reporter: coaching kids in a camp. many teenagers in kyle s neighborhood spent summers much differently. they would be getting in trouble. i know that. reporter: what kind of trouble? 92 m in my neighborhood it would be selling drugs. reporter: he says working kept him off the street. reporter: unlike kyle, many teenagers can t find a job. 22.3% of white americans are unemployed but almost 40% of african-american teenagers are out of work. it shouldn t be a racial issue. reporter: washington, d.c. s congressional delegate and other members of the congressional black caucus fought to get $1 million for unemployment programs approved. it could add to the deficit and a few fiscally conservative