[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-264840-105":59,"doc-detail-264840-en":131},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":124,"head_meta":126,"extra_data":128,"updated_unix":130},105,"en","the-youth-opportunity-story-changing-the-landscape-for-youth-in-high-poverty-communities","The Youth Opportunity Story - Changing the Landscape for Youth in High Poverty Communities","","The Youth Opportunity Grant program launched by the U.S. Department of Labor in May 2000 funded 36 high-poverty urban, rural, and Native American communities to overhaul youth services for at-risk young people. YO grants supported comprehensive, scalable systems combining workforce skills training, basic education, work experience, caring adult involvement, and mentoring. In YO! Baltimore, Youth Opportunity Community Centers offered safe access to long-term supportive services, while partnerships expanded resources and outcomes. Reported results include improved credentials, job placements, higher wage earnings, and fewer arrests for participating youth.",{"@graph":69,"@context":123},[70,84,106],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-youth-opportunity-story-changing-the-landscape-for-youth-in-high-poverty-communities/264840/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/the-youth-opportunity-story-changing-the-landscape-for-youth-in-high-poverty-communities/264840.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Paura","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-31","2026-09-14",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":105},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",15,{"@type":107,"mainEntity":108},"FAQPage",[109,115,119],{"name":110,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":112},"What was the Youth Opportunity Grant program designed to change?","Question",{"text":113,"@type":114},"It aimed to overhaul youth services delivery systems so communities could better support youth transition to adulthood through coordinated education, work experience, and supportive services.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"What did YO! Baltimore provide to eligible youth in high-poverty neighborhoods?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"YO! Baltimore created Youth Opportunity Community Centers offering safe access to education and employment skill building, along with long-term supportive services such as life skills training and mentoring.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"Which outcomes were reported during 2000-2005 for YO! Baltimore participants?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"The document reports credential gains, job placements, higher wage earnings for participants entering the labor force, and reductions in arrests and convictions compared with a comparable group.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},264840,1789390420,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":14,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":130,"read_time":24,"preview_page_count":4},13056712833777,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_29158cc5080c5b710cf443261637dec0","The Youth Opportunity Story: Changing the Landscape for Youth in High Poverty Communities  \nIn May 2000, the United States Department of Labor launched the Youth Opportunity Grant program, a national demonstration initiative designed to overhaul the youth services delivery system created under the auspices of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Youth Opportunity Grants were awarded to 36 high-poverty urban, rural, and Native American communities. These  \ncommunities were among the most economically distressed communities in the nation, all characterized by high dropout rates, high youth unemployment rates, and greater incidence of juvenile crime, violence, and gang activity.  \nYO! Baltimore has changed the mindset of many youth who believed they would not succeed because they were denied the chance to succeed.  \nI am a black female who became a statistic. That word was so clear in my head that I thought that I would never get back in school. I thought I would be on welfare and on drugs. But with the help of God and the Career Academy I got back in school…  \nYO! Baltimore Participant  \nThe Youth Opportunity (YO) Grants—  \nranging from $3.1 to $43.8 million over five years—provided theresources to put in place comprehensive approaches at considerable scale. YO called for the creation of a comprehensive youth service system providing skills training, basic education and work experience, the involvement of caring adults, and developmental opportunities to assist young people in successfully transitioning to adulthood and becoming responsible citizens. In communities that received YO grants, all resident youth were eligible for the program. Youth Opportunity Community Centers were created to provide safe and accessible places where youth could increase their education and employment skills, and receive long‐term supportive services, such as life skills training and mentoring. Communities also built partnerships among public, private, and nonprofit organizations to leverage resources and expand outcomes. At the heart of the YO story are the thousands of youth whose lives have been changed because of the opportunity to participate in YO and the access these programs provided to the tools and resources that youth needed to prepare for the future. Simply put, YO changed lives.  \nIn Brief (2000-2005):  \n In 2000, Baltimore was awarded a $38 million Youth Opportunity Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.  \n YO! Baltimore targeted 10,000 young people, ages 14-21, living in the city’s most impoverished neighborhoods.  \n Since opening its doors, YO! Baltimore has engaged more than  \n4,300 young people in array of workforce and education programs.  \n YO! Helped more than 1,600 young people gain valuable educational credentials (post-secondary degree, high school  \ndiploma/GED/vocational skill credential) .  \n YO! filled more than 2,000 jobs in Baltimore City for more than 600 different employers.  \n YO! participants entering the labor force earned wages at a rate 44% higher than a comparable peer group.  \n YO! participants 18 and older had one-third fewer arrests and convictions of crimes than a comparable group. Participants were also half as likely to be arrested for a violent offense as the comparison group.  \nFor More Information About YO! Baltimore: contact Ernest Dorsey, Director, Baltimore Youth Opportunity System, at 410-396-6722 or[edorsey@oedworks.com](edorsey@oedworks.com)  \nYouth Opportunity:  \nThe Lessons, Legacy, and Impact on Community Practice  \nBALTIMORE  \nThe Lessons: YO! Baltimore  \nBy implementing a service delivery philosophy that relied on highly skilled youth service professionals and neighborhood-based youth centers, YO! Baltimore not only became a hub for training and education but also for relationship and community building among residents young and old. YO! Sites were safe havens where caring adults gave young people the resources, skills and opportunities they needed to stay on track and to get back on track","cbCaimcpCrNczcH5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimcpCrNczcH5","pdf",480936,"English","# The Youth Opportunity Story - Changing the Landscape for Youth in High Poverty Communities\n## In Brief (2000-2005)\n## The Lessons: YO! Baltimore\n## The Legacy","[{\"question\":\"What was the Youth Opportunity Grant program designed to change?\",\"answer\":\"It aimed to overhaul youth services delivery systems so communities could better support youth transition to adulthood through coordinated education, work experience, and supportive services.\"},{\"question\":\"What did YO! Baltimore provide to eligible youth in high-poverty neighborhoods?\",\"answer\":\"YO! Baltimore created Youth Opportunity Community Centers offering safe access to education and employment skill building, along with long-term supportive services such as life skills training and mentoring.\"},{\"question\":\"Which outcomes were reported during 2000-2005 for YO! Baltimore participants?\",\"answer\":\"The document reports credential gains, job placements, higher wage earnings for participants entering the labor force, and reductions in arrests and convictions compared with a comparable group.\"}]","The Youth Opportunity Story - Changing the Landscape for Youth in High Poverty Communities | PDF"]