01 — REBUILD
Community Reentrants
A structured route toward work experience, construction skills, responsibility, and positive community participation for people returning to the community.
Indian River County • Reentry • Prevention • Construction
Building homes. Rebuilding lives.
Dutch Development uses new construction as a vehicle for major life intervention—creating a pathway for community reentrants and young men who may otherwise be headed toward prison without meaningful opportunity, structure, skills, and support.
New ConstructionReal projects. Real skills. Real responsibility.
Community ReentryA practical pathway forward after justice-system involvement.
Early InterventionReaching young men before prison becomes their future.
Why Dutch Development Exists
Construction can build more than a house.
A jobsite can become a place to learn discipline, teamwork, accountability, a skilled trade, and the confidence that comes from building something that matters. Dutch Development is built around one idea: use the work of new construction to help people build a different future.
02 — INTERVENE
Young Men at Risk
A serious intervention for young men in Indian River County whose current path could lead to incarceration without meaningful opportunity and direction.
03 — DEVELOP
Workforce Skills
Real-world exposure to jobsite expectations, safety culture, teamwork, construction skills, and the habits needed to succeed at work.
04 — CONTRIBUTE
Community Development
Participants help build new housing while working toward rebuilding their own lives and creating a more productive future.
Explore Dutch Development
One mission. Several ways to take part.
FOUNDER
Meet Donnie Ausby
Read Donnie Ausby’s story—from more than 20 years in federal prison to a mission of helping young men choose construction, business, and freedom over the path that cost him decades of his own life.
PROJECTS
See What We Build
Explore the construction-centered work and project categories that create real learning environments for participants.
COMMUNITY
Become a Partner
Builders, employers, churches, agencies, mentors, donors, and community organizations can help create pathways.
STUDENTS
Join the Program
Prospective students and participants can tell us about themselves and take the first step toward construction experience and mentorship.