HBI creates the Pre-Apprenticeship Certificate Training (PACT) when its 26-year-old longstanding U.S. Department of Labor Craft Skills grant ends in this year. HBI PACT is an industry-validated curriculum and off-the-shelf training package based on the Craft Skills model. HBI continues to deliver the PACT program.
HBI launches Project CRAFT (Community Restitution Apprenticeship Focused Training), a program that targets adjudicated youth and uses a comprehensive education approach to assist troubled youth turn their lives around and gain sustainable employment in the building industry. The program continues today as HBI PACT for Youth.