1. Service to the Community

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Underlying YouthBuild Values and Philosophy
  3. YouthBuild Program Design Standards
  4. 2008 YouthBuild Program Performance Standards
  5. Honors Graduates
  6. The Process for Changing the YouthBuild Model or Requirements
  7. Working Definitions of Important Terms Related to These Standards
  8. Appendix

2008 YouthBuild Annual Report to the General Assembly (pdf)

2008 YouthBuild Annual Report to the General Assembly (HTML Version)

YouthBuild Program Design Standards

1. Service to the Community

Required actions

  • 1 A Young people in low-income communities serve their neighborhoods by building or rehabilitating affordable housing for homeless or low-income people, or community facilities or commercial facilities that will enhance the social and/or economic viability of the local community.
  • 1 B Opportunities are provided to reflect on the historical and current social and political implications of the particular community needs being addressed and the methods of addressing them. These issues are woven into the academic curriculum to provide relevance to students' learning and critical thinking skill development.
  • 1 C Energy-efficient and green-building principles are followed in construction programs.

Recommended actions

  • 1 D Students are encouraged to consciously develop themselves as role models to influence other teenagers and younger children to take their lives seriously. Programs arrange opportunities for students to speak in schools, churches, prisons, and on the streets about the value of a positive and productive life.
  • 1 E Programs arrange for extra community service through which students can volunteer in local nonprofit human service or advocacy organizations or can carry out projects independently or with other young people.
  • 1 F Programs that have already established construction as a career path may add other career paths that are presented as a community service function, such as environmental protection, medical services, child care, computer services, and ventures that are entrepreneurial and clearly contributing to community economic development or community service. These career paths may be included as part of the YouthBuild program.