News Release
US Department of Labor awards $89M in YouthBuild grants to support education, occupational skills development
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 |
