The Benefits of Youth Employment
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Uploaded by ChicagoEducation on Aug 30, 2009
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The youth unemployment rate is 9 times higher than the national average!?
People under the age of 18 make up 26% of the population and spend over 170 billion dollars per year!?
The llinois 2010 budget cut scholarship funds by 48.77%, cut mentoring funds by 83.9%, cut delinquency prevention/intervention services by 43.8% & cut homeless youth services by 22.2%!?
The problem is that current government equations unjustly under-fund and under-serve youth. In 1984 there were 40,000 summer jobs available to teens in Chicago, in 2005 only 11,000 jobs were available 31,000 teens applied for them. Illinois is ranked 49 out of 50 states in school funding, using the property tax system, which guarantees that students from more affluent communities receive more funding for their schools than students in low-income, historically underserved communities.
This video was created by interns in the Enlace Summer Youth Internship program to show the benefits of youth employment and the importance of government support for youth employment programs.
Attend the Chicago Youth Rally to Challenge Budget Cuts on September 1st at The Thompson Center in downtown Chicago (100 Randolph St.) from 10 - 11:30 AM!
For additional information about the rally go to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123756024029&ref=mf
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yes,i really need a job.
elrobertotorres 9 months ago