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Grab a copy of this week's Austin Chronicle to see AYW's Critic's Choice pick for its 2009 Best of Austin issue!

"Best Place to Prepare Yourself for the Future: American YouthWorks

For more than 30 years, American YouthWorks has been helping Austin's at-risk youth prepare for adulthood and strive for success. In that time the organization – which provides life-skills training, counseling, and health care, among other services – has served nearly 20,000 Travis County kids. AYW boasts three award-winning job training programs: Casa Verde Builders, where kids earn money while learning to build five-star energy-efficient affordable housing; the Environmental Corps, which allows students to earn money for higher education while building and restoring trails and facilities in public parks and on public lands; and the Computer Corps, where students learn and teach computer skills to others. In 1996, AYW started its own open-enrollment charter school, which now operates at two campuses and educates nearly 1,000 kids each year. AYW has been doing the hard work for a long time and certainly lives up to the motto of its founder, Richard Halpin: "Serve people fully and ask them to serve their community in return."

1900 E. Ben White, 744-1900; 216 E. Fourth, 236-6100 www.americanyouthworks.org "

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/BestOfAustin/?Year=2009&Display=Long&BOACategory=Kids&Poll=Critics

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