[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR585.3]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 585_YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 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

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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.