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In the course of their full-time enrollment, our YouthBuild participants:
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Achieve their high school equivalency credentials or high school diplomas in a caring individualized context
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Obtain job skills and earn a stipend, wage, or living allowance for building affordable, increasingly green housing for homeless and low-income people in their communities
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Gain industry-recognized certifications in preparation for productive careers (in addition to construction, some train for jobs in healthcare, technology, or customer service)
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Solve personal problems with counseling support, addressing urgent needs for housing or child care, record expungement, or other problems
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Give back and lead through participation in community service and advocating for their communities on the local and national levels
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Transition into post-program placements, in college, registered apprenticeships, other postsecondary opportunities, and employment, with the support of a transition coordinator and mentors
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There are an estimated 4.9 million young adults ages 16-24 in America who are neither in work nor school. Of these, there are estimated to be as many as 3 million youth living in poverty who are not in education, employment or training. These are the opportunity youth with whom YouthBuild programs around the country work.
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Globally, over 200 million youth are working poor and earning less than $2.00 a day. All are in urgent need of pathways to education, jobs, entrepreneurship, and other opportunities leading to productive livelihoods and community leadership.
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YouthBuild programs provide those pathways. All over the world they unleash the positive energy of low-income young people to rebuild their communities and their lives, breaking the cycle of poverty with a commitment to work, education, family, and community.
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Program financed 100% with Federal funds of $851,516.00 with 0% nongovernmental funds.