Most of Connecticut's youth get the kinds of support they need from their families and communities, but many others do not. Connecticut has many programs and a significant amount of funding dedicated to assisting young people, but despite those efforts, the state continues to "lose" significant numbers of its youth when they fail to achieve success in school, drop out, become involved in risky behaviors, enter the juvenile justice system, or become teen parents with few or no options in life. Losing these youth weakens our future workforce, threatens our economic future, and harms the social and economic health of the local communities in which these young people live.