- Weak job prospects for black males increase the likelihood of incarceration; put strain on existing marriages and families; and make it less likely that men will marry, leaving single mothers overburdened and their children less likely to succeed.
- Black males have been hurt perhaps more than any other group by the decreased demand for unskilled labor and manufacturing jobs and the rise of the service sector.
- The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of D.C. helps criminal offenders dissociate themselves from negative communities and create bonds with positive social institutions.
- Programs in Detroit, Houston, and Dallas partner with businesses in their surrounding communities and combine academic education with job training.
- School-to-work transition needs to be given more emphasis in programs; only a small fraction of inner-city black youth who graduate from high school in a given June will have a job in October.
Published by
- Committee on Government Reform