Youth as the future of the nation at all times is of particular value for any state. Interest in young people has always been important for the state and society, which is due to several reasons. In economic terms, this is largely due to the fact that young people - this is the main talent pool of the economy, and how it will be high-quality, depends on the state of the economic mechanism. In modern Russian youth support carried out by the youth policy, which is one of the priorities of social policy of the Russian Federation. Today's youth policy in Russia is experiencing a new and is not the easiest stage of the development of life. The list of goals and specific objectives of public policy, recognition of youth strategic resource used in the sustainable socio-economic development, in which strengthening democratic legal state and civil society, creating conditions so that the quality of life of the people was high, and enhance national security of the Russian Federation, is directly help ensure that ensured the economic independence of young people and realized their social and labor rights and duties. The paper presents the main problems of youth policy as an important part of social policy. Today the support of young people in Russia is carried out in the framework of youth policy, which is one of the priorities of social policy of the Russian Federation. Materials research and scientific findings can be used in the practice of government at the macro, meso and micro levels in the justification and development directions and measures of socio- economic development of different levels.
