YouthBuild

HBI's YouthBuild programs offer economically disadvantaged youth access to industry-sponsored career and technical education training while increasing the supply of affordable housing for homeless and low-income people.

HBI students go to school while they earn a pre-apprenticeship certificate and rehabilitate and build houses for the poor in their communities through YouthBuild programs in Bridgeport, Conn.; Burlington, Iowa; Pinellas and Tampa, Fla.; and Tappahannock, Va. 

HBI's YouthBuild programs are funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and include partnerships with local workforce investment boards, housing authorities, unions, community colleges and non-profit organizations.     

Did you know?

• The United Brotherhood of Carpenters in Bridgeport supplies a second instructor to deliver HBI’s Pre-Apprenticeship Certificate Training (PACT) in collaboration with HBI’s instructor. This partnership with organized labor has provided several YouthBuild Bridgeport graduates access to the union’s apprenticeship program.
• HBI YouthBuild Burlington students have access to an excellent shop facility by the local community college, and a building owned by the City of Burlington is the source of community construction projects. 
• Students who are part of HBI YouthBuild Pinellas learn professional landscaping and facilities maintenance skills from a former member of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) with 30 years of industry experience. 
• HBI Tappahannock YouthBuild is a rural program that draws students from an area of 2,230 square miles. They learn the latest residential construction skills from an instructor who has more than 30 years experience building homes and maintains a Virginia state Class A builder’s license.

For more information about starting an YouthBuild program in your community through HBI, please contact Steve Cousins at 202-421-3382.