Washington, D.C.                                                                     Contact:  Clarisse Young          Peggy Abrahamson

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U.S. secretary of labor to announce awards of more than $180 million in grants to help youth with education and training

Announcement will take place June 11 at Latin American Youth Center in Washington

WASHINGTON – On June 11, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis will announce this year’s YouthBuild awards of $180,203,354 million to 183 community groups at theLatin American Youth Center YouthBuild Community Charter School.  The YouthBuild program assists out-of-school youth in obtaining their diplomas or GEDs while providing occupational training in the construction industry.

She will tour the Latin American Youth Center’s classrooms as well as the site’s construction lab.

WHO:              U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis

                        D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

                        YouthBuild founder Dorothy Stoneman

WHAT:            Award of more than $180 million in grants to 183 community groups

WHERE:          Latin American Youth Center

                        YouthBuild Public Charter School

                        Washington, D.C.

WHEN:            Thursday, June 11

                        9 a.m. EDT