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Estimating Public Support for Opportunity Youth in the City of Los Angeles

The purpose of this project was to estimate how much public support is devoted to Opportunity Youth who in live in the City of Los Angeles in one year (2015-16). Using data provided by Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County departments as well as weighted estimates of public budget expenditures and census figures, the CSUN team estimates that government allocated approximately $1.118 billion to support Opportunity Youth in the City of Los Angeles during the 2015-16 Fiscal Year (figure 1). The CSUN Team estimates that approximately 90,836 youth aged 16-24 could be described as one or more of the following: 1) out-of-work and out-of-school 2) foster youth; 3) homeless; and/or 4) on probation during the 2015-16 year. The CSUN Team’s research produced an estimated public commitment of approximately $12,312 per Opportunity Youth during the 2015-16 study period (figure 2). It is particularly noteworthy that over 44 percent of the public commitment represents expenditures on Justice Systems (including law enforcement, corrections and courts)

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