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Youth in the USA - Framework for Growing Up in the U.S.

The publication offers insights into the structures of youth work and youth policy as well as growing up as a youth in the United States of America.

Introduction		2
Table of contents		3
General Information about the United States		4
Framework for Growing Up as a Youth in the U.S.		8
Defining Youth		9
Demographic Shift		10
Different Realities Create Different Outcomes		10
Youth Situated Within Their Communities		11
LGBTQIA+		13
Youth With Disabilities		13
Driving		14
Family and Marriage		14
Pop Culture, Digitalization and Media		14
Mental Health		15
Guns and Violence		16
Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs		16
Youth Homelessness		17
Framework ans Structures in the Field of Youth Policy		18
Stakeholders in Youth Policy		19
Topics in the Area of Children and Youth		21
Youth Participation / Youth Councils		23
A Small Sampling of Youth Policy by State		24
Working with Youth in the United States		26
Topics in the Area of Children and Youth		28
Civic Education		29
Extracurricular Activities and Youth Development		30
Volunteer Opportunities for Post-Secondary Youth		31
Post-Secondary Volunteer Opportunities		32
Political Advocacy Youth Volunteering		32
Education		34
The Secondary School System		35
Demographics within the U.S. Educational System		37
Special Types of Schools Within the U.S. Education System		37
U.S. School Academics		38
Other School Aspects		39
School Reflections		42
Career and Employment		44
Transition into Employment		45
Rules and Regulation for Youth Employment		47
Youth Unemployment		48
International Education and Work for Youth		50
United States Government Programs for International Youth Education		51
Other Programs		52
Further Information		54
Relevant Policy Groups and Organizations		54
Philanthropy		54
Imprint		56

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