Youthbuild Usa

Ybusa raises public and private funds and regrants them to local Youthbuild affiliates to enhance program capacity, provide operational funding, and support the development and implementation of innovative initiatives in areas such as career development, financial capability, diploma-granting schools, green career pathways, mentoring, post-secondary education, and alumni services. In 2022, ybusa awarded nearly $8.5 million in americorps grants to 59 affiliated u.s. Youthbuild programs, which engaged 2,387 students in building and rehabilitating affordable, and often green, housing. Ybusa also conducted training and facilitated ta to 233 Youthbuild programs in 46 states and u.s. Territories, providing online training events, coaching, and webinars for hundreds of staff members of local Youthbuild programs.

Youthbuild USA also works with partners outside the united states to build a network of global programs dedicated to inspiring, preparing, and connecting the world's unemployed youth to viable livelihoods. Young people in Youthbuild's international programs transform their communities by creating or upgrading community assets such as housing, schools, community centers, clinics, and playgrounds. Youthbuild assists local and international nonprofit organizations, governments, and private sector partners to adapt and replicate the Youthbuild model to engage unemployed young people who confront numerous barriers, including health issues, violence, gang involvement, natural disasters, forced migration, homelessness, poverty, and substance abuse. In 2022, Youthbuild served more than 7,000 students outside of the united states. These young people completed 145 community asset-building projects.

Federal Youthbuild program technical assistance provider. Since 1994, ybusa has been the federal government's technical assistance contractor, providing training, implementation support, and quality assurance for federal Youthbuild grantees, first under the u.s. department of housing and urban development, and now under the u.s. department of labor. In 2022, ybusa provided technical assistance (ta) to 200 dol Youthbuild grantees through site visits, telephone calls, and trainings. In 2022, ybusa restored in-person convenings and technical assistance in addition to the online and hybrid model employed in the immediate aftermath of covid-19. Ybusa ta also included coaching, webinars, and other training events. Ybusa also facilitated an online community of practice, providing a library of digital reference materials and a help desk to support the use of digital management systems.