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October 22, 2013 00:22
Nearly six million young people in America are neither in school nor working, according to a new study released Monday. The finding brings more bad news to a generation that has become familiar with grim economic outlooks.
Almost 15 percent of those aged 16 to 24 have neither a job nor are in school, Opportunity Nation found in its new study, 2013 Opportunity Index, which measures economic, education, and other interconnected factors that help assess quality of life in America.
The study found that the most supportive states in providing opportunity for youth are Vermont, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The least supportive are Nevada, Mississippi, and New Mexico, signifying that location determines many opportunities for the young.
Some of the nations largest cities - New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, and Riverside, CA - all have over 100,000 idle youth, the report noted.
"This is not a group that we can write off. They just need a chance," said Mark Edwards, executive director of Opportunity Nation, a coalition of businesses, advocacy groups, policy experts and nonprofit organizations that aim to increase economic mobility. "The tendency is to see them as lost souls and see them as unsavable. They are not."
Opportunity Nation found that in the past year, the number of families living in poverty has gone up in 49 states, and household median income has fallen in 45 states.
read more 15% of young Americans out of school, work - study ? RT USA
Nearly six million young people in America are neither in school nor working, according to a new study released Monday. The finding brings more bad news to a generation that has become familiar with grim economic outlooks.
Almost 15 percent of those aged 16 to 24 have neither a job nor are in school, Opportunity Nation found in its new study, 2013 Opportunity Index, which measures economic, education, and other interconnected factors that help assess quality of life in America.
The study found that the most supportive states in providing opportunity for youth are Vermont, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The least supportive are Nevada, Mississippi, and New Mexico, signifying that location determines many opportunities for the young.
Some of the nations largest cities - New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, and Riverside, CA - all have over 100,000 idle youth, the report noted.
"This is not a group that we can write off. They just need a chance," said Mark Edwards, executive director of Opportunity Nation, a coalition of businesses, advocacy groups, policy experts and nonprofit organizations that aim to increase economic mobility. "The tendency is to see them as lost souls and see them as unsavable. They are not."
Opportunity Nation found that in the past year, the number of families living in poverty has gone up in 49 states, and household median income has fallen in 45 states.
read more 15% of young Americans out of school, work - study ? RT USA
