Partners
YouthBuild outcomes depend on strong partnerships—workforce system coordination, education providers, employers and apprenticeship sponsors, housing developers, and supportive-service organizations.
Our Current Partners
These partners help us deliver supportive services, recovery supports, and community connections that strengthen participant success.
- Concerted Care Group Management
- Sisters Together and Reaching
- Manna House, Inc.
- Johns Hopkins Drug Dependence Epidemiology Training Program
Workforce & American Job Center
Coordination for recruitment, career services, job development, and shared infrastructure responsibilities.
Education & training partners
HSE/GED instruction, tutoring, technical instruction, labs/equipment, credential testing.
Employers & apprenticeships
Work experiences, interviews, hiring commitments, and Registered Apprenticeship entry pathways.
Housing & construction partners
We’re building a pipeline of qualifying work sites for hands-on construction training tied to affordable housing.
- Developers / housing authorities / nonprofits with rehab projects
- General contractors and trade contractors
- Donations or discounts of materials and tools
- Site supervision and safety oversight
Work-based learning should be comprehensive (beyond light tasks), and linked to real construction or substantial rehab outcomes.
Supportive service partners
Wrap-around support keeps youth engaged long enough to earn credentials and transition into jobs or apprenticeships.
- Transportation assistance / transit partners
- Childcare supports
- Housing navigation / stability services
- Mental health and counseling providers
- Legal aid / ID recovery / benefits navigation
Partner interest form
If you want to support this program (employer, apprenticeship sponsor, AJC partner, housing developer, or service provider), send us your info and we’ll follow up with an MOU/commitment template.