Train young adults through work-based learning experiences.
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY LEADERS
- Support bipartisan policy initiatives that would expand and update hands-on, modernized career and technical education for all students.
- Participate in or promote work-based learning experiences, which help build a strong business case to employers about the benefits of offering internships and other training opportunities to youth.
EMPLOYERS
- Expand access to work-based learning such as internships and modern-day apprenticeships among industries, small business owners and third-party providers; increase awareness of these opportunities and their benefits.
NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY/EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- Spur partnerships with employers, school districts, colleges and post-secondary technical schools for integrated, work-based learning experiences and certification opportunities for youth.
POLICYMAKERS
- Support bipartisan policy initiatives that would expand and update hands-on, modernized career and technical education for all students.
- Incentivize employers to hire and train youth and encourage them to work with and buy services and products from organizations that employ “opportunity youth”— 16 to 24-year-olds who are neither in school nor working.
- Collaborate with employers and local workforce investment boards to ensure that all young Americans who need job training and supports are being referred to effective, evidence-based programs that prepare them for careers in their region.
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