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A REPORT RELEASED TODAY FINDS
THAT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IS
SOARING. 22NEWS STATE HOUSE
REPORTER CHRISTINE LEE SPOKE TO
LAWMAKERS ABOUT HOW TO GET YOUNG
PEOPLE WORKING.
A NEW REPORT FINDS THAT YOUTH
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN STEADILY
RISING NATIONWIDE IN THE PAST
DECADE. NEARLY 6.5 MILLION
AMERICAN TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS
ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND OUT OF
WORK. THE ANNIE E. CASEY
FOUNDATION SAYS THIS TREND LEADS
TO CHRONIC UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOR
KIDS AS THEY TRANSITION TO
ADULTHOOD. LAWMAKERS SAY THE
SOLUTION LIES IN PROMOTING
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO FILL
TECHNICAL SKILLS JOBS IN
MANUFACTURING, WHICH HAVE TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF JOB OPENINGS IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
NOT EVERYONE NEEDS TO GO TO FOUR
YEAR SCHOOLS OR EVEN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES .MACHINE SHOP JOBS ARE
PAYING $60-65,000 DOLLARS A YEAR
.I BELIEVE THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE NEED TO
MELD OUR WORKFORCE AND OUR JOB
AVAILABILITY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
AT THE SAME TIME, SCHOOL DROP
OUT RATES IN MASSACHUSETTS ARE
REPORTEDLY DOWN, YET THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AMONG YOUTH IS
UP.
THE MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND
POLICY CENTER SAYS FINDING THAT
FIRST JOB HAS BECOME MUCH MORE