YouthBuild 2025
YouthBuild 2025 funds nonprofits and Tribal entities to provide pre-apprenticeship training, education, and job placement for youth, with a focus on construction and wrap-around support services.
Funder: Employment and Training Administration
Due Dates: March 2, 2026 (Full proposal deadline)
Funding Amounts: $1,000,000–$2,000,000 per award (Category A); $1,000,000–$1,500,000 (Category B); total program funding $98M; up to 40 months
Summary: Supports pre-apprenticeship training, education, and job placement for opportunity youth, with a required construction skills component and optional expansion into other high-demand industries.
Key Information: 25% cost sharing/match required for most applicants; only one application per organization; prior FY24 YouthBuild grantees ineligible.
Description
This opportunity from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) funds the YouthBuild program, which provides grants to eligible organizations to deliver pre-apprenticeship occupational skills training, education, and job placement services for disadvantaged and low-income youth ages 16–24. The program mandates hands-on construction training with the development or substantial renovation of at least one unit of affordable housing for the community. Programs may also include a "Construction Plus" (C+) component, offering vocational training in additional high-demand industries. Wrap-around supportive services (e.g., transportation, childcare, housing) are required, and grantees must maintain strong partnerships with American Job Centers and other local entities.
