The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities released a report earlier this month that targets the expansion of youth support services at the local and state levels — at an estimated cost of $900 million.
In its final report issued earlier this month, the 119K Commission, which was created by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), came up with solutions to address the crisis of disconnected youth in the state.
Specifically, let’s address what the 2023 Dalio Education report called for: an “increasing focus on particularly vulnerable subgroups,” including “young people involved in child welfare.”
Connecticut has an estimated 119,000 young people, one in every five ages 14 to 26, who are not in school if they're high school-aged, or not working if they're older, or headed swiftly in the wrong direction.