HACC YouthBuild Training Program
1700 Federal Street
Camden, New Jersey 08105
Telephone: (856) 756-0241
Fax: (856) 756-0380
Diane Davis
Program Coordinator
Email: ddavis@camdenhousing.org
David Goodman
Assistant Program Coordinator
Email: dgoodman@camdenhousing.org
Department Staff
Shirley Washington, MIS Clerk/Outreach Recruiter
Rhonda Wardlow-Hurley, Activities Coordinator
Norman Lee, Acting Constrution Instructor
Ruth Rouff, Academic Instructor
Gordon Palmer, Academic Instructor
Academic and vocational skills training in the construction field for young adults from ages 17 to 24 years of age. This program is geared towards educating and strengthening the leadership skills of the participants providing them the opportunity to open new doors and income possibilities. This program also has GED and computer components as well.
The Youth Build Construction Trades Program continues its work-related initiatives serving low-income, inner-city young adults entering or transitioning to work. Career focus is on union-apprentice building trades employment opportunities that history has shown to be negligible or inaccessible to minorities and women.
Program instruction strengthens skills needed for accessing construction industry employment and links graduates to work in career fields for which they were best suited. This initiatives builds community resources through local workforce development and helps households move across poverty thresholds into mainstream economy.
Youthbuild Pledge
"We, the people of Youthbuild, pleadge to attend the program punctually everyday and to take full responsibility for our actions at all times. Furthermore, we pledge to respect the Youthbuild staff and our fellow members, to do our best in our GED classes and in the field and at all times to work together in unity to foster a safe, drug-free environment. To this end, we promise to abide by all Youthbuild's rules and regulations. In this way, we will prove our leadership skills and build a better future for ourselves as well as our community."