Our mission is to unleash the intelligence and positive energy of low-income youth to rebuild their communities and their lives. Through YouthBuild, we hope to see many positive changes in Tangipahoa Parish and the surrounding areas. Quad YouthBuild serves 65 - 70 disadvantaged youth ages 16-24 from South Louisiana’s rural, impoverished communities. According to the Camelot Index, Louisiana ranks dead last in the nation in state measures of economic vitality, education, health, crime and governance. Quad YouthBuild is extremely vital to the success of the youth in these rural communities as no alternative programs exist beyond YouthBuild to assist those young people who did not make it in the standard school setting. The disadvantaged, disconnected youth within these communities are at-risk for school failure, economic dependency, incarceration, and death as proven by the high poverty rates, high unemployment rates, and low graduation rates. Quad YouthBuild offers a quality youth and community development program that simultaneously address core issues facing low-income rural communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development. In Quad YouthBuild, low-income young people ages 16-24 are able to work toward their GEDs, learn job skills and serve their communities by building affordable housing, and transform their own lives and roles in society.
