Students learn job skills for construction industries, as well as for other high-demand careers like healthcare, retail, and information technology. With love and respect, YouthBuild partners with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. Within the opportunity youth population — young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither in school nor employed — the YouthBuild movement primarily serves young people who lack a high school diploma and financial resources.
These young people are in greatest need of our support, and they are our greatest source of untapped potential. Across hundreds of YouthBuild programs in the United States and around the globe, these young people work together to reclaim their education, gain job skills, and become leaders in their communities. Our work is fully informed by our programs, whose on-the-ground knowledge of serving opportunity youth — and whose feedback about their needs — drives our work.
Stand with YouthBuild students, graduates, and program leaders around the world to make opportunity a reality for all young people.
No two YouthBuild programs are exactly alike. Our programs respond to local community needs, funding, and partnerships. Are you ready to help build brighter futures for the young people supported by YouthBuild programs?
Since , Prudential Financial and YouthBuild have partnered to support YouthBuild programs and to connect YouthBuild students to quality livelihood opportunities around the world. Initiatives include hiring partnerships, livelihood coaching provided by Prudential employee volunteers to students and graduates, sponsorship of financial literacy trainings, and generous financial support for YouthBuild USA, YouthBuild International, and YouthBuild programs.
Donate Now. Latest News. For Alumni. Our Story. Our Partners. YouthBuild is a community-based pre-apprenticeship program that provides job training and educational opportunities for at-risk youth ages who have previously dropped out of high school. Youth learn vocational skills in construction, as well as in other in-demand industries that include health care, information technology, and hospitality. Youth also provide community service through the required construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing for low-income or homeless families in their own neighborhoods.
Youth split their time between the vocational training work site and the classroom, where they earn their high school diploma or equivalency degree, learn to be community leaders, and prepare for postsecondary training opportunities, including college, apprenticeships, and employment. YouthBuild includes significant support systems, such as a mentoring, follow-up education, employment, and personal counseling services; and participation in community service and civic engagement.
Administered by the Office of Workforce Investment's Division of Youth Services, YouthBuild serves more than 6, youth in approximately YouthBuild programs in more than 40 states.
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