INDIANAPOLIS – Mayor Greg Ballard will be joined by Congressman André Carson and partnering organizations at a press conference on Thursday to kick off the construction training phase of the $2.2 million Youth Build Indy program.
Youth Build Indy, operated by the Indianapolis Private Industry Council and funded by a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, is an education, career development, construction training and leadership development program for individuals age 18 to 24. Participants must be low-income, have dropped out of school and not earned a GED certificate, and have committed to being drug free.
This year’s 36-week program currently under way has 34 participants and offers hands-on construction training rehabilitating a vacant house, along with education, career, and leadership development training.
WHO: MAYOR GREG BALLARD; CONGRESSMAN ANDRÉ CARSON; INDIANAPOLIS PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL DIRECTOR BROOKE HUNTINGTON; YOUTH BUILD INDY PARTNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PARTICIPANTS
WHAT: PRESS CONFERENCE TO KICK OFF CONSTRUCTION TRAINING PHASE OF $2.2 MILLION YOUTH BUILD INDY PROGRAM
WHERE: 840 BEVILLE AVE.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
WHEN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010
10 A.M.
