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Youth in Crisis

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Future prosperity in the Sacramento Capital Region will depend on creating better educational and economic opportunities for the area’s youth, according to a new two-year study from UC Davis. We discuss the study’s results from our Sacramento studios.

Young people in the region are facing serious challenges such as high dropout and jobless rates, and inadequate health care.

Guests:

Jonathan London, director of the Center for Regional Change, assistant professor of human and community development at UC Davis and lead researcher on the study

Chet Hewitt, president and CEO of the Sierra Health Foundation, which commissioned the study

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