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These young individuals, often constrained by limited options, exhibit remarkable resilience in their efforts to overcome adversities.
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Opinion: CT's children in crisis can learn that 'letting people help me is OK'
Connecticut is in crisis: 119,000 young people aged 14 to 26, in every city and town, are either disengaged or disconnected from education and jobs or soon will be. These young people simultaneously represent a currently missed opportunity and one that can still be realized. They also are human beings who deserve love, and many chances to succeed, just like we received as young people.
Homeless children sleep in cars in a CT city and woods elsewhere. ‘We’ve never seen this before,’ says an advocate
There are children sleeping in cars across Connecticut, but especially in the northwestern corner of the state, where there is no overflow shelter.
“As of last week, our numbers indicate we have close to 70 unsheltered children across the state and 60 youth between the ages of 18 and 24,” said Sarah Fox, chief executive officer of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness.
State Data Shows Drop in High School Graduation Rates and College Enrollment
The state data dovetails with a recent report from the Dalio Foundation, in partnership with Boston Consulting Group, which found one in five young people in the state were either at risk of not graduating high school or had dropped out and were not employed or engaged in a workforce program. The report also said that one in three high schoolers — or 56,000 statewide — were at risk of not graduating in 2022.