Youthbuild Program
Purpose
This program trains and employs at-risk youth and young adults in construction, which increases job-specific building trades skills, basic skills, employability skills, and leadership skills. Communities benefit from highly visible renovation and construction projects completed by youth and young adults that expand affordable housing.
Customers and Services
Participants are ages 16 to 24, high school dropouts or potential dropouts, at-risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system, chemically dependent, disabled, homeless, teen parents, basic skills-deficient, and/or public-assistance recipients. Ten organizations provide services: Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Inc.; Bi-County Community Action Programs, Inc.; Carver-Scott Educational Cooperative; Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services; City Academy; Guadalupe Alternative Programs; Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program; Stearns-Benton Employment and Training Council; Tree Trust; and Southeast Workforce Development, Inc.
Measures - Reporting period is state fiscal year (SFY), July 1 - June 30
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SFY 2009
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SFY 2010
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SFY 2011
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Total served
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376
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394
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371
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Obtained high school diploma or GED
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88%
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96%
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93%
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Entered post-secondary education, apprenticeship, or military
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64%
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61%
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46%
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Entered employment
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57%
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85%
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82%
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Earned academic or service-learning credit
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96%
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90%
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94%
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Units of affordable housing constructed or renovated
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55
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57
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54
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More DEED measures: Uniform Program Accountability Measures
Funding Source and Appropriation/Allocation (in thousands)
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SFY 2009
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SFY 2010
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SFY 2011
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Workforce Development Fund
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$1,000
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$1,000
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$1,000
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General Fund
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$75
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$0
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$0
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Statutory Authority
-- Minn. Stat., Chap. 116L.361-.366
Contact Information
Kay Tracy, Director
Phone: 651.259.7555; Fax: 651.215.3482; TTY: 651.296.3900
This information current as of December 2011.