Echoing the national employment picture, young adults unemployment rate fell again last month, from 6.9 percent in July to 6.7 percent in August (seasonably adjusted). Young African Americans, a group with persistently high unemployment rates, also dropped nearly two points...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2016 Contact: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 The uninsured rate for 18-34 year-olds decreased to 15 percent in 2015, continuing progress made over the last two open enrollment seasons of the ACA. Young adults make up...
By Tom Allison While the national unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent in July, the rate for young adults ages 18-to-34 rose slightly to 6.9 percent (seasonably adjusted) from 6.8 percent in June. Notably, sectors with high prevalence of apprenticeships...
June marked my third anniversary of working at Young Invincibles, and the 36th straight month of digging through the monthly jobs report to highlight young adults and underrepresented minorities’ trends in the workforce. Along the way we’ve...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 14, 2016 CONTACT: Nina Smith, nina.smith@younginvincibles.org, 301-717-9006 Damaging House Labor-H Bill Passes Appropriations Committee WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Appropriations Committee today passed the FY 2017 Labor-H Appropriations bill via a nearly party-line vote, which would cut...
By Daniela Villarreal (Florida State University, 2016) The job-training program, known as Federal Work Study (FWS), is supposed to help college and university students like me to build foundational skills in our fields of study. Unfortunately, the program, which began...
By Jessica Adair In a world where everyone loves to comment on Millennial finances, Jen Mishory, Executive Director of Young Invincibles and David John, Senior Policy Advisor at AARP took to PBS NewsHour to discuss an oft-neglected topic: retirement. Millennials...
By Jessica Adair On Saturday, 2,500 people gathered at a park in downtown Houston to enjoy the outdoors ahead of the salty, sweaty heat that creeps up from the Gulf of Mexico come spring – and to take advantage of...
Approximately 200 Events Across The Country Will Encourage Millennials To Sign Up For Health Care Coverage This Week MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: January 27, 2015 CONTACTS: Sarah Lovenheim, sarah.lovenheim@younginvincibles.org, 585.746.8281; Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214.223.2913; Justin Nisly, jnisly@enrollamerica.org, 202.601.2494 [WASHINGTON] – On Tuesday, January 27, 2015, the U.S. Surgeon General...
By Colin Seeberger This week, North Carolina kicks off what is bound to be a raucous 2015 legislative session. With important debates looming around the state’s support for higher education and access to affordable health care for young North Carolinians,...