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
