Contact information:
YouthBuild Boston, Inc.
504 Dudley St, 2nd Floor
Roxbury, MA 02119-2767
Website:
www.ybboston.org
Mission/Goals: Youthbuild Boston was founded in 1990 to provide
comprehensive job training to inner city youth ages 18-24, by having
students renovate buildings within the inner city while working toward
their GED.
Notes: YouthBuild helps young people turn their lives around by
renovating buildings as affordable housing, offering them a chance to
build educational, leadership, and construction skills.
Source(s):
www.guidestar.org;
www.ybboston.org |
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Type of Evaluation: Outcomes
Monitoring
Objective: To improve the services offered by YouthBuild.
Impact/Outcomes: Key findings from the interviews revealed that
YouthBuild engages an extremely disadvantaged group; that graduates are
highly positive about their program experiences; YouthBuild sets high
expectations; YouthBuild creates a family-like environment; YouthBuild has
caring, skilled, and respectful staff; participants value "tangible
results" of construction work; and graduates need more programming after
completion of primary YouthBuild programs. Key findings from the surveys
reveal that: 75% of graduates are currently in postsecondary education or
in jobs averaging $10/hr; 70% are registered to vote and nearly half have
voted; 60% said YouthBuild was an "excellent" program; 91% gave positive
evaluations of the program; 73% had received some help from the program
since graduating; 60% said they would like additional post-program support
in jobs/careers and education/training; 92% reported postively on measures
of self-perception; 76% are not receiving gov't support (food stamps,
welfare or unemployment benefits); 85% are involved in at least one
community activity; and 80% report no negative behaviors (selling
marijuana or hard drugs, convicted of felony or spent time in prison).
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