|
Dale
Gray, Public Affairs Officer 400 State Ave., Kansas City, KS 66101-2406 Phone: (913) 551-5542 |
For Release Tuesday December 23, 2003 |
HUD ANNOUNCES $54 MILLION TO TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE AND
EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Kansas City, Kansas at-risk youth will be trained in construction
trades
KANSAS CITY, KS - Thousands of young people who have not completed
or who are at-risk of dropping out of high school will get a second
chance to graduate while beginning a possible career in the construction
trades because of nearly $54 million in grants announced today by
Housing and Urban Development Acting Secretary Alphonso Jackson.
The grants are part of HUD's Youthbuild Program to provide job training,
leadership skills and academic schooling to
an estimated 3,300 low-income
young people. These grants will also help build and rehabilitate
more than 1,700 affordable housing units for lower income families.
The United Way of Wyandotte County, Inc. is the recipient of a $700,000
grant that will help train 40 young people in Kansas City, Kansas.
"Youthbuild grants help young people get back on the right track
by not only providing them the education they
need but the training
they can use for careers in homebuilding," said Jackson. "It's a
wonderful feeling to know these young people discover the satisfaction
of a job well done and local communities get more affordable housing
in the process."
Young people who participate in these Youthbuild programs experience
difficulty finding good jobs because they lack high school diplomas
and necessary job skills. The grants announced today will help these
young men and women to receive high school equivalency diplomas
and provide training in homebuilding skills that will qualify them
for careers
in the building industry.
HUD's Youthbuild Program provides young people between the ages
of 16 and 24 with on-the-job training to acquire construction skills
by building and renovating single-family homes and multi-family
apartments. The homes are then sold at affordable prices to low-
and very low-income persons as well as homeless individuals and
families. In
addition, these grants are anticipated to generate
millions of additional dollars from other public and private sources.
Youthbuild grants totaling $437 million have been awarded since
1993.
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FY
2003 Youthbuild Awards |
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| State | Applicant | Community | Grant
Amount |
#
of Young People to be Trained |
| Alabama | YWCA of Central Alabama | Birmingham | $400,000
|
20 |
| Mobile Housing Board | Mobile | $700,000
|
48 |
|
| Arizona | Pulaski Technical College | North Little Rock | $398,000
|
20 |
| Town of Guadalupe | Guadalupe | $400,000
|
24 |
|
| Phoenix City | Phoenix | $700,000
|
28 |
|
| Yuma Private Industry Council, Inc. | Yuma | $400,000
|
30 |
|
| California | Orange County Conservation Corps. | Anaheim | $400,000
|
18 |
| Century Center for Economic Opportunity | Gardena | $700,000
|
43 |
|
| PHFE Mgmt Solutions | Industry | $400,000 |
20 |
|
| Watts Labor Community Action Committee | Los Angeles | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| Community Partnership Dev. Corp. | Los Angeles | $700,000
|
50 |
|
| Los Angeles Conservation Corps | Los Angeles | $700,000
|
30 |
|
| Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment | Los Angeles | $700,000
|
25 |
|
| Youth Employment Systems, Inc. | Los Angeles | $700,000
|
30 |
|
| Yuba County Office of Education | Marysville | $400,000
|
21 |
|
| Moreno Valley City | Moreno Valley | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| Youth Employment Partnership, Inc. | Oakland | $700,000
|
42 |
|
| Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County | Santa Rosa | $400,000
|
35 |
|
| Venice Community Housing Corporation | Venice | $480,000
|
28 |
|
| Colorado | Mile High Youth Corps | Denver | $432,000
|
20 |
| DC | Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc. | Washington | $535,000
|
24 |
| Latin American Youth Center | Washington | $478,000
|
50 |
|
| ARCH Training Center, Inc. | Washington | $670,000
|
60 |
|
| Florida | Space Coast Youthbuild Coalition | Cocoa | $400,000
|
20 |
| Centro Campesino Farmworker Center, Inc. | Florida City | $400,000
|
15 |
|
| Consolidated City of Jacksonville | Jacksonville | $700,000
|
50 |
|
| Georgia | Goodwill Industries of North Georgia, Inc. | Atlanta | $400,000
|
27 |
| Flint Area Consolidated Housing Authority | Montezuma | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| SW Ga United Empowerment Zone, Inc. | Vienna | $400,000
|
24 |
|
| Hawaii | Honolulu City and County | Honolulu | $700,000
|
40 |
| Illinois | YouthBuild McLean County | Bloomington | $500,000
|
50 |
| Genesis Housing Development Corporation | Chicago | $697,000
|
54 |
|
| Daisy's Resource and Development Ctr. | North Chicago | $700,000
|
40 |
|
| Comprehensive Community Solutions, Inc. | Rockford | $700,000
|
36 |
|
| Kansas | United Way of Wyandotte County, Inc. | Kansas City | $700,000
|
40 |
| Kentucky | Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission | Covington | $400,000
|
20 |
| Hazard Community College | Hazard | $368,000
|
20 |
|
| Young Adult Development in Action, Inc. | Louisville | $698,000
|
42 |
|
| Louisiana | Louisiana Technical College-Sullivan | Bogalusa | $400,000
|
20 |
| Louisiana Technical College - Tallulah | Tallulah | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| Mass. | Old Colony YMCA | Brockton | $700,000
|
35 |
| Just A Start Corporation | Cambridge | $700,000
|
40 |
|
| Community Teamwork, Inc. | Lowell | $700,000
|
18 |
|
| Training Resources of America, Inc. | Worcester | $700,000
|
28 |
|
| Training Resources of America, Inc. | Worcester | $700,000 |
28 |
|
| Maine | Portland West, Inc. | Portland | $700,000
|
75 |
| Michigan | Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan | Battle Creek | $400,000
|
20 |
| Young Detroit Builders | Detroit | $700,000
|
70 |
|
| Mississippi | West Jackson Community Development Corporation | Jackson | $700,000
|
44 |
| N. Carolina | River City Community Development Corp. | Elizabeth City | $400,000
|
25 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Greensboro | $593,000
|
24 |
|
| Nebraska | High Plains Community Development | Chadron | $400,000
|
15 |
| New Jersey | Housing Authority of the City of Camden | Camden | $700,000
|
50 |
| Housing Authority of the City of Elizabeth | Elizabeth | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| Episcopal Community Development, Inc. | Newark | $700,000
|
50 |
|
| New Jersey Community Development Corp. | Paterson | $700,000
|
70 |
|
| Isles, Inc. | Trenton | $700,000
|
85 |
|
| New Mexico | Youth Building Better Lives, Inc. | Albuquerque | $500,000
|
24 |
| Estrella Nativa, Inc. | Las Vegas | $400,000
|
15 |
|
| Taos County | Taos | $400,000
|
36 |
|
| New York | Albany City | Albany | $700,000
|
64 |
| Chautauqua Home Rehab. & Improvement Corp. | Mayville | $400,000
|
16 |
|
| Ulster County BOCES | New Paltz | $400,000
|
18 |
|
| Youth Action and Homes, Inc. | New York | $700,000
|
58 |
|
| Commission on Economic Opportunity | Troy | $700,000
|
70 |
|
| Utica Municipal Housing Authority | Utica | $400,000
|
16 |
|
| Ohio | Project Rebuild, Inc. | Canton | $700,000
|
32 |
| Pickaway Co. Community Action Org., Inc. | Circleville | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| Buckeye Community Hope Foundation | Columbus | $700,000
|
60 |
|
| ISUS Trade Y Tech Prep Community School | Dayton | $700,000
|
70 |
|
| Sojourners Care Network | McArthur | $400,000
|
14 |
|
| Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority | Youngstown | $699,000
|
18 |
|
| Oklahoma | Eagle Ridge Institute | Oklahoma City | $400,000
|
20 |
| Oregon | Community Services Consortium | Corvallis | $545,000
|
22 |
| Portland City (Oregon) | Portland | $675,000
|
50 |
|
| Pennsylvania | Philadelphia Youth for Change Charter School | Philadelphia | $700,000
|
150 |
| Action-Housing, Inc. | Pittsburgh | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| Rhode Island | Urban League of Rhode Island, Inc. | Providence | $400,000
|
12 |
| S. Carolina | Telamon Corporation | Columbia | $394,000
|
24 |
| Macedonia Community Development Corp. | Manning | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| North Charleston (City) Housing Authority | North Charleston | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| Palmetto Community Hope Foundation | North Charleston | $700,000
|
60 |
|
| Texas | Austin/Travis County HHSD | Austin | $400,000
|
20 |
| American YouthWorks | Austin | $700,000
|
20 |
|
| Housing Authority of the City of Crystal City | Crystal City | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| Walker-Montgomery C.D.C. | New Waverly | $400,000
|
40 |
|
| Community Action Council of South Texas | Rio Grande City | $400,000
|
30 |
|
| San Antonio Youth Centers, Inc. | San Antonio | $400,000
|
28 |
|
| George Gervin Youth Center, Inc. | San Antonio | $700,000
|
40 |
|
| Proyecto Azteca | San Juan | $400,000
|
20 |
|
| Utah | Salt Lake County | Salt Lake City | $398,000
|
25 |
| Virginia | Danville Redevelopment & Housing Authority | Danville | $400,000
|
20 |
| Petersburg Urban Ministries, Inc. | Petersburg | $700,000
|
25 |
|
| Waynesboro Redevelopment and Housing Authority | Waynesboro | $493,000
|
16 |
|
| Washington | King County | Seattle | $700,000
|
40 |
| Wisconsin | Operation Fresh Start, Inc. | Madison | $278,000
|
20 |
| State of Wisconsin Dept. of Administration | Madison | $399,000
|
30 |
|
| State of Wisconsin Dept. of Administration | Madison | $266,000
|
20 |
|
| Milwaukee Christian Center | Milwaukee | $226,000
|
20 |
|
| OIC Racine County, Inc. | Racine | $400,000
|
14 |
|
| West Virginia | Randolph County Housing Authority | Elkins | $400,000
|
24 |
| Human Resource Development and Employment, Inc. | Morgantown | $400,000 |
24 |
|
| TOTAL | $53,822,000 |
3366 |
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