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#WhyWeCan'tWait: A 2023 Youth Data Portrait

Today, we are releasing an updated set of data from our 2023 Youth Data Portrait. CLASP analyzed updated data related to Economic Justice, Healing and Well-being, and Safe Communities for youth and young adults. CLASP and New Deal for Youth began tracking this data in 2020, and even in this relatively brief period it is clear that the outlook in many of these areas has gotten worse over time. We released this data to begin a dialogue on a New Deal for Youth that responds to the historic roots and current scale of the crisis. When the once-in-a-lifetime catastrophe is over, our future as a nation will depend on how intentionally we invest in this and future generations.

Economic Justice
This first set of data shows that young adults experience stubbornly high levels of poverty and unemployment. An “economic recovery” that leaves more than half of young people struggling to meet basic expenses is not really a recovery.

Healing and Well-being
This second set of data shows young people losing health insurance coverage at alarming rates and a persistent mental health crisis.

Justice and Safe Communities
This third set of data focuses on safe communities. According to the data, criminalization and violence, not safety, define young people’s experiences in their communities-increasingly through AI and technology.

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