Profile: YouthBuild USA
Year Founded
1990
Type
Non-profit
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Updated on: 04/03/2008 07:43
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Mission Statement

The mission of YouthBuild USA is to unleash the intelligence and positive energy of low-income youth to rebuild their communities and their lives.

YouthBuild USA seeks to join with others to help build a movement toward a more just society in which respect, love, responsibility, and cooperation are the dominant unifying values, and sufficient opportunities are available for all people in all communities to fulfill their own potential and contribute to the well-being of others.

 

What is YouthBuild?

YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that addresses core issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention and leadership development. In YouthBuild programs, low-income young people ages 16-24 work toward their GED or high school diploma while learning job skills by building affordable housing for homeless and low-income people. A strong emphasis is placed on community service and leadership development.

Since 1994, more than 76,000 YouthBuild students have produced 17,000 units of low-income housing. Today, there are 226 YouthBuild programs in 43 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, engaging approximately 8,000 young adults each year.

 

For more information, visit www.youthbuild.org.

Location
58 Day St
Somerville, MA 02144
United States
Phone
(617) 623-9900
Fax
(617) 623-4331
Website
www.youthbuild.org
Email
jlangley@youthbuild.org
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The youth vote has been particularly important during this election cycle, as was seen in the pivotal role young people made in the Iowa Caucus earlier in January. Democratic Presidential candidate and Senator from Illinois Barack Obama made great inroads with the youth vote which put him over the top for the nations first caucus.

 

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Youthbuild Voting
We visit newly registered young voters in Saint Louis, many of whom will be voting for the first time. The subjects are in the Frieden's House Youthbuild, a program...
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