About YouthBuild
Eufaula Housing Authority’s YouthBuild program is a youth job placement program that serves out-of-school youth in the Barbour County area. Young adults ages 16-24 are provided with the opportunity, hope, and support to rebuild their lives and are equipped with the necessary skills to facilitate lifelong success in both the workforce and the community.
Philosophy
The YouthBuild philosophy is to convey the importance of post-secondary education as a vehicle for individual advancement and growth.
Mental Toughness (Taking Applications for our next session)
Each student must complete a mental toughness orientation before being accepted into the YouthBuild program. During this Mental Toughness participants learn the history of YouthBuild, Core Values, Rules and the 5 Elements that are foundational to the YouthBuild program. Participants will be involved in daily physical training exercises, team building activities, and various soft skills workshops. In addition, participants will take part in a community service assignment in order to teach the importance of giving back.
Leadership Development
The importance of leadership and giving back to the community are ideals which YouthBuild work hard to instill in each participant.
Community Service
Leadership Training
Education
Eufaula Housing Authority YouthBuild program is partnering with Wallace Community College and Eufaula Career Center in order to provide the following classes:
GED
College Prep.
Career Placement
Eufaula Housing Authority YouthBuild program is partnering with Eufaula Career Center in order to provide the following services:
Job Placement
Employee Training
Transition Assistance
For The Participants
Eligibility
Between the ages 16-24, participants must be no longer in high school. Participants must also be from one of six groups which include:
Low-income household
Parent incarcerated
Youth aging out of foster care
Youth with a disability
Homeless
Adjudicated youth
Migrant Youth
Construction Skills
YouthBuild offers construction skills training as the focus for student advancement because it is a profession that is forgiving when considering educational or criminal background. Students are able to receive classroom and lab training as well as hands on training at the construction site. Eufaula Career Center and WIOA afford companies the opportunity to become registered apprenticeship sites where students can practice the skills they have learned in the classroom and apply for reimbursement from WIOA for wages paid to the participant.
NCCER
Onsite Training
Supportive Services
At risk youth often have need of support to overcome the conditions that contributed to delay in their past progress. YouthBuild offers student the necessary supportive services to overcome those barriers. Each student has access to:
Life Skills
Incentives
Mentoring
Counseling
Contact Us
Phone
Melanie Little
Office: 334-687-2451
YouthBuild: 334-232-4203
Staff Email
Melanie Little
Jewel Braxton
Dan Anderson
Billy McClendon