YouthBuild

Accepting applications now!
Last cohort for this school year begins on Feb. 6th.

We are currently recruiting for YouthBuild 2011-2012! If you are interested in finding out more about YouthBuild, please complete an application and attend one of our information sessions.

Dates of upcoming sessions:

Tuesday Jan 17th and Wednesday January 25th (for Feb 6th Cohort)
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Brown Education Center, Redmond

YouthBuild Program Quick Facts

Age	Place	Length	When	Apply By	Projects	Education	Pay	Scholarship
16-24	Redmond supports students from Madras & Prineville	About 6 months core program, then 1 year follow-up	School Year +	Late Summer - early Fall, date TBD	Construction of affordable housing, leadership & service	Diploma, GED, or College Prep.	Stipend starting at $100 per week	$1,175 AmeriCorps Edu. Award

YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that addresses core issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development.

In YouthBuild, young people ages 16-24 work toward their GED, high school diploma or college credits, learn job skills and serve their communities by building affordable housing, and transform their own lives and roles in society.

YouthBuild requires a minimum 6-month daily commitment, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Crews will be recruited from Madras, Prineville, and Redmond, with our main campus in Redmond. Public transportation is available.
YouthBuild has an alternating schedule: two weeks in the classroom (working on GED/high school completion, leadership skills, vocational training, etc.) and two weeks in the construction field building, repairing, renovating homes and learning apprenticeship skills.
Youth earn a small stipend during the program for work in the classroom and on the construction site, this stipend increases with positive work ethic, attendance, and clean UA’s.
The application process has many steps. Applicants whose applications are selected go through Mental Toughness Orientation. Then, a smaller pool is invited to join the full program starting in September.

2009/10 and 2011/12 project and follow-up services were funded by a grant awarded under the YouthBuild Grant Initiative, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment & Training Administration.

As a recipient of Federal financial assistance, Heart of Oregon Corps is prohibited from discriminating on the grounds of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief, and against any beneficiary of programs on the basis of the beneficiary’s citizenship/status as a lawfully admitted immigrant authorized to work in the United States.

Encouraging Youth, Creating Stewards, Building Futures

Heart of Oregon Corps, PO Box 279 Bend, Oregon 97709 Phone: 541.633.7834 Fax: 541.306.3703 Email: info@heartoforegon.org