Adult connections

NLC supports and informs city leaders and stakeholders interested in improving public safety and reforming the juvenile justice system. We also provide peer learning and support to the growing number of citywide programs reconnecting young people to school. The YEF Institute supports city leaders' efforts to implement policies and practices that reduce the use of jail for youth and young adults aged 18 - 24 , and that reduce or eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in the use of jail. The Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative supports cities in their efforts to connect young people with nature and create the next generation of environmental stewards. City leaders can increase public safety and improve outcomes for young people. To do this, cities can implement strategies that hold youth accountable for their actions in more effective, equitable and developmentally appropriate ways.

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Each year, nearly 30, of the , children in foster care throughout the United States reach the age of adulthood age 18 to 21 and are discharged from the foster care system to live on their own without resources or support. Foster children who age out of foster care are at high risk of homelessness, poverty, unemployment, incarceration, as well as physical and mental health issues. More specifically:. The Adult Connections program allows volunteers to provide foster youth with social and emotional support during an important period of their lives.

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