YOUTHBUILD

Now Accepting Applications for the 2011-2012 School Year! (Contingent on Continued Funding)

Click here for the YouthBuild Application

Click here for the YouthBuild Brochure

The South Puget Sound YouthBuild Project is a full-time program that helps you earn your GED or high school diploma and gives you hands-on training to start a career in the construction trades.  And you earn money at the same time!

Who is the South Puget Sound YouthBuild Project for?

Youth who...

• Are living Thurston County
• Still need their GED or HS diploma
• Are between the ages of 17-20 (on September 8th)
• Are not currently enrolled in a high school (alternative high schools are OK)
• Are interested in the construction trades
• Are motivated to work hard and stick with the program through the end
• Meet at least one of the following additional requirements:
• Low-income (80% of median income)
• In or aging out of foster care
• Youth offender
• Youth with a disability
• Child of an incarcerated parent
• Migrant youth

What do I get?

Help to complete your GED or high school diploma.

Valuable training in green-building techniques and chance to earn a construction certificate that will make you highly employable.

A paycheck for your hard work.

Career counseling and job or apprenticeship placement.

Leadership development, lasting friendships.

In partnership with:

      

Seventy-five percent of the funding for the South Puget Sound YouthBuild Project comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the US Department of Labor ($980,000 over three years).  It is against the law for recipients of Federal financial assistance to discriminate on the following bases: against any individual in the United States, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief; or against any beneficiary of programs financially assisted under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), on the basis of the beneficiary's citizenship/status as a lawfully admitted immigrant authorized to work in the United States, or his or her participation in any WIA Title I-financially assisted program or activity. 

YouthBuild is an equal opportunity program/employer. In addition, as an employer in Washington state, the South Puget Sound YouthBuild project is prohibited from discriminating on the grounds of a person’s marital status, retaliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.  Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.