Heart of Oregon Corps - YouthBuild

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 programs, 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 9-month daily commitment, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-3 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: one week in the classroom (working on GED/high school completion, leadership skills, vocational training, etc.) and one week 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.

• Applicants whose applications are selected go through Mental Toughness Orientation August 23rd-September 9th. Then, a smaller pool is invited to join the full program starting September 13th, 2010.

Application open only once a year. Applications are due by September 10, 2010. Mental Toughness begins on August 23, 2010. Program runs through the end of June 2011. To apply, download the YouthBuild Application and submit it by September 10th.

This project was 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.