YouthBuild Quad Cities
Empowering Futures
ABOUT YOUTHBUILD QUAD CITIES
YouthBuild Quad Cities is a wide-ranging youth and community development program. YouthBuild simultaneously addresses several core issues facing our youth and community: education, housing, jobs, and leadership development. YouthBuild uniquely addresses the unemployment of young men and women who have not finished high school and are searching for a productive future.
YouthBuild Quad Cities Services
EDUCATION
Students spend 50% of class time pursuing education goals - with an ultimate goal of attaining a HS Diploma or GED.
JOB TRAINING
Students receive on-site training in construction skills from qualified instructors during 50% of class time, and then get placed in construction-related jobs.
An opportunity to earn while you learn - a stipend is paid to students while actively participating in the program.
CONSTRUCTION
Students build housing for low-to-moderate income families.
BENEFITS
Students participate in counseling, peer support groups and build life skills to assist in establishing achievable goals that will lead to a productive life.
Students create a mini-community and make new friends committed to a positive lifestyle and may pursue cultural and recreational activities together.
Students impact their community by participating in neighborhood development and community service.
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