Quad YouthBuild is a comprehensive 7-month pre-apprenticeship, job training, education, and leadership development program for out-of-school and unemployed young adults ages 16 to 24. Quad YouthBuild operates under the umbrella of Quad Area Community Action Agency, Inc.

Quad YouthBuild helps young adults develop occupational skills in three occupational fields. These fields include the construction trades through a worksite in partnership with Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing; healthcare with the ability to become a certified nursing assistant; and hospitality with the ability to become a certified front desk representative, certified breakfast server, certified maintenance employee, certified guestroom attendant, certified kitchen cook, and/or a certified breakfast attendant. In addition to hands-on work experience and occupational training, part of the youth’s time is spent in other education and training activities such as HiSET preparation, basic computer skills, social-emotional learning, leadership development, financial literacy, and an intense focus on those soft skills every person needs to pay the bills!

YouthBuild graduates leave the program with a toolbox filled with more than a hammer and tape— they have a solid education, real-world work experience, goals for their future, a support system and the self-confidence to know they can succeed!