Program Profile: YouthBuild Offender Program

The program provides education, vocational training, and other youth-development services to low-income youths, ages 16–24, who have been convicted of a crime.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

Date:

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 16 - 24

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Hispanic, Other

Geography: Suburban Urban Rural

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting

Program Type: Academic Skills Enhancement, Alternatives to Incarceration, Conflict Resolution/Interpersonal Skills, Diversion, Individual Therapy, Leadership and Youth Development, Vocational/Job Training

Targeted Population: Truants/Dropouts, Young Offenders

Current Program Status: Active

Researcher:
Mark Cohen
Professor of Management and Law, Owen Graduate School of Management
Vanderbilt University

401 – 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37205
United States

Phone: 615.322.0533
Email