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For many people, owning a home is the American dream and it can become a reality, but not without realistic goals, good advice, practical planning, and an understanding of the costs involvded. Being educated and informed will aloow you to take the confusion and uncertainty out of the home-buying process to understand the importance and quality...

Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Programs/First Time Homebuyer Programs
The colonias of South Texas are considered some of the poorest areas in the United States.  The 2000 Census found that the Cameron Park colonia, the oldest and largest colonia in the United States, is also the poorest community (communities with a population...

YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that concurrently addresses fundamental issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development. In CDCB’s YouthBuild program, low-income young people ages 17-24 work toward earning a GED...

• Homebuyer Education and Credit Counseling
• Homeownership Housing Programs
• Youth and Job Training
• Affordable Family Communities
• Downpayment Assistance Programs
• Colonia Redevelopment
• Mutual Self-Help/BootStrap Program
• Housing Information and Education Center
• Our Neighborhoods

Youth and Job Training

YouthBuild

We are YouthBuild. We proudly take on the challenge YouthBuild offers us to transform our lives through education, leadership development, construction training, and service to our community.
We gladly receive the opportunity to develop our independence, work history, and personal integrity. We make this pledge to ourselves and to the community.
We are YouthBuild and We Do Make A Difference!

YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that concurrently addresses fundamental issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development. In CDCB’s YouthBuild program, low-income young people ages 17-24 work toward earning a GED, learn job skills and serve their communities by building affordable housing, and transforming their own lives and to become a productive member of society. CDCB YouthBuild provides a range of support services, including child care, along with a training stipend. A major focus is to provide work opportunities in the participants' own neighborhood.

In 2009-2010 CDCB YouthBuild moved into the Green Construction Technologies Training field. CDCB YouthBuild built the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified home in the Rio Grande Valley. Working with UTB/TSC Architectural Department and CDCB designed a new home to be built to LEED standards.

As well, in 2009-2010 CDCB YouthBuild completed a green building curriculum. The new curriculum will allow CDCB YouthBuild to give students a hands-on education in green construction to help them follow a career in growing green construction field.