Abstract
Since fall 2009, 15 local programs affiliated with YouthBuild USA and the National Youth Employment Coalition and their community college partners have collaborated to build a new pathway for disconnected youth. Collectively these partnerships have worked with more than 1,700 young people who had left high school without a degree, helping them work towards completion of their high school diplomas or GED, entry into, and completion of postsecondary education. As of the beginning of 2012, more than 850 of these students have entered postsecondary education.