Sen. Hillary Clinton today will tout a $10.3 billion “Youth Opportunity Agenda” that starts, according to a campaign preview, “even before young children reach kindergarten by investing $10 billion in universal preschool and expanding nurse-home visits for first-time mothers.” She flies from her home in Chappaqua, N.Y., to Las Vegas to make the announcement at the 32nd National Association of Black Journalists annual convention and career fair at Bally’s Casino and Resort.
THE POINT: Clinton is promising “a national response” to “the crisis of the more than four million young people between 16 to 24 who are out of school and out of work.” Barack Obama has announced an “urban poverty” agenda that covers some of the same ground.
The programs are interesting because they show how the conversation in Washington would change with a Democratic president. Some Clinton details from a campaign précis: “She will … launch a $100 million Public/Private Internship Initiative to give at-risk middle- and high-school students job skills and work experience during the summer. … In addition, she will offer 1.5 million disconnected youth a second chance with meaningful job training in growing industries in their own communities, including renewable energy, healthcare, construction and financial services.”
“She will reverse the Bush Administrations cuts to the EEOC and restore the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to its historic role as a body that vigorously enforces people’s civil rights,” the summary continues. “Hillary will restore funding for child support enforcement to make sure that fathers do their part to support their children.”
BUT: The senator’s program would reward “responsible fatherhood” through economic opportunity and an expansion of the earned income tax credit. Finally, according to the document, “Hillary will invest $200 million in Reentry Partnership Grants to reward successful community-based approaches to reintegrating ex-offenders into the economy and society.”
THE POINT: Clinton is promising “a national response” to “the crisis of the more than four million young people between 16 to 24 who are out of school and out of work.” Barack Obama has announced an “urban poverty” agenda that covers some of the same ground.
The programs are interesting because they show how the conversation in Washington would change with a Democratic president. Some Clinton details from a campaign précis: “She will … launch a $100 million Public/Private Internship Initiative to give at-risk middle- and high-school students job skills and work experience during the summer. … In addition, she will offer 1.5 million disconnected youth a second chance with meaningful job training in growing industries in their own communities, including renewable energy, healthcare, construction and financial services.”
“She will reverse the Bush Administrations cuts to the EEOC and restore the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to its historic role as a body that vigorously enforces people’s civil rights,” the summary continues. “Hillary will restore funding for child support enforcement to make sure that fathers do their part to support their children.”
BUT: The senator’s program would reward “responsible fatherhood” through economic opportunity and an expansion of the earned income tax credit. Finally, according to the document, “Hillary will invest $200 million in Reentry Partnership Grants to reward successful community-based approaches to reintegrating ex-offenders into the economy and society.”
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