Eligibility

The federal Workforce Investment Act Program helps you find a job or train for a new career. All adults, age 18 or older, are eligible to receive core services. Additional intensive services are available to unemployed individuals who have been unable to obtain jobs through core services and those who are employed but need additional training services to reach self-sufficiency. Training services are also for those who meet intensive services eligibility but were unable to find employment through those services.

To be eligible for the dislocated worker program, you must have received a lay off notice or have been laid off due to a company closure or mass layoff. You may also be eligible if you are currently unemployed and are unlikely to return to your prior occupation due to economic conditions in that industry.

To be eligible for the youth program, you must be between the ages of 14 and 21, have low income, and have a substantial barrier to employment such as: deficient in basic literacy skills, school dropout, a runaway or a foster child, pregnant or parenting, and offender, be an individual who requires additional assistance to complete an educational program, or to secure and hold employment.