YouthBuild, U.S.A.

YouthBuild, U.S.A. assists at-risk youth by providing training in building trades skills and high-school equivalency education. In 1992, the YouthBuild Coalition asked Rapoza Associates for help in generating federal legislative support.

Fast-Forward :

Over the last 14 years, YouthBuild has averaged at least $50 million a year in federal appropriations and as a result thousands of young people across the country have received training, educational services and a chance for a better life. In the FY 07 budget, the Administration proposed to transfer Youthbuild to the Labor Department. Rapoza Associates is assisting Youthbuild on transfer legislation and briefing Labor Appropriation Committees of both Houses on the importance of Youthbuild.