This brief summary accompanies the 50-page full report detailing the experiences of 22 communities that received U.S. Department of Labor Youth Opportunity Grants to support education, work exposure, and youth development for under-served young people.
It was the final project of a 300-hour mural training curriculum designed by MOCAH and WorkSource Youth Opportunity Centers.
Grants to 36 high-poverty urban, rural, and Native American communities.
The Youth Opportunity Grants---ranging from $3.1 to $43.8 million over five years---provided the resources to put in place comprehensive approaches at considerable scale.
The Youth Opportunity Grants were part of the overhaul of the youth delivery system brought about by the passage of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
Board (WIB) directors expressed considerable pride---as individual communities and as a collective movement---in their successful outreach to youth and establishment of community and systems connections.
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