YouthBuild
In May 2023, RHE was awarded a $1.8M YouthBuild Grant from the US Department of Labor (USDOL).
YouthBuild (serving Montgomery County, MD) is a workforce and career preparation program that engages young people between the ages of 16-24 who face barriers to employment and aid in their development towards self-sufficiency. Since 1978, YouthBuild has proven its success by providing under resourced, underserved, and underemployed youth the opportunity of learning construction trades while obtaining their GED.
During the life of the 3-year term of the grant, RHE will work with 65 program participants to graduate, secure employment, and complete the program with their Multi-Core Craft Curriculum (MC3), OSHA 30, CPR Certification, along with their GED.
To be eligible, participants must:
- Be between ages 16 – 24 at time of enrollment.
- Dropped out of high school.
Also, must be one of the following:
- A current for former foster youth
- A youth and/or adult offender
- A youth with a disability
- A migrant youth
- A child of an incarcerated parent
- A low-income youth
*Limited spaces for youth who have already obtained their High School Diploma or GED
**Men ages 18 & above are required to register for Selective Service
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