YouthBuild is a comprehensive youth and community development program which addresses core issues facing low-income communities: education, housing, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development. For more than 30 years, YouthBuild sites have served young people through a unique approach that combines academics with industry-recognized credentials.
LEAD Charter School is the first alternative public charter high school specifically designed to serve opportunity youth — young people 16-21 years old who are not participating in school or the workforce — in Newark, New Jersey. As a YouthBuild school, LEAD takes the best research on teaching and learning with opportunity youth and combining it with the best research on youth workforce development from the YouthBuild model.