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FYI. Please share with others in your state. Jane ------ Forwarded Message > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 14:45:45 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Conversation: REFERENCE POINTS: New "Ready by 21" Brief Focuses on Preparing > Youth for Work > Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: New "Ready by 21" Brief Focuses on Preparing Youth > for Work > > REFERENCE POINTS: New "Ready by 21" Brief Focuses on Preparing Youth for Work > > Ready by 21, a Forum for Youth Investment initiative, has released an action > brief on preparing youth for work. The brief highlights work related > disparities related to family income, race, and education. Attention is given > to states with innovative programs which have aligned business and higher > education communities with high school standards and workforce skills demands; > which are holding high schools accountable for job readiness; which have > collocated and integrated youth services and alternative schools for easier > access to career development and career ladder programming. Information about > the project and the brief can be found at > http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/_catdisp_page.cfm?LID=93C0AD70-FCEC-4F3 > 8-837E17F6DE20DC7F > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > REFERENCE POINTS, transition updates from the TATRA Project, features > resources and information to help parent organizations, advocates and > professionals better serve adolescents and young adults with disabilities, and > their families. Administered by the TATRA Project at PACER Center > www.pacer.org, REFERENCE POINTS was launched with the initial support from the > National Center on Secondary Education and Transition www.ncset.org. TATRA is > funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services > Administration > > To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/signup.asp > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.asp > > Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary > education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please > credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of > this material. > ------ End of Forwarded Message
