BCCS & Opportunity Youth
Bridge to College & Career Success A Gulf Coast Opportunity Youth Initiative led by Educate Texas in partnership with JFF With Funding by JPMC, Trellis Foundation, McNair Family Foundation Educate Texas Landscape Vision Strengthen the public and higher education system so that every Texas student is prepared for educational and workforce success. College and Career Regional Effective Teaching Higher Education Readiness Collaboration Strategic priorities Strategic Bridge to College and Career Success 2 An Estimated 480,000 OYYA live in Texas Most OYYA live in urban areas, but there are higher ratios in our rural communities In 18 urban census areas, 1 in 5 of the community’s young people qualify as OYYA 2016 Texas Concentration of 16-24 Year Old OYYA 3% 27% Source: US Census Data, Texas Public Use Microdata Samples by PUMA 2016; 16-24 YO not in school or work 3 Each Year That We Don’t Reconnect Our OYYA It Costs Texas $1.6 Billion Total Annual Cost of OYYA $600,000,000 $557,927,273 $535,512,727 $500,000,000 $400,000,000 $300,000,000 $211,963,636 $200,000,000 $119,381,818 $100,378,182 $84,298,182 $100,000,000 $0 Austin-Round Rock Dallas-Fort Worth- Houston-The Woodlands- San Antonio-New El Paso McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Arlington Sugar Land Braunfels Source: Calculations derive from methodologies used in Measure for America, 2015 Report, “Zeroing in on Place & Race,” and 2017 Report ,”Promising Gains, Persistent Gaps” 4 Why Focus on Houston? Houston has almost 1 in 4 of all of Texas OYYA (~111,000) Spring Waller Cypress Humble Tomball Cypress
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