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Samantha Vitti on Access to Opportunity
“Civicorps gave me access to opportunity in one place.”
Timothy Gunn on Making a Difference
“I will continue to use my skills acquired to make differences in the lives around me.”
Adam Strong on Resilience
“I only found my way into the middle class because of the opportunities afforded to me by YouthBuild and AmeriCorps.”
Eliminating Barriers to Employment: Opening Doors to Opportunity for Young People
Kisha Bird, Director of Youth Policy at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), one of the lead organizations in the Reconnecting Youth Campaign, gave powerful testimony about the barriers and solutions to opportunity for Opportunity Youth and people impacted by the criminal justice system.
Reconnecting Youth Campaign: An Exploration of Year One Successes
Spoiler alert: the campaign helped raise $195 million for the federally funded programs for Opportunity Youth.
