23A60YB000014

Project Title: YouthBuild Newburgh

Project Summary: YouthBuild Newburgh will serve 57 out-of-school, underserved youth ages 16-24 from the city of Newburgh, NY. YouthBuild Newburgh provides HSE preparation and college readiness in an academic setting. The classes will be taught in English and Spanish by our two licensed educational staff from SUNY Orange, who will focus their curriculum to include the core subjects needed to pass the TASC-HSE exam: math, reading, writing, science, and social studies. Technology, project-based learning, and service learning will be used to engage the YouthBuild members.

YouthBuild Newburgh also offers construction training, which includes but is not limited to the OSHA 10 and NCCER curriculum. The construction component involves hands-on learning while building affordable housing for our partner, Orange County Habitat for Humanity. Orange-Ulster BOCES will offer healthcare professions training in the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) certificate program through our partnership with Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, as well as paid apprenticeships at Woodland Pond CCRC.

Funding Level Requested: $1,300,000

Intended Use of Funds: The funds will be used to provide all YouthBuild services as described in the FOA.

Deliverables Outcomes:

Proposed Outcomes Goal Percentage
Enrollment: 57 participants
Placement into employment or education in the 2nd quarter after exit: 46 out of 57 (80%)
Placement into employment or education in the 4th quarter after exit: 46 out of 57 (85%)
Median earnings: $4,200 per quarter
Credential attainment: 51 out of 57 (90%)
Measurable skills gain: 48 out of 57 (85%)
Effectiveness in serving employers: 48 out of 57 (85%)

Cost Sharing or Matching Funds Amount: $325,000 (25% of funding level requested, as required)

Total number of participants to be enrolled: 57

Applicant Category: Category B (New)

Most Recent Grant Number from any FY 2016, 2017, or 2018 Grant Cycles for Category A (Previously-Funded) Applicant: N/A

Construction Plus Occupational Field(s), if applicable: Certified Clinical Medical Nursing Assistant

Application is being submitted as: Urban

Description of the Area to be Served: Newburgh is a city in the U.S. state of New York within Orange County. With an estimated 2019 population of 28,177, it is a principal city of the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown metropolitan area. It is located 60 miles north of New York City. The city of Newburgh, located in a town of the same name, occupies 4.8 square miles on the west side of the Hudson River. It has been voted the 37th worst city in America by 24/7 Wall Street. New plans to develop areas of the city are in place, and the lead applicant, RUPCO, is among the leaders in this effort.

Target Community Service Area, identified by ZIP code(s): 12550 and 12553

Applicant is a government entity in a territory that is eligible for the matching waiver and intends to waive match, as described in Section III.B. Matching: No

Any experience with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u): RUPCO has a HUD Section 3 placement relationship with PathStone Corporation, a NeighborWorks Network organization.

Rupco

TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MORE EFFICIENT FUNCTIONING OF THE U.S. LABOR MARKET BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, OR LABOR MARKET INFORMATION.

17.274 - YouthBuild

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) [DOL]

Office of Workforce Investment [DOL - ETA]

Newburgh, New York United States

City-Wide

YouthBuild (FOA-ETA-23-17)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 20% from $1,625,000 to $1,950,000.