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PACE YouthBuild New Bedford (MA) began conducting pop-up recruitment events. It started with the program hosting a recruitment table at National Night Out, a community event in the city, and quickly transitioned to regular pop-up events. 

The road to successful outcomes begins with a strategic recruitment process that leverages strong program practices, partnerships, and community support. The best recruitment strategy for your program is unique to your program's needs, assets, and...

The process for how YouthBuild staff will verify and document participant eligibility should be created and shared within the team before any participant enrollments occur. DOL funds YouthBuild projects to provide education/training services to...

The road to successful outcomes begins with a strategic recruitment process that leverages strong program practices, partnerships, and community support. Such a recruitment strategy will ensure that YouthBuild grantee partners and prospective...

This webinar will focus on different techniques your program can utilize to recruit future YouthBuild participants. The presenter will share resources such as the recently published recruitment toolkit and discuss how to determine if your program...

Introducing potential YouthBuild participants to the YouthBuild program through an orientation prior to formal enrollment in YouthBuild is a commonly used best practice. Many YouthBuild programs call this "Mental Toughness". Mental Toughness is...

This virtual panel focused on how DOL YouthBuild programs can best serve court-involved youth. Three panelists from different DOL YouthBuild programs talked about what’s necessary to partner with local court systems and shared their experiences,...

This toolkit offers best practices and tips to recruit YouthBuild participants and staff members, including helping you think about the WHY behind recruitment messaging. The resource also includes information on using different social media...