Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development Programs
Mission: To unleash the positive energy of low-income young people to rebuild their communities and their own lives with a commitment to work, education, responsibility, and family.
Results: Since 994,100,000 YouthBuild students have built 20,000 units of affordable, increasingly green, housing.
Target demographics: We work with low-income young people ages 16-24.There are now 273 YouthBuild programs in 45 states, Washington, DC, and the Virgin Islands.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 10,000 students
Geographic areas served: National and International Programs
Programs: Incorporated in 1990, youthbuild usa has been since 1994 the federal government's primary contractor for training, technical assistance, and quality assurance for youthbuild grantees, first under the u. S. Department of housing and urban development, now under the u. S. Department of labor. In 2014, youthbuild usa provided technical assistance through site visits and telephone calls to dol youthbuild grantees, including new dol youthbuild grantees. Youthbuild usa conducted several webinars for dol youthbuild grantees; provided online reference materials, particularly for green building; and help-desk service for data management systems.
youthbuild usa raises public and private funds for local youthbuild affiliates which are regranted by youthbuild usa to enhance program capacity, provide operational funding, and support the development and implementation of additional innovative program initiatives, such as the career development, diploma-granting schools, green, mentoring, postsecondary education, and rural initiatives. In 2014, youthbuild usa made $10.9 million in grants to 118 affiliated youthbuild programs in the united states that engaged over 3,500 students, who assisted in building or rehabbing 1,300 units of affordable, increasingly green housing in their communities and an estimated 1.0 million hours of service were earned by 3,000 youthbuild americorps members. Youthbuild usa held 50 training events and webinars attended by more than 900 staff members to each of the local youthbuild programs receiving pass-through grants from youthbuild usa, as well as dol youthbuild grantees.
youthbuild international, a division of youthbuild usa, works with partners around the world to build a global network of programs dedicated to inspiring, preparing, and connecting the world's unemployed young people to viable livelihood opportunities for themselves and their families, including youth entrepreneurship. Young people in youthbuild international programs transform their communities by creating or upgrading community assets such as housing, schools, community centers, clinics, and playgrounds. Youthbuild international assists local and international ngos, governments, and private sector partners to adapt and replicate the youthbuild model to engage unemployed young people who confront numerous barriers, including limited formal education, health issues, violence, gang involvement, natural disasters, forced migration, homelessness, family poverty, and substance abuse. In 2014,100 youthbuild international programs in 16 countries engaged over 7,000 young people.
Mission: To unleash the positive energy of low-income young people to rebuild their communities and their own lives with a commitment to work, education, responsibility, and family.
Results: Since 994,100,000 YouthBuild students have built 20,000 units of affordable, increasingly green, housing.
Target demographics: We work with low-income young people ages 16-24.There are now 273 YouthBuild programs in 45 states, Washington, DC, and the Virgin Islands.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 10,000 students
Geographic areas served: National and International Programs
Programs: Incorporated in 1990, youthbuild usa has been since 1994 the federal government's primary contractor for training, technical assistance, and quality assurance for youthbuild grantees, first under the u. S. Department of housing and urban development, now under the u. S. Department of labor. In 2014, youthbuild usa provided technical assistance through site visits and telephone calls to dol youthbuild grantees, including new dol youthbuild grantees. Youthbuild usa conducted several webinars for dol youthbuild grantees; provided online reference materials, particularly for green building; and help-desk service for data management systems.
youthbuild usa raises public and private funds for local youthbuild affiliates which are regranted by youthbuild usa to enhance program capacity, provide operational funding, and support the development and implementation of additional innovative program initiatives, such as the career development, diploma-granting schools, green, mentoring, postsecondary education, and rural initiatives. In 2014, youthbuild usa made $10.9 million in grants to 118 affiliated youthbuild programs in the united states that engaged over 3,500 students, who assisted in building or rehabbing 1,300 units of affordable, increasingly green housing in their communities and an estimated 1.0 million hours of service were earned by 3,000 youthbuild americorps members. Youthbuild usa held 50 training events and webinars attended by more than 900 staff members to each of the local youthbuild programs receiving pass-through grants from youthbuild usa, as well as dol youthbuild grantees.
youthbuild international, a division of youthbuild usa, works with partners around the world to build a global network of programs dedicated to inspiring, preparing, and connecting the world's unemployed young people to viable livelihood opportunities for themselves and their families, including youth entrepreneurship. Young people in youthbuild international programs transform their communities by creating or upgrading community assets such as housing, schools, community centers, clinics, and playgrounds. Youthbuild international assists local and international ngos, governments, and private sector partners to adapt and replicate the youthbuild model to engage unemployed young people who confront numerous barriers, including limited formal education, health issues, violence, gang involvement, natural disasters, forced migration, homelessness, family poverty, and substance abuse. In 2014,100 youthbuild international programs in 16 countries engaged over 7,000 young people.
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Children & Youth
Somerville
