 Since 1994, YouthBuild USA has served as a national intermediary for AmeriCorps funds and education awards, bringing additional resources to local programs. Participating in the highly visible AmeriCorps program facilitates the transformation of YouthBuild students’
identity. Being known as YouthBuild AmeriCorps members, identifying with national service and community service, and obtaining valuable education awards for postsecondary education put the students into the mainstream of respected American society. In 2007,YouthBuild USA received from the Corporation for National and Community Service a $4.9 million national direct grant, most of which was re-granted to local programs. Forty-five YouthBuild programs in 22 states engage more than 1,700 low-income young people each year to serve as YouthBuild AmeriCorps members in America’s poorest communities, building affordable homes for low-income people.
AmeriCorps grantees, 2007–2008(Total $3,842,619)
YouthBuild USA receives a “National Direct” grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service for these YouthBuild AmeriCorps programs. All YouthBuild AmeriCorps members may receive an education award.
| YouthBuild program (Sponsoring organization) |
| CCEO YouthBuild (Century Center for Economic Opportunity) |
Gardena, CA |
$175,000
|
| LA CAUSA YouthBuild (LA CAUSA) |
Los Angeles, CA |
$75,000
|
| YouthBuild Fresno (Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission) |
Fresno, CA |
$88,200
|
| Emerson Park YouthBuild (Emerson Park Development Corp.) |
East St. Louis, IL |
$150,000
|
| YouthBuild Lake County (Youthbuild Lake County) |
North Chicago, IL |
$102,726
|
| YouthBuild McLean County (YouthBuild McLean County) |
Bloomington, IL |
$178,840
|
| YouthBuild Rockford (Comprehensive Community Solutions Inc.) |
Rockford, IL |
$175,000
|
| YCC YouthBuild Waukegan (Youth Conservation Corps, Inc.) |
Waukegan, IL |
$88,142
|
| YouthBuild Gary (Tree of Life Community Development Corp. and Care Center) |
Gary, IN |
$153,950
|
| YouthBuild Hazard (Young Adult Development in Action, Inc.) |
Jackson, KY |
$41,403
|
| YouthBuild Louisville (Young Adult Development in Action Inc.) |
Louisville, KY |
$69,863
|
| YouthBuild Brockton (Old Colony YMCA) |
Brockton, MA |
$93,559
|
| YouthBuild Lawrence (Lawrence Family Development and Educ. Fund Inc.) |
Lawrence, MA |
$170,100
|
| YouthBuild New Bedford (People Acting in Community Endeavors Inc.) |
New Bedford, MA |
$134,742
|
| YWCA YouthBuild Springfield (YWCA of Western Massachusetts) |
Springfield, MA |
$63,000
|
| YouthBuild Detroit (Young Detroit Builders) |
Detroit, MI |
$164,316
|
| Operation Excel YouthBuild (Housing Authority of St. Louis County) |
St. Louis, MO |
$100,000
|
| YouthBuild SOBRO (South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp.) |
Bronx, NY |
$160,435
|
| Youth Action YouthBuild (Youth Action Programs and Homes Inc.) |
New York, NY |
$150,000
|
| YouthBuild Columbus (Buckeye Community Hope Foundation) |
Columbus, OH |
$50,000
|
| ISUS YouthBuild (ISUS Inc.) |
Dayton, OH |
$215,000
|
| Portland YouthBuilders (Portland YouthBuilders) |
Portland, OR |
$185,000
|
| CSC YouthBuild (Community Services Consortium) |
Lebanon, OR |
$47,224
|
| YouthBuild Philadelphia (Philadelphia Youth for Change Charter School) |
Philadelphia, PA |
$230,000
|
| Crispus Attucks YouthBuild (Crispus Attucks Association Inc.) |
York, PA |
$173,616
|
| YouthBuild Providence (Providence Plan) |
Providence, RI |
$97,000
|
| American YouthWorks (American YouthWorks) |
Austin, TX |
$103,438
|
| YouthBuild Brownsville (Community Development Corp. of Brownsville) |
Brownsville, TX |
$41,503
|
| ReCycle North YouthBuild (Youth Building for the Future) |
Burlington, VT |
$125,863
|
| Operation Fresh Start YouthBuild (Operation Fresh Start, Inc.) |
Madison, WI |
$120,000
|
| SALS YouthBuild (Southern Appalachian Labor School) |
Kincaid, WV |
$119,699
|
AmeriCorps education award programs, 2007–2008
In return for completing either 450, 675, or 900 hours of service building affordable housing or refurbishing computers for low-income people, members of these 14 AmeriCorps programs receive education awards of $1,250, $1,800, or $2,363 respectively that can be used to pay for college and other education-related expenses. The total value of all available education awards is $563,476.
YouthBuild program
(Sponsoring organization) |
YouthBuild Hartford
(Co-Opportunity Inc.)
Hartford, CT
|
YouthBuild Fall River
(Old Colony YMCA)
Fall River, MA
|
CTI YouthBuild of Greater Lowell
(Community Teamwork Inc.)
Lowell, MA
|
Guadalupe Alternative Programs
(Guadalupe Alternative Programs)
St. Paul,MN
|
YouthBuild Newark
(Episcopal Community Development Inc.)
Newark, NJ
|
Isles YouthBuild
(Isles Inc.)
Trenton, NJ
|
Ulster YouthBuild Partnership
(Ulster Boces Career and Technical Center)
Port Ewen, NY
|
New Directions YouthBuild Partnership
(Nubian Directions)
Poughkeepsie, NY
|
Spanish American Civic Association
(Spanish American Civic Association)
Lancaster, PA
|
YouthBuild Sea Islands
(Garret Academy of Technology and Education)
John's Island, SC
|
Sumter County YouthBuild
(Sumter County)
Sumter, SC
|
YouthBuild Dallas
(Alameda Heights Outreach Foundation)
Dallas, TX
|
Petersburg Urban Ministries
(Petersburg Urban Ministries)
Petersburg,VA
|
YouthBuild Seattle
(King Co.Department of Human Services)
Seattle,WA
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