News Release

U.S. Labor Department awards approximately $114 million in grants to help youth with education and training

YouthBuild program will help young people and communities nationwide

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has announced the award of approximately $114 million to 183 community groups to provide education and training to young people across the United States. This amount is an initial increment for two years of grant operations. A remaining increment may be awarded pending the availability of additional funding. Among today's awardees, 62 are current Department of Labor YouthBuild grantees, and 121 are new to the department. The YouthBuild program assists out-of-school youth in obtaining their diplomas or GEDs while providing occupational training in the construction industry.

While acquiring leadership skills and participating in community service, at-risk youth build and renovate affordable housing within their communities. The awards include approximately $47 million allocated to the YouthBuild program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

"President Obama and I are delighted to be able to increase funding for this promising program, which does so much for youth and their communities," said Secretary Solis. "The YouthBuild program not only assists young people in obtaining education and skills, but also gives them a sense of accomplishment and empowers them as they give back to their communities."

The Labor Department also plans to initiate a rigorous randomized control trial evaluation of the YouthBuild program to learn more about its impact on the disadvantaged youth it serves.

Participants in YouthBuild programs include individuals who have been in the juvenile justice system, youth aging out of foster care, high school dropouts and others. In addition to receiving academic and occupational skills training, these young people develop leadership skills and participate in community service opportunities. Many YouthBuild participants are learning "green" building techniques, assisting with retrofitting existing homes, and discovering how to help make their communities sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Organizations chosen for YouthBuild funding include workforce investment boards, faith-based and community groups, and local and nonprofit housing development agencies. The YouthBuild program was transferred by Congress from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to the U.S. Department of Labor in 2006. Today's announcement brings to 228 the total number of YouthBuild projects funded by the department.

For more information on YouthBuild grants and other Department of Labor youth employment programs, visit http://www.doleta.gov/youth_services/.

Editor's Note: Two lists of grantees – with regular and American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funding, respectively – are below.

YouthBuild Grants 2009: Regular Funding

NO.	ORGANIZATION NAME	CITY	STATE	INITIAL INCREMENT
1	Pickens County Community Action Committee and Community Development Corp. Inc.	Carrollton	AL	687,500
2	Sumter County Board of Education	Livingston	AL	687,500
3	Council on Substance Abuse-NCADD	Montgomery	AL	596,584
4	City of Phoenix	Phoenix	AZ	687,500
5	San Gabriel Valley Conservation Corps	El Monte	CA	687,486
6	Century Center for Economic Opportunity	Gardena	CA	687,500
7	Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity, Social Justice	Los Angeles	CA	687,500
8	Youth Employment Partnership, Inc.	Oakland	CA	675,000
9	City of Richmond Employment and Training Department	Richmond	CA	687,500
10	Sacramento Local Conservation Corps	Sacramento	CA	686,961
11	Able-Disabled Advocacy, Inc.	San Diego	CA	687,500
12	San Diego Imperial Counties Labor Council	San Diego	CA	687,500
13	Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County	Santa Rosa	CA	437,500
14	San Joaquin County Office of Education	Stockton	CA	687,500
15	Community Services & Employment Training, Inc.	Visalia	CA	687,500
16	Co-opportunity Inc.	Hartford	CT	687,500
17	Latin American Youth Center YouthBuild Public Charter School	Washington	DC	687,500
18	Brevard Community College	Cocoa	FL	687,489
19	City of Jacksonville, Florida	Jacksonville	FL	574,622
20	Housing Authority of Lakeland	Lakeland	FL	508,276
21	Florida Institute for Workforce Innovation, Inc.	Melrose	FL	625,000
22	City of Sanford YouthBuild	Sanford	FL	450,000
23	Tampa Housing Authority	Tampa	FL	634,243
24	Prevention Plus, Inc.	Forest Park	GA	637,500
25	Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Inc.	Vienna	GA	687,500
26	Goodwill Industries/Wall Street Mission	Sioux City	IA	687,500
27	OAI, Inc.	Chicago	IL	675,000
28	Lewis and Clark Community College	Godfrey	IL	506,250
29	YouthBuild Lake County	North Chicago	IL	687,500
30	City of Peoria Workforce Development Department	Peoria	IL	687,500
31	Comprehensive Community Solutions, Inc.	Rockford	IL	684,030
32	Springfield Urban League, Inc.	Springfield	IL	625,000
33	Indianapolis Private Industry Council, Inc.	Indianapolis	IN	686,586
34	Young Adult Development in Action DBA YouthBuild Hazard	Louisville	KY	437,500
35	Louisiana Technical College Sullivan Campus	Bogalusa	LA	555,456
36	The Hope Center, Inc.	Gretna	LA	687,200
37	Quad Area Community Action Agency, Inc.	Hammond	LA	656,250
38	Louisiana Technical College	Tallulah	LA	437,500
39	Old Colony Y (serving Brockton)	Brockton	MA	687,500
40	YouthBuild USA	Somerville	MA	687,500
41	Training Resources of America Incorporated	Worcester	MA	314,899
42	Goodwill Industries of Northern New England	Portland	ME	686,864
43	Workforce Development Inc. dba Office of Michigan Works	Benton Harbor	MI	687,500
44	Metro Housing Partnership, Inc.	Flint	MI	677,788
45	Community Action Agency	Jackson	MI	437,719
46	CAPITAL AREA MICHIGAN WORKS!	LANSING	MI	675,000
47	Northwest Michigan Council of Governments	Traverse City	MI	687,500
48	Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe	Cass Lake	MN	687,317
49	Housing Authority of St. Louis County	St. Louis	MO	492,184
50	Montana State University Northern	Havre	MT	687,500
51	Telamon Corporation	Raleigh	NC	515,854
52	Neighborhoods, Inc. d/b/a NeighborWorks Lincoln	Lincoln	NE	546,250
53	YouthBuild Newark, Inc.	Newark	NJ	687,500
54	Isles, Inc	Trenton	NJ	687,500
55	Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation	Brooklyn	NY	505,744
56	Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation	Mayville	NY	402,532
57	Youth Action Programs and Homes, Inc	New York	NY	657,909
58	Settlement Housing Fund, Inc.	New York	NY	687,500
59	Abyssinian Development Corporation	New York	NY	687,500
60	Nubian Directions II, Inc.	Poughkeepsie	NY	472,500
61	Urban League of Rochester, NY, Inc.	Rochester	NY	687,500
62	Northeast Parent and Child Society, Inc.	Schenectady	NY	687,500
63	Jubilee Homes of Syracuse, Inc.	Syracuse	NY	450,000
64	Commission on Economic Opportunity	Troy	NY	687,500
65	Workforce Investment Board	Utica	NY	623,959
66	Western New York AmeriCorps Fund	West Seneca	NY	687,492
67	Project Rebuild, Inc.	Canton	OH	686,451
68	Easter Seals Work Resource Center	Cincinnati	OH	500,009
69	The Way Station, Inc.	Columbiana	OH	387,294
70	Buckeye Community Hope Foundation	Columbus	OH	687,500
71	Youth Over Us, Inc.	Columbus	OH	687,500
72	Improved Solutions for Urban Systems Inc. (ISUS)	Dayton	OH	687,500
73	Sojourners Care Network	McArthur	OH	528,226
74	Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority	Warren	OH	491,596
75	Community Action Commission of Fayette County	Washington Court House	OH	650,000
76	Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority	Youngstown	OH	675,000
77	Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc.	Hugo	OK	435,298
78	Tulsa Technology School District #18	Tulsa	OK	653,904
79	Community Services Consortium (CSC)	Corvallis	OR	601,589
80	Portland YouthBuilders	Portland	OR	687,500
81	Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation	Lewisburg	PA	687,500
82	Philadelphia Youth For Change Charter School	Philadelphia	PA	687,500
83	Connection Training Services	Philadelphia	PA	687,500
84	Garfield Jubilee Association, Inc.	Pittsburgh	PA	554,375
85	United Community Services For Working Families	Reading	PA	687,274
86	Lycoming-Clinton Commission for Community Action (STEP), Inc	Williamsport	PA	678,562
87	Crispus Attucks Association, Inc. of York, Pennsylvania	York	PA	687,500
88	Sumter County	Sumter	SC	437,500
89	Shelby County Government	Memphis	TN	579,903
90	YMCA of Middle Tennessee	Nashville	TN	625,030
91	La Fe Community Development Corporation	El Paso	TX	687,500
92	Walker Montgomery Development Corporation	New Waverly	TX	570,131
93	San Antonio Youth Centers	San Antonio	TX	687,500
94	International Relief and Development	Arlington	VA	687,373
95	Workforce Development Council Snohomish County	Everett	WA	359,979
96	YouthCare	Seattle	WA	583,863
97	Educational Service District 101	Spokane	WA	686,680
98	Tacoma Goodwill Industries	Tacoma	WA	687,500
99	Opportunities Industrialization Center of Youth	Yakima	WA	652,500
100	Workforce Connections, Inc.	La Crosse	WI	612,178
101	Operation Fresh Start, Inc.	Madison	WI	387,693
102	Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board	Milwaukee	WI	675,000
103	Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Development, Inc.	Pewaukee	WI	687,500
104	Renewal Unlimited, Inc.	Portage	WI	525,293
105	OIC of Racine County, Inc.	Racine	WI	687,500
106	CAP Services, Inc.	Stevens Point	WI	477,584
107	The Huntington WV Housing Authority	Huntington	WV	437,192
108	Human Resource Development Foundation, Inc.	Morgantown	WV	499,577
				66,500,000

YouthBuild Grants 2009: Recovery Act

NO.	ORGANIZATION NAME	CITY	STATE	INITIAL INCREMENT
1	Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.	Anchorage	AK	628,805
2	Aletheia House	Birmingham	AL	699,600
3	Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization, Inc.	Greensboro	AL	550,587
4	Town of Guadalupe	Guadalupe	AZ	456,292
5	The Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee Project	Chula Vista	CA	699,600
6	Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission	Fresno	CA	699,600
7	Coalition for Responsible Community Development	Los Angeles	CA	686,880
8	Year One dba Mile High Youth Corps	Denver	CO	698,828
9	The WorkPlace, Inc.	Bridgeport	CT	604,846
10	Community Renewal Team, Inc.	Hartford	CT	463,620
11	ARCH Training Center, Inc.	Washington	DC	699,265
12	Sasha Bruce Youthwork	Washington	DC	699,600
13	WorkNet Pinellas, Inc.	Clearwater	FL	699,600
14	Urban League of Broward County	Fort Lauderdale	FL	699,600
15	Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority, Inc.	Atlanta	GA	613,672
16	City of Savannah, Georgia	Savannah	GA	503,712
17	Department of Community Services	Honolulu	HI	699,600
18	Des Moines Area Community College	Ankeny	IA	494,436
19	Southeastern Community College	West Burlington	IA	572,351
20	Quad County Urban League	Aurora	IL	699,600
21	Emerson Park Development Corporation	East St. Louis	IL	699,600
22	United Methodist Childrens Home	Mt. Vernon	IL	676,994
23	The Housing Authority of the City of Evansville	Evansville	IN	636,000
24	United Way of Wyandotte County, Inc.	Kansas City	KS	699,600
25	Young Adult Development in Action dba YouthBuild Louisville	Louisville	KY	699,600
26	Morehead State University	Morehead	KY	651,876
27	East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority	Baton Rouge	LA	673,565
28	St. James Parish Government	Convent	LA	508,800
29	Old Colony Y (serving Fall River)	Brockton	MA	699,600
30	Community Teamwork, Inc.	Lowell	MA	699,600
31	Portland West, Inc.	Portland	ME	699,600
32	Neighborhoods, Incorporated of Battle Creek	Battle Creek	MI	467,968
33	SER Metro Detroit Jobs for Progress, Inc.	Detroit	MI	699,600
34	Bi-County Community Action Programs, Inc.	Bemidji	MN	457,920
35	Tree Trust	St. Paul	MN	445,200
36	Job Point	Columbia	MO	699,600
37	M S Action for Community Education	Greenville	MS	546,323
38	Blackfeet Tribal Business Council	Browning	MT	698,125
39	River City Community Development Corporation	Elizabeth City	NC	610,560
40	Housing Authority of the City of Wilmington, N. C.	Wilmington	NC	508,800
41	Turtle Mountain Community College	Belcourt	ND	664,212
42	High Plains Community Development Corp., Inc.	Chadron	NE	477,000
43	Goodwill Industries, Inc.	Omaha	NE	523,319
44	HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CAMDEN	CAMDEN	NJ	699,600
45	New Jersey Community Development Corporation	Paterson	NJ	699,600
46	Tohatchi Area of Opportunity & Services, Inc.	Tohatchi	NM	699,600
47	Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board	Las Vegas	NV	699,600
48	South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation	Bronx	NY	622,110
49	United Way of Long Island, Inc.	Deer Park	NY	699,600
50	Board of Cooperative Educational Service of Ulster County	New Paltz	NY	519,199
51	Akron Summit Community Action, Inc.	Akron	OH	667,800
52	Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency	Cincinnati	OH	618,113
53	Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority	Cleveland	OH	513,014
54	Community Development Support Association, Inc.	Enid	OK	581,940
55	Eagle Ridge Institute	Oklahoma City	OK	699,600
56	HEART OF OREGON CORPS	Bend	OR	699,600
57	The Job Council	Medford	OR	699,600
58	Goodwill Industries of the Conemaugh Valley, Inc.	Johnstown	PA	503,479
59	MONTGOMERY COUNTY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD	NORRISTOWN	PA	697,274
60	The Providence Plan	Providence	RI	691,968
61	Spartanburg Housing Authority	Spartanburg	SC	698,597
62	Alliance for Business & Training	Elizabethton	TN	661,504
63	Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc.	Morristown	TN	444,640
64	American YouthWorks	Austin	TX	699,573
65	HoustonWorks USA	Houston	TX	699,600
66	Salt Lake Community College	Salt Lake City	UT	624,824
67	People Incorporated of Virginia	Abingdon	VA	476,244
68	Pathways-VA, Inc.	Petersburg	VA	699,600
69	ReCycle North	Burlington	VT	496,080
70	Lummi Housing Authority	Bellingham	WA	698,553
71	Community Youth Services	Olympia	WA	623,280
72	Community Action, Inc. of Rock & Walworth Counties	Janesville	WI	457,920
73	Indianhead Community Action Agency, Inc.	Ladysmith	WI	699,600
74	Randolph County Housing Authority	Elkins	WV	603,061
75	Southern Appalachian Labor School	Kincaid	WV	716,670
				47,025,000

Agency

Employment and Training Administration

Date

June 12, 2009

Release Number

09-0649-NAT