Employment & Workforce Development

Join us for the third and final installment of our 2024 three-part series focused on the state of economic well-being for transition-age youth.  

During this YTFG learning series session, speakers will weigh in on what it means for young people farthest from opportunity to build a livable and lovable working life, including access to the wages, benefits, and sense of meaning that they need to thrive. 

This packed 90-minute session will dig into field trends, pressing problems, and creative solutions. Together, we will explore what this moment means for older youth and young adults who are in foster care, involved in the juvenile justice system, experiencing homelessness, or struggling to access the opportunities they need to experience well-being and well-becoming.

This session is open to all YTFG members and is co-sponsored by Workforce Matters.  

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Speakers

• Martha Ross – Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute

• Mary Ann Haley – Executive Director of the National Youth Employment Coalition

• Eric Barra – Founder of Las Fotos Project and CEO of The Euclid Company

• Michael O'Bryan – Founder of humanature, Distinguished Resident Fellow Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, and founder of the Wealth + Work Futures Lab at Drexel University

We're thrilled to announce Jessica Looman, Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor will also be joining our panel discussion. The Wage and Hour Division enforces worker protections and provides outreach and education about federal labor laws including minimum wage, overtime, child labor, and family and medical leave.