Opinion: Working together toward a brighter future for CT’s young people
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut welcomes the “119K Commission,” the newly established initiative by the CT Conference of Municipalities (CCM).
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CT’s disconnected youth crisis has an enormous human, economic cost
CBIA and Dalio Education are working together to amplify efforts highlighting Connecticut’s young adults who are at-risk or disconnected from education and employment, and advance solutions to a statewide issue that has enormous human and economic cost.
Opinion: 119,000 reasons to take action in Connecticut in a crisis
In 2023, Dalio Education released a report that sent shockwaves through the state. There is a crisis in Connecticut, and one that we are not adequately seeing or naming, despite its pervasiveness. It is “Connecticut’s Unspoken Crisis,” and there are 119,000 Connecticut children and young adults who are at-risk of social isolation, academic failure, low educational and career aspirations, homelessness, unemployment and are disconnected from their peers, schools and communities.
Opinion: For CT's disconnected youth, there are 119,000 reasons to hope, and 119,000 reasons to act
After Dalio Education released its groundbreaking report in October 2023, “Connecticut’s Unspoken Crisis,” about young people across the state who are at-risk or have become disconnected from school or work, we realized that Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) needed to be a part of the solution.