Mission

The Campaign for Tomorrow's Workforce (CTW) is a coalition of organizations and leaders committed to envisioning, championing, and building a system to solve the crisis of "disconnected" young adults aged 16 to 24 who are neither in school nor engaged in work.

Top News

MSNBC.com: Upside of a downturn: Dropouts drop back in (April 22, 2009)

NY Non-Profit Press: Challenge to Our Workforce: Young Adults and Low Literacy (March 4, 2009)

American Reinvestment and Recovery Act: CTW's Position on how NYC Can Target Federal Economic Recovery Funding to Reconnect Young Adults and CTW's Letter to NYC Elected and Appointed Officials

Center for Law and Social Policy: Creating Postsecondary Pathways to Good Jobs for Young High School Dropouts: The Possibilities and the Challenges (October 2008)

Working Poor and Young Hit Hard in Downturn (NYT, November 9, 2008)

DYCD Report - GED Testing - "Our Chance for Change - A Four-Year Reform Initiative for GED Testing in NYC"

JobsFirst NYC commissioned P/PV Brief: Disconnected Young People in New York City: Crisis and Opportunit

Two Federal Bills Aimed for Disconnected Youth: Transportation Job Corps and the Work Opportunity Tax Credit

Contact

The Campaign for Tomorrow's Workforce is coordinated by: the Community Service Society (CSS), Neighborhood Family Services Coalition (NFSC), and United Neighborhood Houses (UNH).

For more information contact:

Lazar Treschan 212-614-5396

Gigi Li 212-619-1656

Anthony Ng 212-967-0322, x329


Funding that supports the work of NFSC and UNH on the Campaign for Tomorrow's Workforce has been provided by:

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
JobsFirst NYC
The Taconic Foundation
The Pinkerton Foundation
United Way of New York City