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Students Graduate From Popular Pre-Apprenticeship Program in Dallas

Eighteen young people from the Dallas County Youth Village graduated on July 1 from the Home Builder Institute’s (HBI) Project CRAFT/Dallas — a six-month pre-apprenticeship program that features classroom instruction with hands-on work in the field — and are now getting ready to pursue jobs where they can put their construction skills to good use.

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremonies, challenged the students to use their experiences in the program as a steppingstone and apply the skills they had mastered to every aspect of their lives. Among the nearly 200 attending were HBI trustee Steve Nellis and Mike Mishler, vice president/secretary of the Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas.

“This program will do great things for kids in this community,” said Nellis, who is head of recruitment for Centex Homes and heavily involved in the NAHB Student Chapters program.


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In less than a year since it was initiated, 32 students have graduated from the HBI program. The training has garnered enthusiastic support from the community, led by efforts of the Dallas association’s executive officer, Bob Morris, and its public relations officer, Narciso Tovar.

“We’re thrilled to have Project CRAFT in our area,” said Morris. “I’m excited to see how many more young people we can help.”

“It was amazing how close a bond I had with people I knew very little about,” one of the students said at the graduation. “Now I know I have to be a leader even when no one is around.”

An article on the job training program by reporter Victoria Williams appeared in the June 30 edition of the Dallas Morning News.

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