Building Today’s Workforce for Tomorrow
Grant
Amount: $4,268,454
Grantee: The Home
Builders Institute (HBI)
Funding Source: A
grant awarded under the President’s High Growth Job Training
Initiative, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor’s
Employment and Training Administration.
Key
Partners: Home
Builders Association of Kentucky, Northeast Florida Home Builders
Association, Home Builders Association of York County South Carolina,
Tidewater Builders Association, Building Contractors Association of
Wood River Valley and Magic Valley Home Builders Association (Idaho),
New York State Home Builders Association and the Capital Region
Builders and Remodelers Association, North State Building Industry
Association, Southern Arizona Home Builders Association, the Home
Builders Association of Connecticut and the Builders Association of
Eastern Connecticut, the Builders Association of Metropolitan
Pittsburgh, public school systems and community colleges in the ten
states and the American Association of Community Colleges.
Leveraged Amount:
$5,273,000 in cash and in-kind contributions from HBI, the National
Association of Home Builders, Home Builder Associations, employers,
community colleges, and the American Association of Community Colleges
Location of Grant Activities:
Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, and Virginia.
Challenge: Total
employment in the construction industry will increase by nearly one
million jobs by 2012. However, the industry has difficulty recruiting
youth, while many youth interested in construction lack the skills
employers need. Further, some entry-level workers lack the basic
technical skills needed to advance in the industry.
Addressing the Challenge: HBI and its partners will
create a systemic approach to construction industry workforce
development that provides a continuum of recruitment, career
exploration, education, and training. From middle and high school and
continuing through post-secondary education and life-long learning,
individuals will access construction training. Ten national sites
will be chosen to serve 2,500 individuals, including high school
students, incumbent workers, and dislocated workers. Sites will offer
training in crafts, such as carpentry, electrical wiring, plumbing,
and heating and air conditioning. HBI and its partners will also
develop an associate’s degree or equivalent credential that
incorporates the skills needed in residential construction.
Projected Outcomes:
- Ten construction
trade academies will be established.
- The academies
will train 2,500 individuals in the construction trades.
- The initiative
will develop an Associate in Applied Science degree or equivalent
credential that incorporates the skills needed in residential
construction.
- The project’s
products and lesson plans will be disseminated to community colleges
and public and private vocational training centers for national
replication.
Contact:
John Shortt,
Ph.
800-795-7955
Fax:
202-266-8999
Email:
shorttj@hbi.org
