Recent Updates

YouthBuild USA, Inc. today released a special report on successful recidivism reduction.

At the end of 2015, Congress enacted and the President signed an $84.5 million appropriation for the DOL YouthBuild program for Fiscal Year 2016. In doing so, Congress was responding positively to the efforts by YouthBuild’s champions in Congress -- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in the Senate, and in House of Representatives Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) and Congressman Bob Dold (R-IL).

This year marked the 50th anniversary of AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) and a year-long celebration of the national service program’s powerful impact on communities across the country. Over the last 50 years VISTA has placed passionate and innovative volunteers at nonprofits in urban and rural communities with the goal of advancing solutions to end poverty.

Representatives from YouthBuild USA and YouthBuild programs attended Greenbuild 2015, the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. This year’s event took place in Washington, D.C. from November 16 to November 21.

At an October press conference, the Capital Region Land Bank announced plans to work with YouthBuild Schenectady at Social Enterprise and Training (SEAT) Center and Saint-Gobain to renovate a vacant home at 706 Vale Place in Schenectady. The home at 706 Vale Place is located in the Eastern Avenue neighborhood where building renovations, demolitions and other upgrades are underway.

NBC Nightly News highlighted YouthBuild Lake County during this past Saturday's broadcast. The segment featured interviews with YouthBuild Lake County student Tatiana Spies and YouthBuild Columbus graduate James Mackey.

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