Young Adult Development In Actn Inc.

Young Adult Development In Actn Inc., operating as Blueprint 502 and formerly YouthBuild Louisville, is a tax-exempt nonprofit recipient of federal grants that provides youth workforce development, housing assistance, and homelessness prevention services in Louisville, Kentucky, with a primary focus on underserved young adults ages 16–24 and youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The organization is headquartered at 800 South Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40203. As a nonprofit, it competes for federal grant funding rather than federal contracts and does not hold prime contract positions. Young Adult Development In Actn Inc. serves as a prime recipient on 81% of its federal awards (35 of 43 awards) and participates as a sub-recipient on 19% (8 awards), with grant dollars obligated totaling $25.5 million across 43 recent federal awards.

The organization's capability portfolio centers on youth-focused workforce development, housing stabilization, and homelessness prevention. Representative prime grant work includes a $1.697 million YouthBuild program award from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.274) for the period June 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, providing education, occupational skills training, leadership development, and employment assistance to youth ages 16–24. Young Adult Development In Actn Inc. holds multiple Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grants (CFDA 14.267) from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, including a $884,320 award (January 1–December 31, 2026) targeting homeless youth defined as households where no person exceeds age 24, and a $1.999 million Lead Hazard Reduction Grant (CFDA 14.900) running April 15, 2024 through October 15, 2027, addressing lead-based paint hazards in low-income housing. The organization also received a $1 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839, STOP School Violence grant) to expand evidence-based programming and training services for at-risk youth in the Smoketown neighborhood, and a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the EPA Region 4 under the Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815) to recruit, train, and place 100 unemployed and underemployed residents ages 18–25 in environmental careers with certifications including HAZWOPER and lead renovation training.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward HUD. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 20 awards across the portfolio, while the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration holds 10 awards. Together these two agencies account for 88% of recent awards. The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management, the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Department of Labor round out the active customer set. The organization has served eight distinct federal agencies.

In its sub-recipient role, Young Adult Development In Actn Inc. participates under the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, delivering after-school arts-based and technology programming to youth ages 11–18 through the Smoketown Community Center; under the Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services on AmeriCorps State awards; and under YouthBuild Global, Inc., where members build or rehabilitate units of low-income housing.

Activity has accelerated significantly in recent years—four awards in both 2022 and 2023, climbing to fourteen in 2024 before moderating to four in 2025 and two in 2026 (year-to-date). Seven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, positioning the organization for substantial recompete activity in that window. The organization's federal footprint emphasizes HUD homelessness prevention and housing programs alongside Department of Labor workforce development initiatives, with secondary engagement in youth violence prevention, environmental remediation training, and community development. No contract vehicles or federal prime contractor relationships appear in the award history; all engagement is grant-based with HUD and Department of Labor as the dominant funding sources.