G.E.D. / Construction Training Program

Earn While You Learn

The Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission in collaboration with Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky and the Northern Kentucky Homebuilders Association plans to help young adults with the YouthBuild program.

YouthBuild is a dynamic program offered to low-income men and women ages 16-24 that have dropped out of the education system and are looking for a second chance. Many have had encounters with foster care, juvenile justice, welfare, and homelessness. Through the YouthBuild program they learn job skills and serve their communities by building affordable housing and transform their own lives and roles in society. Participants spend 6 to 24 months in the full-time program, dividing their time between the construction site and YouthBuild educational activities.

Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky, Inc. (H.O.N.K.) which owns the property at 34 Carneal Street in Ludlow where the first house will be built will also provide the materials for construction. The Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky will provide construction training and support; G.E.D. services will be provided by the Boone, Campbell, and Kenton County educational programs with the help of Gateway Community and Technical College; The Urban Learning Center will provide a college level services program for participants who obtain their G.E.D. diplomas while in the program and want to continue their education. Adult treatment programs will be provided by Transitions Inc.