HBI Partners

National, state and local partners help HBI prepare America’s skilled construction workforce.

These partners include the U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education; NAHB and local home builders associations; state and local governments; two-year and four-year colleges and universities; local school systems, workforce investment boards and housing authorities; unions; non-profit organizations; and corporations and small businesses around the country.

HBI understands that each partner has particular needs and influences that must be accounted for when designing and delivering programming. The result is a network of effective training and job placement programs and complementing building educational resources that involve different community service partners, partners who offer wrap around services and a variety of national, state and local public and private funders.

For educational partnership opportunities, please contact Steve Kramer at 800-795-7955 x8925

For training and job placement programming partnership opportunities, please contact Dennis Torbett at 800-795-7955 x8908.

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