In the past, much attention has been paid to the leaks in the "education pipeline", but now employers, youth and communities are focusing on repairing the "work pipeline" to ensure that young people are ready for work by age 21. This issue brief is the second in a series developed by the Forum for Youth Investment, Connect for Kids, Voices for America's Children and many state Kids Count organizations, to share the vision, messages and state policies being proposed to improve the work readiness of youth. (Contains 28 endnotes.)