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How Housing and Education Partnerships Can Support Transition Age Youth (TAY)
Across the nation’s school districts, disparities in educational outcomes persist in regard to race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, foreign-born status and other factors. Educators have come to realize that in order to eliminate these disparities and set all students up for success, interventions beyond the classroom are required. Thus, in communities nationwide, cradle-to-career systems and partnerships are working to improve educational outcomes for all youth by p
OUSD’s abandoned Lake Merritt headquarters is getting a new life
The former Oakland Unified School District headquarters—two buildings totaling 96,900 square feet that have stood on a 1.6-acre parcel at...
In Oakland, An Innovative Hub Links Transition Age Youth to Housing and Services
https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/blog/oakland-innovative-hub-links-transition-age-youth-housing-and-services
Homeless youth tell Oakland officials to take action
On any given night in Oakland, hundreds of young people search the city for a safe place to sleep, most ending up in cars and tents, and...
A Blueprint for Developing Economic Opportunity for All Youth
"Young Americans represent the future of our country, a wellspring for talent that drives innovation and economic prosperity. But today’s...
Legislation crafted with teen input at Freedom School at Camp Sweeney would help ex-youth offenders start over
OAKLAND — A program director at an East Bay youth detention facility recently likened the reentry of teen offenders into society to an alcoholic straight out of rehab, going to work at a bar. But an East Bay legislator’s bill that juvenile offenders helped craft this past summer would address challenges faced by teens thrust back into the same toxic environments that got them into trouble in the first place. For teens at the Freedom School at Camp Wilmont Sweeney, a juvenile
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