A Dialogue Restoring Hope for Discouraged & Disconnected Youth Maple Lawn Corporate Center | West Market Place, Suite M | Fulton, Maryland | (301) p | (301) f |

 KRA celebrating 32 years as a national workforce leader  Services include:  One-Stop Career Center Operations  WIA Adult/Dislocated Worker Services  WIA Youth Services  TANF Employment Services  Providing services in 9 metro areas

MISSION To Develop Workers and Strengthen Communities

The Statistics  National  14% unemployment rate, twice the national average  44% of recent college can't find jobs in their field of study  Over 5 million disconnected from school and work  $93 billion annually in lost revenues  Only 38% of Adults, age 25 & older have an AA degree  By 2020 two-thirds of jobs will require at least an AA degree  U.S. will fall short 5 million workers with postsecondary education

The Statistics

What’s the Story Behind the Numbers?

Restoring Hope  WIOA – Catalyst for Change  Customer Centered Service Strategies  Competent & Passionate Staff  Creating Career Pathways  Business Engagement  Advocating for Change

Restoring Hope  75% expenditures on out-of-school youth  More emphasis placed on career pathways, linked learning, work experience and OJTs  Dual enrollments for young adults to receive ITAs and the ability to do cohort training with community colleges  Serving as the intermediary to more effectively coordinate services among partnerships

Restoring Hope  What are you already doing to bring hope back to the young people in your community?  What are the top 3-4 strategies that you believe we need to implement to have a greater impact?  What do you commit to do to bring about change?