By Brita Belli
April 28, 2021
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Artist rendering of new Y2Y New Haven space.
More than 800 young adults, ages 18 to 24, in the greater New Haven area are estimated to be homeless, according to the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness. But there are only 12 “emergency” beds designated specifically for this group in area shelters, and no shelters in the state dedicated to homeless youth.
That will change this fall in New Haven, thanks to the efforts of Yale students in partnership with community organizations. A new overnight program for homeless youth called Y2Y New Haven (short for “Youth to Youth”), which is modeled on the nation’s first youth-run homeless shelter in Cambridge, Massachusetts, reinvents the idea of a homeless shelter as a safe space for youth, by youth, with gathering spaces, workshops, and a modern design aesthetic.
Yale students launch peer-to-peer center for combating youth homelessness
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The Future of Worker Financial Security: The Nexus of Work and Benefits
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In the United States, a dominant narrative that having a job equals financial security persists, yet the majority of workers in America have jobs that do not allow them to achieve financial security. In fact, many workers lack benefits, have low earnings, and live in poverty. The type of job matters: workers with full-time, permanent positions and more robust packages of benefits do better than those without access to those options.
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Aspen Institute Financial Security Program explains how work arrangements relate to worker benefit provisions, and how both work and benefits together determine if workers will have a reasonable shot at financial security. The research explores why there are persistent disparities in financial security outcomes for low- and moderate-income (LMI) workers, especially Black and