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Concerns about rising youth offenders and misalignment of programs
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Council Member Stevens expresses concerns about the rise in youth offenders in the juvenile justice system and the misalignment between current programs and what young people actually want. She calls for a reimagining of workforce development and programming to better meet youth needs.
- Noted increase in youth offenders in the juvenile justice system
- Mismatch between current programs (e.g., SYEP, summer programs) and youth preferences
- Young people are asking for internships and jobs
- Stevens advocates for reimagining programs based on what youth are asking for, not what adults think they need
Althea V. Stevens
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I want to take a moment to note that I have over I now currently have oversight over ACS and I have a clear view of how we are failing our middle school students because at this time we are seeing a rise in youth offenders in the juvenile justice system.
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We're not seeing the investments that the young people themselves are are asking asking for are things like internships and jobs.
0:03:03
We currently have a SYP program that that has over that has project based learning and a $700 stipend and a summarizing program that forces students to be in the classroom half of the day which they have said with their attendance that they do not want.
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I hope that we can take time to think about how do we reimagine workforce development and programming asking for and not what we think that they need.