In addition, the program includes life skills development and support groups, and through the CAA community center, provides other support services, such as onsite child care, counseling, and referrals for a host of needs including health care, material assistance, housing, and domestic abuse. Staff seek to diversify funding. Current sources of funding include HUD, Americorps, State of Pennsylvania, YouthBuild USA, and Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Crispus Attucks will soon submit an application for designation as a charter school. Youth Development Leadership Opportunities Crispus Attucks YouthBuild offers participants a variety of opportunities to develop their leadership skills.
All participants receive leadership development training throughout the program.
Individual participants are assigned administrative responsibilities in order to learn leadership, not only in governance, but in management. Participants are encouraged to select and take part in volunteer projects throughout the community, and students are directly involved in governing the program through the election of a youth policy committee. The committee meets weekly with the director or program manager and one other staff member, assists in selecting new staff, planning the program, setting program policies, and reviewing budgets. ILA's are investment accounts for future education and training, and are established by the employer in the name of the individual employee, with both the employer and the employee making contributions. The employee chooses the form of investment and is responsible for the allocation of resources.