Project CRAFT Graduates First Class in Dallas - 3/29/2004 - Real Estate Education Training Schools Conferences

Project CRAFT Graduates First Class in Dallas

A program of the Home Builders Institute (HBI), the workforce development arm of NAHB, Project CRAFT (Community Restitution Apprenticeship-Focused Training) provides adjudicated youth with construction trades training and job placement. The program currently operates in Florida, New Jersey, Tennessee and Texas.

Bob Morris, executive officer of the HBA of Greater Dallas, which is a community partner in the program, welcomed the new graduates to the residential construction industry.

“Project CRAFT has given me hope,” said one graduate speaking at the event. “This program has given me a chance and desire to work hard.”

Also at the podium, State Representative Helen Giddons lauded the students for their accomplishments and encouraged them on their new careers. And Rev. Ella MacDonald, pastor of the Jenkins Chapel AME Church, site of the graduates’ most significant and ambitious community project, praised the youths and their hard work.

HBI brought Project CRAFT to DCYV in September through its partnership with SER-Jobs for Progress, WorkSource for Dallas County and the Dallas County Department of Juvenile Justice.

For more information on Project CRAFT, e-mail John Hattery at HBI or call him at 800-795-7955 x8916.