773 728 4030 SEARCH ASN PORTAL WEBMAIL PAYLOCITY HOME ABOUT PROGRAMS NEWS & EVENTS SCHOOL LOCATOR GED 40 YEARS CONTACT US Thursday, 09 May 2019 16:38 MAY 3RD, 2019 DEMONSTRATION & RALLY FEATURED font size Print Email Rate this item 1 2 3 4 5 (0 votes) Young people nationwide, ages 16-24, still lag far behind the overall economy in levels of employment. This continues to be a crisis of major proportions, hitting black and Latinx youths especially hard. And Chicago is among the hardest hit. Historically, the black unemployment rate stays close to double that of whites. And nationally, that is true for youth. Using the 2017 data supplied by the University of Illinois, Great Cities Institute, we found that for 16-24 year olds, the percentage out of school, out of work whites was 9.4%, while that of blacks was 17.9%. But zero in on Chicago and 5.4% of white 16-24 year olds were out of school and out of work, while the rate for blacks was 25.6% -- nearly five times higher. These figures, and others in this report, should inform policy makers as they search for answers to the high cost of incarceration, the high levels of violence and the lack of an adequately trained and experienced workforce. DOWNLOAD REPORTS PRESS RELEASE:NEW REPORT SHOWS DANGEROUS INCREASE IN YOUTH WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL & JOBLESS MEDIA ALERT:STUDENTS STAND UP AGAINST VIOLENCE AT DOWNTOWN RALLY EVENT FLYER: MAY 3RD DEMONSTRATION AND RALLY FULL REPORT: OUT OF SCHOOL AND JOBLESS: A CONTINUING CRISIS FOR YOUTH IN CHICAGO AND BEYOND - By Alternative Schools Network DOWNLOAD MEDIA COVERAGE - PDF BOSTON HERALD: NEW REPORT SHOWS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN YOUTH WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL & JOBLESStarget=b ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR: NEW REPORT SHOWS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN YOUTH WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL & JOBLESS BLACK ENTERPRISE: NEW REPORT SHOWS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN YOUTH WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL & JOBLESS REA INTERNATIONAL: RISING ECONOMIC NUMBERS HIDING WORSENING JOB PROSPECTS FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS POLITICO ILLINOIS PLAYBOOK: THE BUZZ WBEZ 91.5 CHICAGO: STUDY: 45% OF YOUNG BLACK MEN IN CHICAGO OUT OF SCHOOL, OUT OF WORK CHICAGO SUN TIMES: 45% OF CHICAGO’S YOUNG BLACK MEN ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND JOBLESS, NEW REPORT SAYS CHICAGO SUN TIMES: FEMALE HOMICIDE VICTIMS, AN ALARMING TREND TV & RADIO MEDIA COVERAGE PR NEWSWIRE: NEW REPORT SHOWS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN YOUTH WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL & JOBLESS Read 10344 times Last modified on Thursday, 09 May 2019 17:44 Published in Events More in this category: « May 14th, 2018 Press Conference Wishing on a Star: ASN Prom 2015 » back to top ASN EVENT REGISTRATION There are no up-coming events SEARCH NEWS & MEDIA NEWS CATEGORIES FEATURED ASN NEWS ASN VIDEOS EVENTS MEDIA PRESS RELEASES REPORTS ASN BUZZ ON TWITTER Tweets by @ASNChicago ASN BUZZ ON FACEBOOK MEDIA ARCHIVES November 2015 (1) May 2014 (1) December 2011 (1) EVENT ARCHIVES December 2019 (1) October 2019 (1) June 2019 (1) May 2019 (1) January 2019 (1) May 2018 (1) March 2018 (1) August 2017 (1) June 2016 (1) April 2016 (1) January 2016 (1) September 2015 (1) ASN TAG CLOUD after school basketball black lives matter chicago police class of 2016 class of 2019 comedy comedy show congratulation ctvn cycff employment festival film fundraiser graduation hearing illinois job jobs silent auction teen teen employment teen violence unemployment youth youthemployment youth employment youth jobs youth unemployment JOIN US! EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE US ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW US ON TWITTER NETWORK ON LINKEDIN ASN MAIN OFFICE 1807 W. Sunnyside Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60640 Telephone:+1 773 728 4030 Fax:+ 1 773 728 3335 ASN ADDED CHANCE 1122 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60642 Telephone: +1 773 342 4243 Fax: + 1 773 342 4199 ASN PREP INSTITUTE (GED) 700 E. Oakwood Blvd., Room 520 Chicago, Illinois 60653 Telephone: +1 773 706 2602 Email: asnprep@asnchicago.org Alternative Schools Network © 2021