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Connecticut employers have 90,000 open jobs, and at the same time, the state has 12,000 young adults who’ve dropped out of high school and are unemployed or — in many cases — unemployable, speakers said at a roundtable talk Tuesday evening on disconnected youth.
In 2022, one in five people ages 14 to 26 were at-risk of not graduating high school on time or had already disconnected from school and employment — young people who have dropped out of school or are in danger of dropping out of school, and who are, for those ages 18 to 26, unemployed, and in many cases struggling to become employable.
An estimated 19 percent of Connecticut residents between ages 14 and 26 are disconnected from education and employment or "at risk" of failing to graduate high school, a new report from Dalio Education says.
Almost 20% of young people in Connecticut between the ages of 14 and 26 are "at risk" of becoming or are already "disconnected" from education and employment, according to a new report from Dalio Education.