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Providing youth with opportunities to success is one way to build better communities. That is why the government offers grants to communities to fund programs that help kids achieve both academically and occupationally. Grants are typically given to the areas with the most financial need. - Communities can help youth academically and prepare them for getting a job by applying for the WIA Youth Formula-Funded Grants. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides grant money to communities on a formula basis. These programs are aimed at helping teens and young adults, ages 14 to 21, from low-income areas by providing activities and services to help them stay in school and/or get a job. Local community centers work with the WIA One-Stop Career Center System under the leadership of the Workforce Investment Boards.
- Financed by the Department of Labor and in conjunction with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), YouthBuild Project grants are available to communities to provide academic and occupational support for disadvantaged youth. These competitive grants fund centers aimed at helping kids by having them work on various projects to help their community, such as building and renovating homes for low-income families, while developing educational skills to become self-sufficient as an adult.
- The U.S. Department of the Interior offers grants to help communities fund programs that involve youths working on conservation or reclamation projects. Under the program, youth work on repairing and renovating areas of need while receiving job and educational training. Other goals of this grant program is to instill community goodwill into the youths, assist in making them responsible citizens and foster appreciation of natural and cultural resources.
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