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# References

American Institutes for Research. (2019). *Opportunity Youth Research Agenda*. Washington, DC: Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs.

Arnett, J. J. (2000). Emerging adulthood: A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties. *The American Psychologist, 55*(5), 469-480.

Borges Martins, E., Elder, J., Lewis, K., & Burd-Sharps, S. (2009). Goals for the common good: Exploring the impact of education. American Human Development Project and United Way. Retrieved from https://www.issuelab.org/resources/3795/3795.pdf

Bridgeland, J. M., & Milano, J. A. (2012). *Opportunity Road: The Promise and Challenges of America’s Forgotten Youth.*Washington, DC: Civic     Enterprises and America’s Promise Alliance. Retrieved from https://aspencommunitysolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Opportunity_Road_Report.pdf

Burd-Sharps, S., & Lewis, K. (2017). *Promising gains, persistent gaps youth disconnection in America.* Brooklyn, NY: Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/Promising%20Gains%20Final.pdf

Burd-Sharps, S., & Lewis, K. (2018). More than a million reasons for hope: Youth disconnection in America today. Brooklyn, NY: Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/dy18.full.report.pdf

Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Almerigi, J. B., Theokas, C., Phelps, E., Gestsdottir, S., ...von Eye, A. (2005). Positive youth development, participation in community youth development programs, and community contributions of fifth-grade adolescents: Findings from the first wave of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. *Journal of Early Adolescence, 25*(1), 17-71.

Lewis, K. (2019). *Making the connection: Transportation and youth disconnection.* Brooklyn, NY: Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/Making%20the%20Connection.pdf

Lewis, K. (2020). *A decade undone: Youth disconnection in the age of Coronavirus.* Brooklyn, NY: Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/ADecadeUndone.pdf

Lewis, K., Burd-Sharps, S., & Ofrane, B. (2018*). Youth disconnection rates highlight structural barriers to achievement in the U.S.* Brooklyn, NY: Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council.

Lewis, K., & Gluskin, R. (2018). *Two futures: The economic case for keeping youth on track*. Brooklyn, NY: Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://measureofamerica.org/psid/

Mendelson, T., Mmari, K., Blum, R. W., Catalano, R. F., & Brindis, C. D. (2018). Opportunity youth: Insights and opportunities for a public health approach to reengage disconnected teenagers and young adults. *Public Health Reports, 133*(Supplement 1), 545-645. doi:10.117/0033354918799344

Patton, G. C., Sawyer, S. M., Santelli, J. S., Ross, D. A., Afifi, R.,...Viner, R. M. (2016). Our future: A Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing*. Lancet, 387*(10036). doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00579-1

Price Waterhouse Coopers. (2017). *Young workers index, 2017*. Retrieved from https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/news-room/docs/pwc-young-workers-index-2017-full-report.pdf

Search Institute. (2020a). *The Developmental Relationship Survey.*Retrieved from https://www.search-institute.org/developmental-relationships-survey/

Search Institute. (2020b). *The Developmental Relationships Framework.* Retrieved from https://www.search-institute.org/developmental-relationships/developmental-relationships-framework/

Taylor, R. D., Oberle, E., Durlak, J. A., & Weissberg, R. P. (2017). Promoting positive youth development through school-based social and emotional learning interventions: A meta-analysis of follow-up effects. *Child Development, 88*(4), 1156-71.

Towns, S. (2019). *Equity counts: Using data to increase equity and improve metric outcomes for opportunity youth.* The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions. Retrieved from https://aspencommunitysolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Equity-Counts-Full-Report-Sept-2019.pdf

Uvin, J. E. (2016). *A first job can change a life.* U.S. Department of Education: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education. Retrieved from https://sites.ed.gov/octae/2016/12/21/a-first-job-can-change-a-life

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