Measure of America

We work with partners to: identify areas of need, build consensus about priorities, pinpoint levers for change, and track progress over time. Part of @SSRC_org

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A recent @clevelanddotcom op-ed used Measure of America’s youth disconnection research to advocate for dedicated support and resources to keep young people engaged in a struggling Cleveland school district.
https://t.co/QamslVhWa0

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Measure of America Director Kristen Lewis recently attended the U.S. Conference of Mayors in DC, presenting our latest research on youth disconnection to the Workforce Development Council.

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It’s great (and unusual) to see cities respond to the seriousness of youth disconnection by proposing substantial investments in young people.

Read more here: https://t.co/ODmtjjNoqe

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Mayors and superintendents from Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Stamford, and New Haven asked for an increase of $545 million in education funds to address youth disconnection in Connecticut.

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This is a great profile on Yaneliz Cabrera, who we co-presented with at the Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Forum Convening.

https://t.co/pFeYOM4oJW

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You can find A Portrait of Sonoma County here: https://t.co/VsaqNGJnWO

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Measure of America’s 2021 report, A Portrait of Sonoma County, was referenced in a @NorthBayNews op-ed from an educator as evidence for neighborhood-level inequality in Sonoma County & to argue against school closures in one of their poorest neighborhoods:
https://t.co/Eci928Gcep

[Mila Koumpilova @MilaKoumpilova]

If America's 4.2 million 16- to 24-year-olds who aren't in school, college or the workforce lived in one city, it’d be the second largest in the country.

The issue has long bedeviled cities like Detroit & Chicago.

I spent much of 2024 reporting on it:
https://t.co/DuVBSpPt1Z

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Check out this great article in Chalkbeat focusing on youth disconnection in Detroit:

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Post-pandemic, advocates and others have been rethinking efforts to help “opportunity youth,” adolescents who have disconnected from school and work. A resurgent Detroit offers a case study. https://t.co/FsoTnZIOgH

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Read more here:
https://t.co/Ea0krCARMK

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A recent article published in @Chalkbeat by @MilaKoumpilova highlights several programs working to support disconnected young people in Detroit. Measure of America’s Director Kristen Lewis is quoted in the article:

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“We’ve been searching for silver bullets [...] but look at the deep structural problems and profound inequities some neighborhoods face. It’s the story of what’s wrong with America.”

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@DalioEducation Read more about the CCM’s work here:
https://t.co/x8d9JKi6t5

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Over the past few weeks, government officials, systems leaders, and journalists across Connecticut have engaged with the recommendations made in the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities’ report, Young People First.

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@DalioEducation Young People First focuses on disconnected youth in Connecticut, and, among other things, calls for an initial investment of around $150 million to be made toward reaching at-risk and disconnected youth and revamping systems to better provide these young people with resources.

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Last week, @nytimes highlighted NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training), another term for disconnected/opportunity youth, & the long-term trend towards reconnection to school & work. Our latest report explores this & more:https://t.co/xZt3OordBj

https://t.co/8ppysgSfKE

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Check out this great opportunity at @ssrc_org: applications are open for their visual sociology competition.

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The Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology is now accepting applications for the 2025 competition! Open to undergraduate and graduate students worldwide.

Learn more and apply:
https://t.co/CURsYUWP6v

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We also deeply appreciate our advisory panel members and data, systems, and philanthropic leaders that contributed their time and expertise to this rollout effort.

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The Measure of America team was in Houston last week starting the rollout of our report, Building Bright Futures in Greater Houston! This research & data tool focuses on opportunity youth and young adults in the Greater Houston region and is launching in December (stay tuned!)

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Thank you to our partners at the Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Houston and the William Stamps Farish Fund for their hospitality and unflagging support of this work.