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The National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC) announced its newest publication, Building Roads to Success: Key Considerations for Communities and States Reconnecting Youth to Education (February 2011).

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Building Roads to Success includes a series of briefs designed to assist community and state leaders, youth advocates, educators, and other stakeholders interested in improving and expanding education options for struggling students and out-of-school youth. It is relevant to the work of municipal government, community-based organizations, school districts, postsecondary institutions, workforce development organizations, apprenticeship programs, and other youth-serving organizations. It is equally geared toward the work of governors’ offices and state policymakers, departments of education, youth advocates, and workforce boards. Specific topics covered include:

• State & Local Policy
• Cross-System Collaboration
• Data Collection and Use
• Building Capacity
• Fundin

Building Roads to Success provides background on each area to help local- and state-level stakeholders think about where to start, how to assess how their community or state is doing, and how to improve or expand upon work already under way. AHSI, Communities in Schools, Gateway to College, National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, and Our Piece of the Pie are among the examples of promising and successful programs, policies, and initiatives that are referenced. More in-depth resources are available on the NYEC website.