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Youthbuild 1999 Grants: Project SummariesOregonCommunity Services Consortium, Corvallis, OR will receive a Youthbuild Implementation Grant in the amount of $395,724. The 18 participants will be learning on-site construction skills by building two single-family homes. The program will provide a comprehensive and integrated effort to increase the academic, leadership, and vocational skill level of trainees. Cash and in-kind leveraging resources total $180,543 in support of this program. The Community Services Consortium has received Youthbuild implementation grants in the past.Contact Person: Mark Bemez Phone Number: (541) 752-1010 The City of Portland, Oregon, Bureau of Housing and Community Development (BHCD): BHCD will receive a $650,000 Youthbuild Implementation Grant to provide academic, leadership, and job skills training for youth in the Portland, Oregon Enterprise Community area. Proposed cash and in-kind leveraging resources, delineated by 100 written commitments, total $765,300 in support of this program. Key participants include: Heald College, DePaul Treatment Center, Portland Public Schools, Youthbuild USA Americorps, and Alternative Pathways. The forty participants in the City of Portland will be learning and acquiring on-site construction skills in the building of four units of affordable housing, inclusive of two single-family row houses for qualifying home buyers, and two single-family homes for rental to low-income households. The program will provide a comprehensive and integrated effort to increase the academic, leadership, and vocational skill level of trainees. Contact Person: Jill Walters Phone Number: (503) 286-9350
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