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  • Tools & Templates
    Text for the Pre-Apprenticeship Guide and Toolkit, with logos for New Ways to Work and the California Opportunity Youth Network.

    Pre-Apprenticeship Handbook & Toolkit

    A Practical Resource For Workforce & Education Professionals A pre-apprenticeship is a workforce preparation program designed to help individuals gain the skills, experience, and…

  • Publications & Research
    Four professionals in business attire clapping in a bright, modern office space.

    Workforce Ready

    An Employer’s Guide To Youth & Adult Registered Apprenticeships Youth and adult apprenticeships offer employers a powerful workforce development strategy to cultivate the next…

Featured Career Pathways

Workforce Development Publications

  • Publications & Research
    Text reads: “Expanding California’s Substance Use Disorder Counselor Workforce: Labor Market Need and a Grant-Funded Pathway Portfolio.” To the right, a person has their hand over their face.

    Expanding California’s Substance Use Disorder Counselor Workforce

    Labor Market Need And A Grant-Funded Pathway Portfolio Los Angeles County and the broader Southern California region face a sustained and widening shortage of…

  • Publications & Research
    A diverse group of six young adults standing in a line outdoors with their arms around each other, laughing.

    Bridging The Gap In Equity and Access to Quality Jobs

    Advancing Equity and Access to Quality Jobs through California’s Workforce Development System This report, supported by The James Irving Foundation and conducted by New…

  • Publications & Research
    A diverse group of smiling young people with the text “SHAPING THE FUTURE” and the “New Ways to Work” logo.

    Shaping The Future: A Vision for Workforce Intermediaries in Los Angeles County

    Supported by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation (TBF), this report offers a detailed survey of workforce intermediaries (WIs) in Los Angeles County. Essential…

  • Publications & Research
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    Youth Workforce Development In California: Overview, Initiatives & Best Practices

    California’s economic prosperity and societal well-being are deeply intertwined with the development of its youth workforce and by extension, its public youth workforce development…

  • Tools & Templates
    Report cover titled “California’s Hidden Gem: An Introduction and Overview of California’s Adult Education System,” featuring logos for New Ways to Work and the California Opportunity Youth Network.

    California’s Hidden Gem: An Overview Of The Adult Education System

    And Introduction and overview of California’s adult education system as a key partner in workforce development and economic recovery. There is great potential and…

  • Tools & Templates
    NYC Public Schools Work-Based Learning Toolkit homepage with buttons for Schools, Employers, and Downloads.

    Quality Work-Based Learning Toolkit, NYC DOE

    The NYC Department of Education’s Work-Based Learning Toolkit was developed to assist school leadership, work-based learning coordinators, teachers and their intermediary partners in designing,…

  • Tools & Templates
    Three young adults collaborate around a tablet in a circular frame, next to logos for COYN, New Ways to Work, L.A. Opportunity Youth Collaborative, and the Alliance for Children’s Rights.

    COYN Action Guide: Expanding Workforce & Career Development Pathways For Opportunity Youth

    A roadmap to expand access to and improve the quality of workforce and career development services provided for 16- to 24-year-old opportunity youth –…

  • Tools & Templates
    Flowchart titled “Career Development Continuum” illustrating three stages: Awareness, Exploration, and Preparation, each with corresponding structured learning, community activities, and work-based learning.

    Career Development Continuum (CDC)

    Preparing all youth for success in college, career, and life. Students and young adults are provided a range of career development opportunities across the…

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  • Publications & Research
    Close-up of a smiling young woman next to text that reads, “Opportunity Youth in California: Disconnection, persistence, and the path to reconnection.”

    Opportunity Youth: Disconnection, Persistence & The Path To Reconnection

    Key Variables Of Advanced Prediction Of Disconnection In 2024, 510,727 young Californians between the ages of 16 and 24 – 10.8% of the age…

  • Publications & Research
    Three smiling young people standing together under the text “Southern Nevada’s Opportunity Youth Coalition Strategic Action Plan.”

    Southern Nevada’s Opportunity Youth Coalition Strategic Action Plan

    Disrupting The Disconnected Youth Pipeline The Opportunity Youth Coalition (OYC) is a major systems-level effort led by Workforce Connections (WC), the Local Workforce Development…

  • Publications & Research
    Text reading “Challenges & Opportunities for Change,” with logos for LAP3, LA Economic & Workforce Development, OYC, New Ways to Work, and COYN, above three young adults sitting in an outdoor park setting.

    Challenges And Opportunities For Change

    Addressing Youth Disconnection In The Los Angeles Region This report is supported by the Alliance for Children’s Rights, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, The…

  • Publications & Research
    A diverse group of nine young adults smiling and laughing together, huddled close for a group photo.

    Update on Teen & Young Adult Disconnection In California

    Youth disconnection, a term referring to individuals ages 16 to 24 who are neither in school nor at work, is a significant concern in…

  • Publications & Research
    Three students sitting outdoors, with one reading from a notebook while the others listen.

    Updated Data on California’s Opportunity Youth

    According to the latest American Community Service data, taken in 2021, there are over 570,000 young people ages 16-24 in California who are disconnected…

  • Publications & Research
    Young woman smiling with text overlay reading “LOS ANGELES COUNTY Disconnected Youth.”

    Los Angeles County’s Out-of-Work & Disconnected Youth Data Report

    This brief paper serves as an update to the 2020 Los Angeles County Disconnected or (Opportunity) Youth report. According to data collected through the…

  • Publications & Research
    Title page for the 2022 California Opportunity Youth Data Report.

    California’s Opportunity Youth: 2022 Data Update

    The importance of engaging teens and young adults in education and employment opportunities is well documented and cannot be overstated, yet a significant number…

  • Publications & Research
    Text reads: Building a Workforce and Career Development System for Opportunity Youth. To the right is the California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN) logo, featuring a circular map of California.

    The LA Story: Building A Workforce & Career Development System for Opportunity Youth

    This report shares the story of how two local coalitions with over 100 partners aligned their collective impact initiatives, resources, and skills to create…

  • Publications & Research
    City of Los Angeles Opportunity Youth banner featuring three smiling young people and the New Ways to Work logo.

    City of Los Angeles Opportunity Youth 2021 Data Report

    In 2021, the City of Los Angeles (LA) was home to approximately 3.9 million people, making it the second most populous city in the…

  • Tools & Templates
    Three young adults collaborate around a tablet in a circular frame, next to logos for COYN, New Ways to Work, L.A. Opportunity Youth Collaborative, and the Alliance for Children’s Rights.

    COYN Action Guide: Expanding Workforce & Career Development Pathways For Opportunity Youth

    A roadmap to expand access to and improve the quality of workforce and career development services provided for 16- to 24-year-old opportunity youth –…