Connecticut Voices for Children said in a report today that high youth unemployment threatens Connecticut’s economic future and called for better educational access and incentives for low-income workers.
The liberal research and advocacy group said an increasing number of low-income, young minority workers threatens the state’s future ability to pay for the growing costs of an aging population.
Connecticut’s youth (age 16-24) unemployment rate was 17.1 percent in 2012, compared to a national average of 16.2 percent. The state rate climbed steadily from a low of 5.6 percent in 2000 to a high of 18.2 percent in 2011, dipping last year.
