Marginalized Girls Series:  Creating Pathways to Opportunity

In this policy series, together with our project partners, the National Crittenton Foundation and the Human Rights Project for Girls, we are examining how to improve the way in which public systems serve marginalized girls.  We are gathering experts in the field, advocates, policymakers, service providers, and girls themselves to discuss four main topics:  the integration of services and support for young mothers; gender-responsive juvenile justice reform; the domestic sex trafficking of American girls; and improving education and workforce opportunities for low-income girls.  

Workforce and Education Policy Series

In 2011, the Center on Poverty partnered with the National Skills Coalition to examine state innovations in workforce policy and practice, assessing what is known about the effectiveness of these programs, and exploring strategies for the potential continuation of these and other innovations in the current economic and political environment.  

In 2012, together with The College Board, we are examining the integration of Common Core State Standards and Career Technical Education, and how states can develop rigorous career technical education and work-based learning programs.  

Our Project Partners

The College Board
The National Crittenton Foundation
Human Rights Project for Girls
The National Skills Coalition