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YouthBuild

10/16/2018

Succeeding Its Founder, YouthBuild CEO Takes Program into Fifth Decade

In the late 1970s, a youth worker in New York City named Dorothy Stoneman started a program that paired entry into the construction trade with academic advancement to draw in youth who had fallen off the path to graduation and employment.

Youth Services Insider
workforce development

5/16/2018

Trump Taps John Pallasch, Former Bush Official, to Lead Workforce Office

President Trump has nominated former Bush official and current Kentucky workforce chief John Pallasch last month to head the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), which oversees a large block of youth employment dollars that the administration has targeted for cuts in its first two budget proposals.

Youth Services Insider

3/22/2017

Trump Budget: More Apprentice, Less Federal Jobs Programs

President Trump campaigned to victory with a platform that included more jobs, better jobs, and a commitment to invest in America’s infrastructure. The early details on his first budget do not suggest that the existing federal job programs – which are mostly aimed at youth and young adults – are a priority in that vision.

Youth Services Insider

5/24/2016

Dorothy Stoneman, Founder of YouthBuild, Will Retire in 2017

Dorothy Stoneman, who founded the first YouthBuild site nearly 40 years ago and grew it into a national, federally funded staple of the youth services community, announced that she will retire next January.