USVI Housing Authority lands $1.1M YouthBuild grant
The Virgin Islands Housing Authority will receive a total of $1.1 million in federal funding to support the YouthBuild program.
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $73.6 million in YouthBuild grants to support academic and occupational skills training for at-risk youth.
“YouthBuild offers thousands of young people the tools, resources and opportunities they need to punch their ticket to the middle class,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “These federal grants are part of our broader effort to invest in the future of our nation’s youth and help them climb the ladder of opportunity.”
The Virgin Islands Housing Authority will receive a total of $1.1 million in federal funding to support the YouthBuild program.
The grants range from approximately $700,000 to $1.1 million each and will fund 71 YouthBuild programs across 31 states, the District of Columbia and the USVI. They will help approximately 4,800 young people obtain the certifications and skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Along with the programs receiving funding today, the Labor Department now actively funds 322 YouthBuild programs around the country.
YouthBuild is a non-residential, community-based alternative education program that provides classroom instruction and occupational skills training to youth ages 16 to 24 who have been in the juvenile justice system, are aging out of foster care, have dropped out of high school or are otherwise at-risk of failing to reach key educational and career milestones.
