CCM was responsible for creating the 119K Commission in 2024 to take a close look at the 119,000 disconnected youth in Connecticut that were identified by the non-profit Dalio Education in their report, Connecticut’s Unspoken Crisis.
The mayors and superintendents took their policy prescriptions from the 119K Commission’s Young People First report, produced with support from the Dalio Foundation and the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
A new, free training program aims to give young people – including youth who are disconnected from education or employment as well as others looking for new opportunities – a starting point in pursuing careers in the in-demand field of information technology.
Servetnick sees the program as an excellent opportunity to reach out to some of the 119,000 disconnected youth identified in 2023 in the report commissioned by Dalio Education, titled “Connecticut’s Unspoken Crisis.”
We dig into the plan to address the crisis with young people in Connecticut who have disconnected from school or work. Joe DeLong, Executive Director of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), joins Mike Hydeck with an update on the 119k Commission’s efforts.