HUD
HUD'S YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM DELIVERS $54 MILLION FOR SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Program participants will produce more than 1,000 affordable homes
WASHINGTON - Nearly four thousand young people who never finished high
school will get a second chance to receive their diplomas because of $54 million
in grants announced today by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso
Jackson. The grants are part of HUD's Youthbuild Program to offer job
training and leadership skills to young people while putting them back on a
path toward graduation. These grants will help train them for a future in the
construction trades while producing more than 1,000 homes for lower income families,
many facing homelessness.
"This funding will offer hope and opportunity to young men and women
across the country," said Jackson. "Youthbuild enables them to return
to the classroom, acquire construction skills and put their minds and hands
to work producing more affordable housing in their own communities."
Young people who enroll in local Youthbuild programs (see attached
list) lack high school diplomas and the job skills necessary to find meaningful
employment. The funding announced today will help young men and women, ages
16-to-24, to receive their high school equivalency diplomas and provide them
training in homebuilding skills that will qualify them for careers in the building
industry.
Program participants will receive on-the-job training in the building trades
and help build and renovate homes that are then sold at affordable prices to
low- and very low-income persons as well as to homeless individuals and families.
In addition, these grants are anticipated to generate millions of additional
dollars from other public and private sources.
HUD is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly
among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans;
and supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living
with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development as
well as enforces the nation's fair housing laws. More information about HUD
and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.gov
and espanol.hud.gov.
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Fiscal
Year 2004 Youthbuild Awards
|
State |
Recipient |
City |
Amount
|
Alaska |
Southeast
Alaska Guidance Association (SAGA) |
Juneau |
$677,200
|
|
Total |
$677,200
|
Arkansas |
Pulaski
Technical College |
North
Little Rock |
$397,832
|
|
Total |
$397,832
|
Arizona |
Phoenix,
City of |
Phoenix |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$700,000
|
California |
Mojave
Basin Youth Corps, Inc. |
Adelanto |
$699,980
|
|
Valley
Inc. - LA CAUSA |
Los
Angeles |
$400,000
|
San
Jose Conservation Corps |
San
Jose |
$700,000
|
Greenfield,
City of |
Greenfield |
$400,000
|
Fresno
County Economic Opportunities Commission |
Fresno |
$700,000
|
Watsonville,
City of |
Watsonville |
$686,000
|
Venice
Community Housing Corporation |
Venice |
$480,000
|
Community
Action Partnership of Sonoma Co. |
Santa
Rosa |
$400,000
|
Youth
Employment Partnership, Inc. |
Oakland |
$700,000
|
Board
of Trustees of the Glide Foundation |
San
Francisco |
$400,000
|
Contra
Costa County Redevelopment Agency |
Martinez |
$700,000
|
Black
Contractors Association of San Diego |
San
Diego |
$700,000
|
Yuba
County Office of Education |
Marysville |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$7,365,980
|
Connecticut |
Co-Opportunity,
Inc. |
Hartford |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$700,000
|
District
of Columbia |
National
Association of Foster Care Children of America, Inc. |
Washington |
$400,000
|
|
Latin
American Youth Center |
Washington |
$473,685
|
Sasha
Bruce Youthwork, Inc. |
Washington |
$700,000
|
ARCH
Training Center, Inc. |
Washington |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$2,273,685
|
Florida |
Daniel
Memorial JaxBuild, Inc. |
Jacksonville |
$700,000
|
|
Boley
Centers for Behavioral Health Care, Inc. |
Saint
Petersburg |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$1,400,000
|
Georgia |
Cobb
Housing, Inc. |
Marietta |
$700,000
|
|
Fulton
Atlanta Community Action Authority, Inc. |
Atlanta |
$700,000
|
SW
Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Inc. |
Vienna |
$400,000
|
Savannah,
City of |
Savannah |
$398,385
|
|
Total |
$2,198,385
|
Illinois |
YouthBuild
McLean County |
Bloomington |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$700,000
|
Kansas |
United
Way of Wyandotte County, Inc. |
Kansas
City |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$700,000
|
Kentucky |
Morehead
State University |
Morehead |
$400,000
|
|
Young
Adult Development in Action, Inc. |
Louisville |
$700,000
|
Hazard
Community and Technical College |
Hazard |
$398,894
|
|
Total |
$1,498,894
|
Louisiana |
Louisiana
Technical College - Sullivan Campus |
Bogalusa |
$400,000
|
|
Louisiana
Technical College - Tallulah |
Tallulah |
$400,000
|
Housing
Authority of East Baton Rouge |
Baton
Rouge |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$1,200,000
|
Massachusetts |
Nueva
Esperanza, Inc. |
Holyoke |
$695,000
|
|
YWCA
of Western Massachusetts |
Springfield |
$700,000
|
People
Acting in Community Endeavors |
New
Bedford |
$700,000
|
Old
Colony YMCA |
Brockton |
$700,000
|
Lawrence
Family Development & Education Fund, Inc. |
Lawrence |
$700,000
|
Youthbuild
Boston, Inc. |
Roxbury |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$4,195,000
|
Maryland |
Suitland
Family and Life Development Corp. |
Glenarden |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$400,000
|
Maine |
Coastal
Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) |
Wiscasset |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$400,000
|
Michigan |
Ozone
House, Inc. |
Ann
Arbor |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$400,000
|
Minnesota |
Minnesota
Dept. of Employment and Economic Development |
Saint
Paul |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$400,000
|
Missouri |
Columbia
Builds Youth (CBY) |
Columbia |
$699,999
|
|
Youth
Education and Health in Soulard |
Saint
Louis |
$700,000
|
Swope
Community Builders |
Kansas
City |
$700,000
|
Housing
Authority of St. Louis County |
Saint
Louis |
$700,000
|
HI-Tech
Charities (HTC) |
Saint
Louis |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$3,499,999
|
North
Carolina |
Serve
Management Group, Inc. |
Marble |
$400,000
|
|
Housing
Authority of the City of Wilmington |
Wilmington |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$1,100,000
|
Nebraska |
Goodwill
Industries, Inc. |
Omaha |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$400,000
|
New
Jersey |
Essex
County College |
Newark |
$697,735
|
|
Housing
Authority of the City of Camden |
Camden |
$700,000
|
Episcopal
Community Development |
Newark |
$699,996
|
|
Total |
$2,097,731
|
New
Mexico |
Youth
Building Better Lives, Inc. |
Albuquerque |
$500,000
|
|
Total |
$500,000
|
New
York |
South
Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. |
New
York |
$695,916
|
|
Buffalo
& Erie Co. Workforce Dev. Cons., Inc. |
Buffalo |
$400,000
|
St.
John's Place Family Center, HDFC |
Brooklyn |
$400,000
|
Jubilee
Homes of Syracuse |
Syracuse |
$400,000
|
Youth
Action Programs and Homes, Inc. |
New
York |
$700,000
|
Town
of West Seneca |
West
Seneca |
$696,761
|
YMCA
of Greater New York |
New
York |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$3,992,677
|
Ohio |
Project
Rebuild, Inc. |
Canton |
$700,000
|
|
Youth
Over Us |
Columbus |
$400,000
|
Buckeye
Community Hope Foundation |
Columbus |
$700,000
|
ISUS,
Inc. |
Dayton |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$2,500,000
|
Oregon |
The
Job Council |
Medford |
$400,000
|
|
Portland,
City of |
Portland |
$685,000
|
|
Total |
$1,085,000
|
Pennsylvania |
Crispus
Attucks Association, Inc. |
York |
$700,000
|
|
Concerned
Citizens' Community Creation Center (dba 5Cs Corp.) |
Pittsburgh |
$400,000
|
Philadelphia
Youth for Change Charter School |
Philadelphia |
$700,000
|
Action-Housing,
Inc. |
Pittsburgh |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$2,500,000
|
Rhode
Island |
Providence
Plan |
Providence |
$700,000
|
|
|
Total |
$700,000
|
South
Carolina |
Lancaster
County School District |
Lancaster |
$396,399
|
|
Allendale
County ALIVE, Inc. |
Allendale |
$400,000
|
Gate
(Garrett Apprenticeship, Training and Education) |
North
Charleston |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$1,196,399
|
Tennessee |
Chattanooga
Housing Authority |
Chattanooga |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$700,000
|
Texas |
San
Antonio Youth Centers, Inc. |
San
Antonio |
$700,000
|
|
George
Gervin Youth Center, Inc. |
San
Antonio |
$700,000
|
Community
Development Corp. of Brownsville |
Brownsville |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$1,800,000
|
Virginia |
Bristol
Redevelopment & Housing Authority |
Bristol |
$400,000
|
|
Employment
Resources Incorporated (ERI) |
Fredericksburg |
$400,000
|
Tidewater
Builders Association |
Chesapeake |
$700,000
|
Petersburg
Urban Ministries |
Petersburg |
$700,000
|
Danville
Redevelopment and Housing Authority |
Danville |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$2,900,000
|
Vermont |
ReCycle
North |
Burlington |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$400,000
|
Washington |
King
County |
Seattle |
$700,000
|
|
Total |
$700,000
|
West
Virginia |
Human
Resource Development and Employment, INC. |
Morgantown |
$400,000
|
|
Huntington
Housing Authority |
Huntington |
$400,000
|
Randolph
County Housing Authority |
Elkins |
$400,000
|
|
Total |
$1,200,000
|
Wisconsin |
Operation
Fresh Start, Inc. |
Madison |
$269,794
|
|
OIC
of Racine County, Inc. |
Racine |
$697,637
|
|
Total |
$967,431
|
|
GRAND
TOTAL |
$53,846,213
|
NOTE: For a more detailed summary of the projects listed above, visit HUD's
website.
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