CFR > Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban Development > CHAPTER V—OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (parts 500 to 599) > SUBCHAPTER C—COMMUNITY FACILITIES (parts 570 to 599) > PART 585—YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM > SUBPART A—General (§585.1 to §585.4) > 585.3—Program components.

585.3—Program components.

A Youthbuild implementation program uses comprehensive and multi-disciplinary approaches designed to prepare young adults who have dropped out of high school for educational and employment opportunities by employing them as construction trainees on work sites for housing designated for homeless persons and low- and very low-income families. A Youthbuild planning grant is designed to give recipients sufficient time and financial resources to develop a comprehensive Youthbuild program that can be effectively implemented. Youthbuild programs must contain the three components described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of this section. Other activities described in paragraph (c) of this section are optional:
(a) Educational services, including:
(1) Services and activities designed to meet the basic educational needs of participants. For example, a Youthbuild program may include basic skills instruction and remedial education, bilingual education for individuals with limited English proficiency, secondary educational services and activities designed to lead to the attainment of a high school diploma or its equivalency (GED), or counseling and assistance in attaining post-secondary education and required financial aid;
(2) Vocational classroom courses geared to construction terminology and concepts; and
(3) Strategies to coordinate with local trade unions and apprenticeship programs where possible.
(b) Leadership training, counseling and other support activities, including:
(1) Activities designed to develop employment and leadership skills, including support for youth councils;
(2) Counseling services to assist trainees in personal, health, housing, child care, family or legal problems and/or referral services to appropriate social service resources;
(3) Support services and stipends necessary to enable individuals to participate in the program and, for a period not to exceed 12 months after completion of training, to assist participants through continued support services;
(4) Job development and placement activities and post-graduation follow-up assistance; and
(5) Pre-employment training plan aimed at developing job seeking skills.
(c) Other activities. A local program may be designed to include other, special activities such as:
(1) Entrepreneurial training and courses in small business development;
(2) Assistance to correct learning disabilities; or
(3) Drivers' education courses.
(d) On-site training, through actual housing rehabilitation and/or construction work. This component must include:
(1) Access to housing sites where construction/ rehabilitation work is being carried out;
(2) Work site training plan for a closely supervised construction site;
(3) Construction or rehabilitation plan and timetable; and
(4) Approaches to work site safety.
(e) The Youthbuild implementation program must be structured so that 50 percent of each full-time participant's time is spent in educational services and activities (paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section) and 50 percent is spent in on-site training (paragraph (d) of this section). Youthbuild planning grant applications must contain strategies, plans and approaches to be used during the planning process to ultimately implement these program requirements.