Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention

October 21, 2011

White House Council for Community Solutions

• Established in December 2010 by President Obama

• Comprised of diverse leadership able to connect, convene and catalyze public, private, non-profit and philanthropic sectors nationwide

• Council to identify and promote communities making progress on national priorities to help others learn from their successes

• Focus is our shared responsibility to prepare all adolescents and young adults live productive and prosperous lives

What do young people need to “reconnect” and succeed?

Prevention and Intervention• Improvements to systems that serve youth• Involvement of caring adults

Programs• Holistic programs, or network of services• Multiple pathways to success• Effective programs that address the academic needs of

youth • High-quality, relevant education and job training programs

Communication• Expanded outreach • Messaging that reinforces youth as assets

The “spectrum” of disconnected youth requires a range of solutions…

GROUP C GROUP AGROUP BGROUP D

Facing Obstacles outside

education

Mismatched with

employment system

Mismatched with

education system

Facing Multiple hurdles

Employmentopportunities

Source:Corporate Voices for Working Families; WHCCS analysis; press scans

46%

17%6%

32%

Types ofsupport

required

Critical needs

▪ Community college collaborations

▪ Certification / credentialing programs

▪ Internship or apprenticeship opportunities

▪ Starter jobs

▪ Opportunity for education within a stable set of interventions (Group C needs)

▪ Move youth a step ‘up the ladder’ on path to full employability

▪ Food access▪ Housing & transport▪ Health/mental health

services▪ Life skills mentoring▪ Daycare▪ Financial/legal

literacy▪ Alternative pathways

to GED, diploma, or community college

▪ High school graduation support

▪ GED support▪ On the job training

and work-based learning programs

▪ Alternative credentialing programs

▪ Afterschool/summer programs

▪ Employment pathways & more advanced credentialing opportunities

▪ Integrated services across education, social supports, and employability

▪ Wraparound supports ▪ Alternative pathways

to learning & employment

▪ Pathways to GED/high school completion

▪ Alternative training and credentialing programs

Types of employment

opportunities open to

youth increase

along spectrum

▪ Private sector employment (e.g., full or part time, internships)

▪ All opportunities to left

▪ Non-corporate employment (e.g., non-profits, government)

▪ Select service corps opportunities

▪ Private sector partnerships with social service organizations or other types of service programs

▪ Service corps▪ All opportunities to

left

▪ Stipended learning opportunities

▪ Various after school / summer employment opportunities

▪ All opportunities to left

ImplicationsKey implications for the Council’s work

Programs and systems that serve youth are necessary but not sufficient

The Council can highlight and identify strategies that address the needs of youth

Communication is a key area in which the Council can add value by bringing visibility to this population

Creating systemic linkage between education/credentialing and workforce needs is a key component of youth employability

Multi-agency engagement can facilitate cross-sector collaboration at the local level

Members of the White House Council for Community

Solutions• Patty Stonesifer (Chair), Chairwoman, Smithsonian Institution• Byron Auguste, Director, McKinsey and Company• Diana Aviv, President and CEO, Independent Sector• Paula Boggs, Executive Vice President, General Counsel& Secretary, Starbucks• Jon Bon Jovi, Musician and Board Chairman, Bon Jovi &Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation• John Bridgeland, President and CEO, Civic Enterprises• Jim Canales, President and CEO, James IrvineFoundation• Scott Cowen, President, Tulane University• John Donahoe, President and CEO, eBay Inc.• Michael Fleming, Executive Director, David BohnettFoundation• David Friedman, Lead Director and Chair, EdisonProperties• Mark Gearan, President, Hobart & William SmithColleges – Chairman, CNCS• Jim Gibbons, President and CEO, Goodwill IndustriesInternational Inc.• Michele Jolin, Senior Fellow, Center for AmericanProgress

• Michael Kempner, Founder, President, and CEO,MWW Group• Steven Lerner, Blue Hill Group• Maurice Lim Miller, Founder and CEO, FamilyIndependence Initiative• Laurene Powell Jobs, Co-Founder and President ofthe Board, College Track• Norman Rice, CEO, Seattle Foundation• Kristin Richmond, Founder and CEO, RevolutionFoods• Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation• Nancy H. Rubin, Board Member, NationalDemocratic Institute• Paul Schmitz, CEO, Public Allies• Jill Schumann, President and CEO, Lutheran Servicesin America• Bobbi Silten, Chief Financial Officer, Gap Foundation• Bill Strickland, Founder and CEO, ManchesterCraftsmen’s Guild

Leslie Boissiere, Executive Director, White House Council for Community Solutions