(AGENPARL) - Roma, 28 Aprile 2023(AGENPARL) – WASHINGTON ven 28 aprile 2023 WASHINGTON – To continue to expand Registered Apprenticeships, prepare young workers for good quality jobs and strengthen the nation’s workforce to meet industry demands, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $90 million in grants to 68 organizations in 32 states to provide training and employment services.
Ranging from $700,000 to $1.5 million each, the awards’ announcement follows the department announcement of the availability of YouthBuild grants in November 2022. The grants will support pre-apprenticeships that will educate and train young people, from ages 16 to 24, who are neither enrolled in school nor in the labor market for jobs in high-demand industries. These industries include the construction industry, for which YouthBuild grants will help deliver education and training to enable students to use their abilities to build or rehabilitate affordable housing in their communities for low-income or unhoused families.
“The YouthBuild grants we’re announcing today will strengthen the nation’s workforce. They will also make sure young people have access to the training and skills they need for good quality jobs, made possible by the historic investments by Biden-Harris’ administration to rebuild our nation,” explained Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Brent Parton. “These investments will also help meet the demands of employers in high-demand industries as they seek to expand their workforces.”
Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration, and supported by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, YouthBuild grants support a pre-apprenticeship model that provides
disadvantaged young people with occupational skills training, employment services and educational guidance, with emphasis on green building techniques, including understanding sustainable building materials, solar panel installation, weatherization processes and the use of Energy Star appliances.
YouthBuild participants will divide their time between classroom instruction – where they earn their high school diploma or equivalency degree – and workplace training to prepare for postsecondary opportunities. The grants will also enable young people to train for careers in healthcare, information technology, manufacturing and logistics, culinary arts and hospitality.
In August 2022, the department added the YouthBuild program to the Biden-Harris administration’s Justice40 initiative, which aims to ensure that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are overburdened by pollution.
Learn more about the YouthBuild program.
The list of YouthBuild grant recipients and funds awarded follows this release.
Recipient
City
State
Amount
Housing Authority of the City of Opelika
Opelika
AL
$1,371,354
Yukon Koyukuk School District
Fairbanks
AK
$1,500,000
Cossatot Community College, University of Arkansas
DeQueen
AR
$1,205,176
City of Anaheim
Anaheim
CA
$960,814
Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission
Fresno
CA
$1,500,000
Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity, Social Justice and Action
Montebello
CA
$1,200,000
Rising Stars Business Academy
Moreno Valley
CA
$1,500,000
Riverside County Office of Education
Riverside
CA
$1,292,019
San Joaquin County Office of Education
Stockton
CA
$1,196,000
Medici Road
Washington
DC
$1,499,685
Florida Institute for Workforce Innovation Inc.
Gainesville
FL
$1,400,000
Valencia College
Kissimmee
FL
$1,500,000
Greater Miami Service Corps
Miami
FL
$1,100,000
Palm Beach County Housing Authority
West Palm Beach
FL
$1,500,000
Winter Haven Housing Authority
Winter Haven
FL
$1,000,000
Albany Housing Authority
Albany
GA
$1,371,354
Northwest Georgia Housing Authority
Rome
GA
$1,099,300
Lumity
Chicago
IL
$1,035,000
Metropolitan Family Services
Chicago
IL
$1,371,354
Homework Hangout Club Inc.
Decatur
IL
$1,472,000
The Housing Authority of Elgin
Elgin
IL
$1,500,000
Peoria Housing Authority
Peoria
IL
$1,500,000
Housing Authority of the City of Evansville
Evansville
IN
$1,500,000
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny
IA
$1,244,503
Manhattan Housing Authority
Manhattan
KS
$1,500,000
LearningWorks
Portland
ME
$1,380,000
Civic Works Inc.
Baltimore
MD
$1,472,000
Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolinas Inc.
Lanham
MD
$1,500,000
Rockville Housing Enterprises
Rockville
MD
$1,500,000
North Shore Community Development Coalition Inc.
Salem
MA
$1,500,000
Southwest Economic Solutions Corporation
Detroit
MI
$1,246,615
Charles Stewart Mott Community College
Flint
MI
$1,499,865
Change Inc.
Saint Paul
MN
$1,500,000
Tree Trust
Saint Paul
MN
$1,500,000
Goodwill Industries Inc.
Saint Paul
MN
$1,102,485
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency
Virginia
MN
$732,000
Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau
MO
$1,258,273
Job Point
Columbia
MO
$1,499,981
Chicanos Por La Causa Nevada Inc.
Las Vegas
NV
$1,500,000
The Children’s Cabinet Inc.
Reno
NV
$1,500,000
United Community Corp.
Newark
NJ
$1,500,000
YouthWorks
Santa Fe
NM
$1,399,985
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation Inc.
Brooklyn
NY
$1,500,000
Rural Ulster Preservation Company Inc.
Kingston
NY
$1,300,000
Research Foundation, CUNY-Manhattan Community College
New York
NY
$1,500,000
Youth Action Programs and Homes Inc.
New York
NY
$1,500,000
Social Enterprise and Training Center Inc.
Schenectady
NY
$1,500,000
Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison and Oneida Counties
Utica
NY
$1,499,204
Franklin Vance Warren Opportunity Inc.
Henderson
NC
$1,500,000
Central Carolina Community College
Sanford
NC
$1,499,996
YouthBuild Columbus Community School
Columbus
OH
$1,500,000
Youth Over Us Inc.
Columbus
OH
$1,371,354
County Corp
Dayton
OH
$1,500,000
Community Development Support Association Inc.
Enid
OK
$1,368,756
Heart of Oregon Corps Inc.
Bend
OR
$1,500,000
Garfield Jubilee Association
Pittsburgh
PA
$1,493,284
Knoxville Leadership Foundation
Knoxville
TN
$1,500,000
American YouthWorks
Austin
TX
$1,499,872
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville
Brownsville
TX
$1,495,715
SER-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc.
Houston
TX
$1,500,000
Pharr Housing Authority
Pharr
TX
$1,500,000
Ogden-Weber Technical College
Ogden
UT
$1,369,111
West Piedmont Workforce Investment Board
Martinsville
VA
$1,500,000
Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Portsmouth
VA
$700,000
Goodwill Industries of the Valleys Inc.
Roanoke
VA
$1,200,000
Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington
Yakima
WA
$1,500,000
Elkhorn Area School District
Elkhorn
WI
$827,964
Employ Milwaukee Inc.
Milwaukee
WI
$1,496,882
Total Awarded
$93,531,901
Fonte/Source: http://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20230428-0
