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Young Audiences transforms the lives and education of our youth through the arts by connecting educators, professional artists, and communities.
Get Ready to Read provides plenty of free resources for teachers and parents to promote literacy to their children before ever entering kindergarten. By preparing them before they start school, students will be more likely to keep up with their classmates and maintain a high reading level.
Reading Rockets is a national multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.
AmeriCoprsNCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) engages recent college graduates and veterans in public. AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, team-based residential program for young adults age 18–24. The mission of AmeriCorps NCCC is to strengthen communities and develop leaders through direct, team-based national and community service. Members are assigned to one of five campuses, located in Denver, Colorado; Sacramento, California; Perry Point, Maryland; Vicksburg, Mississippi; and Vinton, Iowa. All AmeriCorps members receive Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards when they complete their terms of service. These awards can be used to pay back loans or pay for college or graduate school. A majority of AmeriCorps members have at least some college experience, and the program has a strong track record of creating pathways to public service fields that are currently experiencing workforce shortages.
CareerOneStop provides resources for career exploration, training, and jobs. The website is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Corps Network is the voice of the nation’s 158 Service and Conservation Corps. Currently operating in 46 states and the District of Columbia, Corps annually enroll more than 33,000 young men and women in service every year. Corps annually mobilize approximately 265,000 community volunteers who, in conjunction with Corps members, generate 15.3 million hours of service every year.
Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the US Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16–24 improve the quality of their lives through vocational and academic training.
The National Youth Employment Coalition envisions a nation in which every young person is assured the full range of educational, developmental, vocational, economic and social opportunities, supports or services that he or she may need to become a productive and self-sufficient worker, taxpayer, parent and citizen.
YouthBuild USA seeks to unleash the intelligence and positive energy of low-income youth to rebuild their communities and their lives. YouthBuild USA joins with others to help build a movement toward a more just society in which respect, love, responsibility and cooperation are the dominant unifying values and sufficient opportunities are available for all people, in all communities, to fulfill their own potential and contribute to the well-being of others.
The EDD, in partnership with the America’s Job Centers of California (AJCC) can help California’s youth prepare for success in the classroom and entry into the workforce. Youth can receive work-readiness and life skills that will help them achieve their career goals.
Provides youth with the skills and training they need to successfully transition to adulthood and careers.
ACT (Assets Coming Together) for Youth Center of Excellence connects research to practice in the areas of positive youth development and adolescent sexual health.