WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the award of $89 million in grants in 31 states and Puerto Rico to help youth ages 16-24 who are neither enrolled in school nor participating in the labor market to obtain employment in construction and other in-demand industries.
Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration , YouthBuild grants support a pre-apprenticeship model to help these young people learn valuable occupational skills. They will split their time between workplace training and the classroom, where they earn their high school diploma or equivalency degree and prepare for postsecondary opportunities.
“YouthBuild meets young people where they live, and wherever they are on their path to educational attainment and career success,” said Principal Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Suzi LeVine. “Even as these grants are awarded, the Employment and Training Administration is working on the next YouthBuild funding opportunity, always with an eye to equity and inclusion in terms of the communities involved, and the individual participants served.” In total, ETA has awarded 68 grants – ranging from $700,000 to $1.5 million each – to organizations that deliver training and employment in several in-demand industries, including construction, where youth put their classroom learning to use in building or rehabilitating affordable housing for low-income or homeless families in their neighborhoods. They will also be prepared for employment in other in-demand industries such as healthcare, information technology, manufacturing and logistics, culinary arts and hospitality.
Learn more about the department’s YouthBuild program and eligibility for grants and how to apply.
The department has awarded YouthBuild grants to the following recipients: Grant Recipient City State Amount Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District Livermore CA $1,500,000 Los Angeles Conservation Corps Los Angeles CA $1,499,981 Playa Vista Job Opportunities and Business Services Los Angeles CA $1,500,000 Riverside County Office of Education Riverside CA $1,277,997 Provisional Educational Services Inc.
San Bernardino CA $1,361,848 Centers for Equity and Success Inc.
San Francisco CA $996,600 The WorkPlace Bridgeport CT $1,292,935 Indian River State College Fort Pierce FL $1,399,999 Florida Institute for Workforce Innovation Inc.
Gainesville FL $1,350,000 Valencia College Osceola Campus Kissimmee FL $1,500,000 Greater Miami Service Corps Miami FL $1,100,000 AMIkids Pensacola Inc.
Pensacola FL $1,500,000 Housing Authority of the City of Tampa Florida Tampa FL $1,208,365 DeKalb County Decatur GA $949,811 Bibb County School District Macon GA $1,500,000 Kapili Like Inc.
Kailua HI $1,492,350 Community Council of Idaho Inc.
Caldwell ID $1,333,210 Community Assistance Programs Chicago IL $1,500,000 Metropolitan Family Services Chicago IL $1,500,000 Homework Hangout Club Inc.
Decatur IL $1,299,368 Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey IL $1,100,523 YouthBuild McLean County Inc.
Normal IL $1,500,000 Housing Authority of the City of Evansville Evansville IN $900,000 Local Workforce Investment Area III Inc.
Lenexa KS $1,244,907 AMIkids Baton Rouge Inc.
Baton Rouge LA $1,500,000 Start Corp.
Houma LA $1,120,252 Northshore Technical Community College Lacombe LA $1,044,681 Just-A-Start Corp.
Cambridge MA $1,100,000 North Shore Community Development Coalition Inc.
Salem MA $1,254,669 New North Citizens’ Council Inc.
Springfield MA $1,500,000 Civic Works Inc.
Baltimore MD $1,099,999 Berrien-Cass-Van Buren Workforce Development Board Inc.
Benton Harbor MI $1,200,000 YouthDevelopment Corp. Flint USA Saginaw MI $1,500,000 Tree Trust Saint Paul MN $1,500,000 Job Point Columbia MO $1,222,000 St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment Saint Louis MO $1,100,000 River City Community Development Corp.
Elizabeth City NC $1,368,000 Central Carolina Community College Sanford NC $1,499,655 Isles Inc.
Trenton NJ $771,800 YouthWorks Santa Fe NM $1,295,819 Chicanos Por La Causa Nevada Inc.
North Las Vegas NV $1,346,273 The HOPE Program Inc.
Brooklyn NY $1,499,999 Rural Ulster Preservation Company Inc.
Kingston NY $1,000,000 Social Enterprise and Training Center Inc.
Schenectady NY $1,500,000 Central Family Life Center Inc.
Staten Island NY $1,258,127 Project REBUILD Inc.
Canton OH $1,237,777 YouthBuild Columbus Community School Columbus OH $1,500,000 Youth Over Us Inc.
Columbus OH $1,500,000 County Corp Dayton OH $1,500,000 Sojourners Care Network McArthur OH $1,189,840 Heart of Oregon Corps Inc.
Bend OR $1,500,000 Community Development Support Association Inc.
Enid OK $1,080,000 Garfield Jubilee Association Inc.
Pittsburgh PA $1,098,520 Connection Training Services Philadelphia PA $1,500,000 Opportunities Industrialization Center Philadelphia PA $1,357,803 PathStone Corp.
Puerto Rico PR $1,197,000 YouthBuild Preparatory Academy Providence RI $1,500,000 Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina Inc.
Greenville SC $764,409 Knoxville Leadership Foundation Knoxville TN $1,500,000 YouthDevelopment Corp. Memphis USA Memphis TN $1,500,000 American YouthWorks Austin TX $1,499,714 Community Development Corp. of Brownsville Brownsville TX $921,217 SER-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc.
Houston TX $1,500,000 Pettus Independent School District Pettus TX $1,499,962 Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden UT $1,295,890 New River-Mount Rogers Workforce Investment Area Consortium Radford VA $1,500,000 Goodwill Industries of the Valleys Roanoke VA $1,199,000 Employ Milwaukee Inc.
Milwaukee WI $1,500,000
