![2.3 million people benefited from projects initiated by youth that IREX supported last year.](/sites/default/files/styles/240_240/public/component/images/youth-statistic-photo-240.jpg?h=f5652cad&itok=TxQCK_iC)
Our Reach
2.3 million people benefited from projects initiated by youth that IREX supported last year.
![89% of Thomas Jefferson youth alumni with a tertiary degree gained employment—twice the rate of their peers.](/sites/default/files/styles/240_240/public/component/images/youth-circle-graph-89-percent.png?h=f5652cad&itok=nKoaDHN-)
Our Impact
89% of Thomas Jefferson youth alumni with a tertiary degree gained employment—twice the rate of their peers.
Featured Solutions
- Stopping misinformation: Teaching young people to recognize manipulative information.
- Building social trust: Increasing opportunities for education and employment.
Articles & Op-Eds
- "Youth or Consequences: Put Youth at the Center of COVID-19 Recovery" (Patrick Fine, Susan Reichle, and Kristin M. Lord)
- "This Is the New Skills Gap for Young People in the Age of COVID-19" (Tsega Belachew and Rachel Surkin)
- "Here Come the Young" (Kristin M. Lord)