YOUTHBUILD USA INC
1785 COLUMBUS AVE NO 500, ROXBURY, MA 02119 www.youthbuild.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: YOUTHBUILD USA WORKS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YOUTH TRANSITIONING OUT OF POVERTY BY SUPPORTING LOCAL YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS WHERE UNEMPLOYED YOUNG ADULTS WORK TOWARD THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ITS EQUIVALENT WHILE LEARNING JOB SKILLS BY REBUILDING THEIR COMMUNITIES.

YBUSA SUPPORTS LOCAL PROGRAMS TO ENGAGE LOW-INCOME YOUTH TO REBUILD THEIR COMMUNITIES AND LIVES.

INCORPORATED IN 1990, YOUTHBUILD USA HAS, SINCE 1994, BEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY CONTRACTOR FOR TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR YOUTHBUILD GRANTEES, FIRST UNDER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND NOW UNDER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. IN 2019, YOUTHBUILD USA PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH SITE VISITS, TELEPHONE CALLS, AND IN-PERSON TRAININGS TO DOL YOUTHBUILD GRANTEES, INCLUDING NEW DOL YOUTHBUILD GRANTEES. IN ADDITION, YOUTHBUILD USA CONDUCTED SEVERAL WEBINARS FOR DOL YOUTHBUILD GRANTEES; PROVIDED ONLINE REFERENCE MATERIALS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF GREEN BUILDING; AND OFFERED HELP DESK SERVICE FOR DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

YBUSA RAISES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS AND REGRANTS THEM TO LOCAL YOUTHBUILD AFFILIATES TO ENHANCE PROGRAM CAPACITY, PROVIDE OPERATION FUNDING AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL INNOVATIVE PROGRAM INITIATIVES SUCH AS CAREER DEVELOPMENT, DIPLOMA-GRANTING SCHOOLS, GREEN BUILDING, MENTORING, POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND RURAL INITIATIVES. IN 2019, YBUSA MADE $6.9M IN AMERICORPS GRANTS TO MORE THAN 60 AFFILIATED YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS IN THE US THAT ENGAGED MORE THAN 3,000 STUDENTS, WHO ASSISTED IN BUILDING OR REHABBING ABOUT 350 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE AND OFTEN GREEN HOUSING. AN ESTIMATED 1 MILLION HOURS OF SERVICE WERE EARNED BY 2,600 YOUTHBUILD AMERICORPS MEMBERS. YBUSA ALSO CONDUCTS TRAININGS AND PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HELD 12 TRAINING EVENTS AND WEBINARS ATTENDED BY 425 STAFF.

YOUTHBUILD INTERNATIONAL (YBI), A DIVISION OF YOUTHBUILD USA, WORKS WITH PARTNERS GLOBALLY TO BUILD A NETWORK OF PROGRAMS DEDICATED TO INSPIRING, PREPARING AND CONNECTING THE WORLD'S UNEMPLOYED YOUTH TO VIABLE LIVELIHOODS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. YOUNG PEOPLE IN YBI PROGRAMS TRANSFORM THEIR COMMUNITIES BY CREATING OR UPGRADING COMMUNITY ASSETS SUCH AS HOUSING, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, CLINICS AND PLAYGROUNDS. YBI ASSISTS LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NGOS, GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS TO ADAPT AND REPLICATE THE YOUTHBUILD MODEL TO ENGAGE UNEMPLOYED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CONFRONT NUMEROUS BARRIERS INCLUDING LIMITED FORMAL EDUCATION, HEALTH ISSUES, VIOLENCE, GANG INVOLVEMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS, FORCED MIGRATION, HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. IN 2019, 58 YBI PROGRAMS IN 16 COUNTRIES ENGAGED 6,508 YOUNG PEOPLE.

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