Youthbuild

YouthBuild increases the employment and education prospects of low-income Baltimore youth (ages 17 – 25) through construction skills training. Our participants spend 50% of their time in the classroom studying for the GED exam and 50% of their time learning hands-on construction skills while rehabilitating houses for low income families. Since 1996, our Youthbuild program has trained 179 participants for construction careers and has rehabilitated 30 Baltimore City houses.

In order to provide additional construction training for our participants, Civic Works partners with the Empower Baltimore Management Corporation to perform façade repairs of houses in selected communities and places AmeriCorps members with Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake.

For more information about YouthBuild, contact Dion Wright at 410-366-8533 or dwright@civicworks.com.