Career Build

Career Build exists to deliver workforce exploration and development services to youth ages 16–24 who are facing barriers to education, employment, and training. The program helps youth explore career pathways, gain occupational training, and prepare for meaningful employment through career preparation, paid internships, skills training, and community connections that remove barriers to success.

Career Build strives to offer some kind of skill-building activity to most interested youth, with occupational skill training, workshops, healthcare and tech explorer cohorts, a summer forestry crew, and individual work experiences available, motivated PY+ students have many options to grow their aptitude, experience, and skills. Through braided local, state, and federal funds, Project Youth+ covers the full cost of paid internships with local employers in regionally in-demand industries such as technology, healthcare, natural resources, and early childhood education, opportunities and industry focus shift based on funding availability. Because the partnership is no-cost, more employers are able to host youth and offer valuable experience across a diverse range of industries.

Students are referred by their PY+ Advisor. After a priority period for PY+ participants, some opportunities open to the public, interested youth can apply for trainings and internships through the link below, and many opportunities are also posted on PY+ social media pages. Through leveraged partnerships and workforce investment dollars, PY+ can hold payroll and liability, offering paid internships to youth in a variety of fields and high-demand sectors for local employers.