WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced $85 million in grants will be awarded to YouthBuild programs in 32 states.
YouthBuild is an education and training program with a strong pre-apprenticeship component that helps at-risk youth complete high school or state equivalency degree programs, earn industry-recognized credentials for in-demand occupations, and undergo training to build housing for low-income or homeless individuals and families in their communities.
This set of awards mark a significant expansion of the Construction Plus model of YouthBuild, which allows grantees to offer training in locally in-demand industries beyond the required construction training, such as healthcare, information technology, hospitality and retail services, and logistics. This year’s grant awards include 65 programs that applied to offer Construction Plus training.
The grants announced today range from approximately $700,000 to $1.1 million each and will fund 81 YouthBuild programs.
The U.S. Department of Labor YouthBuild program has a network of more than 200 urban and rural YouthBuild programs in 46 states. To find a YouthBuild grantee near you, please visit www.doleta.gov/youth_services/youthbuild.cfm.
A list of this year's YouthBuild funding participants follows this release.
Grant Recipient Headquarters City Headquarters State Amount The Institute for Community, Youth and Family Services Inc.
Birmingham AL $967,734 Citadel Community Development Corporation San Bernardino CA $1,100,000 Coalition for Responsible Community Development Los Angeles CA $1,100,000 EntreNous Youth Empowerment Services Inc.
Compton CA $1,100,000 Riverside County Office of Education Riverside CA $1,080,000 Success Center San Francisco Inc.
San Francisco CA $1,100,000 Venice Community Housing Corporation Venice CA $1,100,000 Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board Waterbury CT $1,099,997 The WorkPlace Bridgeport CT $1,100,000 Florida Institute for Workforce Innovation Gainesville FL $1,100,000 Housing Authority of the City of Lakeland Lakeland FL $1,075,472 Housing Authority of the City of Tampa Tampa FL $1,075,749 Valencia College-Osceola Campus Kissimmee FL $1,100,000 WorkNet Pinellas Inc. d.b.a. CareerSource Pinellas Clearwater FL $1,100,000 Bibb County School District Macon GA $1,100,000 DeKalb County Government Decatur GA $891,935 City Incite Inc.
Chicago IL $1,100,000 Community Assistance Programs Chicago IL $970,255 Homework Hangout Club Inc.
Decatur IL $1,100,000 Spero Family Services Mt. Vernon IL $1,100,000 YBMC, Inc. d.b.a. YouthBuild McLean County Normal IL $1,100,000 AMIkids Baton Rouge Baton Rouge LA $1,100,000 Kedila Family Learning Center New Orleans LA $1,080,000 Northshore Technical Community College Bogalusa LA $945,882 Start Corporation Houma LA $1,100,000 Just-A-Start Corporation Cambridge MA $1,100,000 North Shore Community Development Coalition Salem MA $1,100,000 Old Colony Young Men’s Christian Association Inc.
Brockton MA $1,100,000 Training Resources of America Worcester MA $1,064,317 Civic Works, Inc.
Baltimore MD $1,100,000 Berrien-Cass-Van Buren Workforce Development Board Inc.
Benton Harbor MI $989,508 Community Action Agency Jackson MI $900,000 Asian Media Access Minneapolis MN $1,100,000 Goodwill Industries Inc.
Saint Paul MN $1,070,674 Tree Trust St. Louis Park MN $1,100,000 Bridging Families to Communities and Beyond St. Louis MO $1,098,980 Job Point Columbia MO $1,100,000 St. Joseph Youth Alliance St. Joseph MO $1,100,000 Gateway Community Development Corporation Yazoo City MS $700,000 Mississippi Action for Community Education Inc.
Greenville MS $1,098,000 Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Worker Opportunities Inc.
Clarksdale MS $901,228 Central Carolina Community College Sanford NC $1,099,816 Triangle Literacy Council Durham NC $1,100,000 Goodwill Industries, Inc.
Omaha NE $895,437 Isles Inc.
Trenton NJ $784,508 Help-New Mexico, Inc.
Albuquerque NM $990,258 YouthWorks Santa Fe NM $1,100,000 Chicanos Por La Causa Nevada Inc.
Las Vegas NV $1,100,000 The Children's Cabinet Inc.
Reno NV $1,100,000 Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region Troy NY $1,100,000 Historic Tappen Park Community Partnership Inc.
Staten Island NY $1,100,000 PathStone Corporation* Rochester NY $1,100,000 Queens Community House Inc.
Queens NY $1,100,000 United Way of Long Island Deer Park NY $1,100,000 County Corp Dayton OH $1,100,000 Ohio Area 7 Consortium of Chief Elected Officials Springfield OH $1,100,000 Project REBUILD Inc.
Canton OH $1,091,920 Sojourners Care Network McArthur OH $1,100,000 YB Columbus Community School Columbus OH $1,100,000 Youth Over Us, Inc.
Grove City OH $1,100,000 Community Development Support Association Inc.
Enid OK $1,074,567 Little Dixie Community Action Agency Inc.
Hugo OK $789,508 Heart of Oregon Corps, Inc.
Bend OR $1,100,000 Connection Training Services Philadelphia PA $1,100,000 Crispus Attucks Association of York Pennsylvania York PA $1,100,000 Garfield Jubilee Association Pittsburgh PA $1,087,559 Communities in Schools of Lancaster Lancaster SC $787,621 Knoxville Leadership Foundation Knoxville TN $1,100,000 South Memphis Renewal Community Development Corp.
Memphis TN $1,098,556 American YouthWorks Austin TX $1,099,995 Community Development Corporation of Brownsville Brownsville TX $845,448 Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden UT $1,100,000 Pathways-VA Inc.
Petersburg VA $1,100,000 ReSOURCE A Nonprofit Community Enterprise Inc.
Williston VT $900,000 Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington Yakima WA $1,100,000 Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic Toppenish WA $1,098,944 Community Action, Inc. of Rock and Walworth Counties Beloit WI $1,100,000 Employ Milwaukee, Inc.
Milwaukee WI $989,508 Workforce Resource Inc.
Menomonie WI $1,100,000 Human Resource Development Foundation Inc.
Morgantown WV $1,083,771 Randolph County Housing Authority Elkins WV $1,095,117 *This recipient has a service area that is not in the headquarters' state.
