{ "schema_version": 1, "dataset_id": "youth-opportunity-jurisdiction-briefs", "version_id": "2026-10-09-v1", "released_on": "2026-10-09", "status": "verified_reader_context", "evidence_version": "acs-2024-pilot-v1", "purpose": "Give each pilot jurisdiction a distinct, source-bounded reading; connect relevant public accountability reporting; and expose verified protective entry points without changing the Advocate publication engine.", "interpretation_boundary": "The Local Protection Picture combines verified observations only to explain why one measure should not be read alone. It does not rank jurisdictions, identify causes, predict an individual outcome, or claim that every young person shares the reported condition.", "reporting_boundary": "A linked Advocate article is context, not proof that an economic condition caused the event discussed in the article. Every relationship names its geographic scope and evidence connection.", "pathway_boundary": "A verified pathway is an official public starting point. It does not establish current capacity, eligibility for a particular person, successful enrollment, service quality, or outcomes.", "activity_boundary": "Activity dates describe publication or verification work on this evidence system. With one comparable ACS vintage, the pilot cannot label a jurisdiction as improving or worsening.", "jurisdictions": [ { "id": "new-york-city", "local_picture": [ { "kind": "defining_pressure", "label": "Pressure in view", "title": "Household pressure appears across more than one measure", "body": "The comparable core records 23.9% child poverty and 52.4% renter cost burden. These estimates use different populations, but together they show why income and housing stability both belong in a protection discussion.", "indicator_ids": ["child_poverty_rate", "renter_cost_burden_rate"] }, { "kind": "counterpoint", "label": "Do not read alone", "title": "A citywide median cannot describe every household", "body": "Median household income is $80,483 while civilian unemployment is 8.0%. Neither measure describes youth experience directly, and the median can conceal unequal access to resources within the city.", "indicator_ids": ["median_household_income", "unemployment_rate"] }, { "kind": "evidence_boundary", "label": "Local depth", "title": "School and safety evidence is active; response evidence remains incomplete", "body": "New York has a verified local evidence desk, but diversion, adult transfer, care continuity, family connection, and reentry still lack one reconciled cross-jurisdiction definition.", "indicator_ids": [] } ], "accountability_reporting": [ { "slug": "opportunity-is-the-intervention-before-punishment", "title": "Opportunity Is the Intervention Before Punishment", "subtitle": "New York City's mixed youth record shows why school connection, economic stability, safety, and family support must become the intervention before punishment.", "public_url": "/advocate/opportunity-is-the-intervention-before-punishment.html", "published_at": "2026-09-18", "geographic_scope": "New York City evidence", "relationship": "Direct evidence analysis", "relationship_note": "This article was built from the verified New York City Youth Opportunity research packet and preserves its separate populations and reporting clocks.", "related_dimensions": ["economic_stability", "housing_stability", "school_connection", "safety_and_wellbeing", "detention_reliance"] } ], "protective_pathways": [ { "id": "nyc-protective-resource-directory", "title": "New York City protective-resource directory", "provider": "Six verified official public entry points", "summary": "Open city pathways for mentoring and afterschool programming, paid youth employment, recreation, credible messengers, mental-health support, and family support.", "eligibility": "Youth, young adults, families, and community members; the exact age, location, and enrollment rules vary by program.", "availability_note": "A listing does not guarantee an opening, placement, neighborhood location, or eligibility. Confirm current details with the provider.", "url": "/advocate/youth-opportunity/#protective-resources", "verified_on": "2026-09-11", "review_due": "2026-12-11", "scope": "Local verified directory" } ], "evidence_activity": { "baseline": { "label": "Comparable baseline", "date": "2026-10-06", "status": "Baseline established", "detail": "Four comparable 2020–2024 ACS estimates are public. A second comparable vintage is required before a trend label appears." }, "local_record": { "label": "Local evidence", "date": "2026-09-11", "status": "Verified layer active", "detail": "School connection, safety, detention, economic context, and protective resources retain their local definitions." }, "reporting": { "label": "Related Advocate work", "date": "2026-09-18", "status": "One direct analysis linked", "detail": "The relationship is explicit and does not turn aggregate conditions into a causal claim." } } }, { "id": "los-angeles-county", "local_picture": [ { "kind": "defining_pressure", "label": "Pressure in view", "title": "Higher median income does not erase renter pressure", "body": "Los Angeles County's $90,112 median household income sits alongside 57.7% renter cost burden. Reading the measures together reveals a housing constraint that the income median alone would miss.", "indicator_ids": ["median_household_income", "renter_cost_burden_rate"] }, { "kind": "counterpoint", "label": "Do not read alone", "title": "The remaining estimates describe different populations", "body": "Child poverty is 17.6%, while civilian unemployment is 7.3%. The first concerns residents under 18 whose poverty status is determined; the second concerns the civilian labor force age 16 and older.", "indicator_ids": ["child_poverty_rate", "unemployment_rate"] }, { "kind": "evidence_boundary", "label": "Local depth", "title": "Official source families are identified, but local values remain withheld", "body": "County school, public-health, youth-employment, diversion, detention, education, and reentry sources are mapped. Their populations and denominators must be reconciled before publication.", "indicator_ids": [] } ], "accountability_reporting": [ { "slug": "california-ended-child-marriage-because-protection-cannot-wait", "title": "California Ended Child Marriage Because Protection Cannot Wait", "subtitle": "California's AB 1267 sets 18 as the minimum age for marriage and domestic partnership, replacing a permission system with a clear protection for minors.", "public_url": "/advocate/california-ended-child-marriage-because-protection-cannot-wait.html", "published_at": "2026-09-30", "geographic_scope": "California statewide context", "relationship": "Related youth-protection policy", "relationship_note": "The article concerns a statewide legal protection, not a Los Angeles County outcome and not an explanation of the county's economic indicators.", "related_dimensions": ["family_connection", "institutional_response", "legal_autonomy"] } ], "protective_pathways": [ { "id": "la-youth-at-work", "title": "Youth@Work", "provider": "Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity", "summary": "An official county starting point for paid work experience, career exploration, and youth employment pathways.", "eligibility": "The published program scope covers ages 14–24; current program and provider requirements apply.", "availability_note": "Applications, enrollment, paid placement, and completion are different stages. The official page does not guarantee a current opening or placement.", "url": "https://opportunity.lacounty.gov/youthatwork/", "verified_on": "2026-10-07", "review_due": "", "scope": "Official county pathway" } ], "evidence_activity": { "baseline": { "label": "Comparable baseline", "date": "2026-10-06", "status": "Baseline established", "detail": "Four comparable 2020–2024 ACS estimates are public. A second comparable vintage is required before a trend label appears." }, "local_record": { "label": "Local source review", "date": "2026-10-07", "status": "Seven official sources mapped", "detail": "The source inventory is public; definition-level extraction remains the next evidence gate." }, "reporting": { "label": "Related Advocate work", "date": "2026-09-30", "status": "One statewide context article linked", "detail": "The page distinguishes statewide legal context from Los Angeles County evidence." } } }, { "id": "baltimore-city", "local_picture": [ { "kind": "defining_pressure", "label": "Pressure in view", "title": "Child poverty and household income point to overlapping pressure", "body": "The comparable core records 25.5% child poverty and $62,177 median household income. These measures do not describe every family, but together they identify economic stability as a central protection question.", "indicator_ids": ["child_poverty_rate", "median_household_income"] }, { "kind": "counterpoint", "label": "Do not read alone", "title": "The unemployment estimate cannot resolve the youth picture", "body": "Civilian unemployment is 6.5%, but its universe is the labor force age 16 and older. It should not be used to cancel the child-poverty estimate or stand in for youth employment access.", "indicator_ids": ["unemployment_rate", "child_poverty_rate"] }, { "kind": "evidence_boundary", "label": "Local depth", "title": "The official map is broad; family-connection evidence remains a gap", "body": "School, health, employment, diversion, detention, transfer, care, and reentry source families are mapped. A sufficiently specific official family-connection measure has not yet been identified.", "indicator_ids": [] } ], "accountability_reporting": [], "reporting_empty_state": "No Advocate article is currently linked as Baltimore City youth evidence or context. The page leaves that space open rather than presenting unrelated national reporting as local accountability work.", "protective_pathways": [ { "id": "baltimore-youthworks", "title": "YouthWorks", "provider": "Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Employment Development", "summary": "An official city starting point for paid summer and year-round youth employment pathways.", "eligibility": "The published program scope covers Baltimore City residents ages 14–21; subprogram rules vary.", "availability_note": "An application does not guarantee an offer, placement, or completed work experience. Confirm the current program cycle directly.", "url": "https://youthworks.oedworks.com/customPage.cfm?PageId=7", "verified_on": "2026-10-07", "review_due": "", "scope": "Official city pathway" } ], "evidence_activity": { "baseline": { "label": "Comparable baseline", "date": "2026-10-06", "status": "Baseline established", "detail": "Four comparable 2020–2024 ACS estimates are public. A second comparable vintage is required before a trend label appears." }, "local_record": { "label": "Local source review", "date": "2026-10-07", "status": "Seven official sources mapped", "detail": "The source inventory is public; family connection remains the clearest unresolved dimension." }, "reporting": { "label": "Related Advocate work", "date": "", "status": "No local article linked yet", "detail": "Unrelated justice reporting is not presented as Baltimore youth evidence." } } } ] }