Why It Matters 2.0 was released at Shift, the annual conference of the New Options Project (NOP). Why It Matters 2.0, reframes the conversation away from unemployment and brings into focus the employement problem that exists in our country--one where high unemployment rates exist in parallel to millions of unfilled...

On April 14th, business leaders, youth and youth advocates, led by NOP National Initiatives partners, Corporate Voices for Working Families and Year Up, met with 35 key policymakers on Capitol Hill to highlight effective enterprising pathway programs.  This set of documents was shared with policymakers during Hill Day meetings and...