2020 Urban Research Award: Addressing the Workforce Needs of Youth in Urban Settings: A Study of Local Workforce Development Boards’ Inclusion of Youth Expertise

PI: Mary Collins, PhD, MA, Chair of Social Welfare Policy & Professor, School of Social Work

Publications

Workforce development for vulnerable youth: lessons from two national studies
Mary Collins. BU Initiative on Cities. White Paper (2022)

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Publications

Collins, M. E., Kuykendall, S., Ramirez, M., & Spindle-Jackson, A. (2022). COVID impacts on US youth workforce system: challenges and opportunities. Journal of Education and Work, 1-15.

Collins, M. E., & Spindle-Jackson, A. (2022). Workforce development for vulnerable youth: lessons from two
national studies. Boston University Initiative on Cities White Paper.

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