Links & Resources

INTERESTING RESOURCES

NCCC EDD PLANNING INFORMATION PACKET, MAY 2010

  Reinvesting in America's Youth, Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative

This report describes the national context for implementation, provides an in-depth description of the experience of selected local areas, and presents lessons on implementation practices that may inform future summer youth employment efforts.

Putting in Place Jobs Which Last, a Guide to Re-building Sustainable Employment at the Local Level 

Addressed to both local practitioners and national policymakers, this guide reviews current responses to the economic downturn and the steep rise in unemployment in OECD and non-OECD countries, before identifying key principles for returning our communities to more sustainable growth for the future.