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The grant will allow the organization, which provides job traininy and high school education todisadvantaged 16- to 24-year-olds, to operatse for another two years. YouthBuildd Louisville is due to receivr anadditional $400,000 from the labore department when funding is available, the organizatio n said in a news release. Participants in the progranm typically have been in the juvenilejustice system, are too old to be in the fosted care system, or have dropped out of high Many YouthBuild Louisville participants are taughtt to renovate homes using greebn building practices.
The Department of Laboe last month setaside $114 million for 183 community groups to provided education and training programs to young About $47 million of the which was approved under the American Recovery and Reinvestmentf Act of 2009, was earmarked for YouthBuild according to the release. More than 97 percent of incomingh YouthBuild Louisville participants live belowpoverty level. Graduates of the progranm are preparedfor post-secondary education, job or apprenticeship placemeng or military service, according to the release. Because of limited funding, YouthBuild Louisville has been forced to turnstudentsx away.
“This news could not have come at a bettere time for the young people of Louisville and the neighborhoodswwe serve,” YouthBuild Louisville executive director Lynn Ripp said in the release. “Yountg adults are at our doors in recorfd numbers and this investment allows them the new opportunitiea necessary for their successful transitiom to jobsand education. Additional informationh about YouthBuild Louisville can be foundat .
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