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PREPARING YOUTH FOREMPLOYMENT
Principles and Characteristics ofFive LeadingUnited States Youth Development Programs
Glenda L.Partee
 American Youth Policy Forum
Bridging Youth policy, practice and research
 
At the international Youth Employment Summit, September 7-11,2002, representatives from over 140 countries gathered inAlexandria, Egypt to share knowledge and experience and toadvance the cause of better preparation of youth for entry into,and success in, their respective national economies.At the Summit, for the benefit of those with little familiarity withthe American experience, Glenda Partee, Ph.D., president and co-director of the American Youth Policy Forum, presented thefollowing overview of five leading U.S. youth employmentprograms. The American Youth Policy Forum is pleased toreprint Dr. Partee’s remarks and to suggest additional resourcesfor further study. The complete text may also be found atwww.aypf.org/(publications).* * *The American Youth Policy Forum wishes to thank theconsortium of philanthropic foundations that makes ourinvolvement in this type of activity possible. This report wasmade possible by the Ford Foundation. The views reflected inthis publication are those of the author and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the funders. The author also thanks hercolleagues, Tracy Schmidt and Samuel Halperin, for contributingtheir time and thoughts to the completion of the publication.This publication is not copyrighted and may be freely quotedwithout permission, provided the source is identified as:
Preparing Youth for Employment: Principles and Characteristicsof Five Leading United States Youth Development Programs, byGlenda L. Partee.
Washington, DC. American Youth PolicyForum. 2003. Reproduction of any portion of this for commercialsale is prohibited. ISBN: 1-887031-85-5American Youth Policy Forum1836 Jefferson Place NW, Washington, DC 20036-2505Phone: 202-775-9731: Fax: 202-775-9733E-Mail: aypf@aypf.org; Web Site: www.aypf.org
 
OVERVIEW
T
his overview is designed for practitioners in both the public and non-governmental sectors who implement youth employment programs, thepolicymakers who support them, and youth leaders who wish to:•learn more about
 principles and characteristics of leading youth employment  programs
now operating in the United States; and•identify components or entire programs which may be transferable or applicableto their work in other country settings.
Preparing Youth for Employment1
Youth employment program modelsdiscussed in this overview include:
•Job Corps•National Guard Youth ChalleNGeProgram•STRIVE•YouthBuild•Youth Service and ConservationCorp
sEach of these program models hasdocumented evidence of effectiveness incontributing to positive youth outcomes,including increased levels of employment, higher earnings, highschool completion (or its equivalent),postsecondary attendance, reduced ratesof reliance on public welfare assistanceand involvement in criminal activities.Each of these models has been replicatedwidely in the United States. (For moreinformation on the specific programevaluations on which these outcomes arebased, see the evaluation summaries inthe American Youth Policy Forum’s
Some Things DO Make a Difference for Youth: ACompendium of Evaluations of Youth Programs and Practices (1997)
and
 MORE Things that DO Make a Difference for Youth
(1999).)Before reviewing these models, a fewcaveats about youth employment pro-grams in the U.S.A. are in order:1.The primary avenues for employ-ment preparation for young peopleare through formal secondary andpostsecondary education, andbusiness-supported on-the-job train-ing, which are not discussed in thispaper.2.Federal government support foryouth employment preparation hasprimarily been targeted toeconomically disadvantaged youthand those with significant challengesto successful employment (e.g.,school dropouts with low-basicskills, youth with disabilities, youngparents).3.Many youth employment pro-grams that have been replicatedand supported by the U.S. federalgovernment originally developedfrom privately-supported or localcommunity efforts.
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