘119K Commission’ to help disconnected youth in Connecticut
Months after the release of an alarming report on the growing population of disconnected youth in Connecticut, a new commission will work to tackle the issue.
Months after the release of an alarming report on the growing population of disconnected youth in Connecticut, a new commission will work to tackle the issue.
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.
Joshua Brown grew up chronically homeless in Stamford with his mother, sister and brother. On Wednesday. March 6, 2024, he was named as one of three co-chairs of the "119K Commission" formed by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, with a grant from Dalio Education, to examine disconnected youth statewide.
Town and city leaders embarked Wednesday on a mission to reconnect 60,000 teenagers and young adults to viable education and career pathways.