About YouthBuild

In YouthBuild programs, low-income young people ages 16 to 24 work full-time for 6 to 24 months toward their GEDs or high school diplomas while learning job skills by building affordable housing in their communities. Emphasis is placed on leadership development, community service, and the creation of a positive mini-community of adults and youth committed to each other’s success. Students may earn AmeriCorps education awards through their homebuilding and other community service. At exit, they are placed in college, jobs, or both. 

 

Today, there are 273 YouthBuild programs in 46 states, Washington, DC., and the Virgin Islands engaging approximately 10,000 young adults per year. 

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PhotoBlog: Mayor Thomas M. Menino at Building Better Together

Building Better Together brought the Mayor of Boston, Thomas M. Menino, YouthBuild USA and leaders from the Real Estate Community of Boston together in support of the work of YouthBuild USA and the YouthBuild Network. 

YouthBuild's Got Talent

Are you a current YouthBuild student? Recent YouthBuild graduate? Are you a Singer? Songwriter? Poet? Rapper? Actor? Instrumentalist? Documentary filmmaker? Animator? YouthBuild USA has launched the YouthBuild’s Got Talent contest to make known the untapped talent of YouthBuild students and graduates!