Anne Kim

Abandoned

America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection

Buch

Disconnection (not being in school or working) is higher in rural areas than in urban ones; in some rural counties, it is as high as 76%More than a quarter of disconnected teens as young as 16 and 17 don't live at home with their parentsAmong the top half of households, the average amount of help given to young adult children is a whopping $70,965Many 18-year-olds who age out of foster care leave the system with no formal education, no money, no employment, and no support network

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-62097-500-8
EAN: 9781620975008
Produktnummer: 29734974
Verlag: The New Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Masse: H14.7 cm x B22.4 cm x D3.0 cm 388 g
Gewicht: 388
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Anne Kim is a writer, lawyer, and public policy expert with a long career in Washington, DC-based think tanks working in and around Capitol Hill. She is also a contributing editor at Washington Monthly, where she was a senior writer. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Governing, TheAtlantic.com, the Wall Street Journal, Democracy, and numerous other publications. She lives in northern Virginia.