Tweet - "A job can make the difference between a safe & successful life, and one that takes a turn towards violence & crime. @SenDuckworth, @RepRobinKelly, and I reintroduced bills to increase federal resources for communities looking to provide employment opportunities for their youth."

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"A job can make the difference between a safe & successful life, and one that takes a turn towards violence & crime. @SenDuckworth, @RepRobinKelly, and I reintroduced bills to increase federal resources for communities looking to provide employment opportunities for their youth."

"In 2017, 4.5 million low-income 16 to 24 year-olds in the United States were both out of school and out of work. In Illinois, the number of unemployed and out of school youth ages 20 to 24 was 15.3 percent in 2017, and in Chicago, the rate was 19.4 percent."

"For youth of color, joblessness is especially chronic and concentrated: 17.9 percent of Black youth and 13.2 percent of Hispanic youth between the ages of 16-24 were out of school and out of work nationally in 2017."

"The Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act will make it easier for local governments and community organizations to apply directly for federal funding to create and expand summer and year-round employment programs for young people."

"The HERO for At-Risk Youth Act would encourage the business community to become a partner in addressing this crisis by hiring at-risk youth that reside in communities with high rates of poverty."

"Youth employment programs can help lower poverty, crime, and violence. While Leader McConnell has made the Senate a legislative graveyard, I think it's essential that we pass these bills in both Chambers."

@SenatorDurbin

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