WIOA In-School Youth Eligibility

You may qualify for Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas’s Youth Services if you meet all of the following criteria: 1) You are between the ages of 14-21, 2) You are a U.S. Citizen, 3) Registered with Selective Service (for males 18 and over), 4) You are Low-Income and 5) You meet one or more of these barriers:

• Basic Skills Deficient;
• An English Language Learner;
• Offender;
• A Homeless individual
• An Individual in Foster Care;
• Pregnant or Parenting Youth;
• An Individual with a Disability; or
• Require additional assistance to complete an educational program, or to secure and hold employment

WIOA Out-Of-School Youth Eligibility

You may qualify for Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas’s Youth Services if you meet all of the following criteria: 1) You are between the ages of 16-24, 2) You are a U.S. Citizen, 3) Registered with Selective Service (for males 18 and over), 4) meet the definition of Out of School Youth at WIOA §681.210 and 5) meet one or more of these barriers:

• School dropout;
• Basic Skills Deficient;
• English Language Learner: 
• An Individual with a Disability:
• Homeless;
• Foster child;
• Pregnant or Parenting;
• Offender; or
• A low income individual who requires additional assistance to complete an educational program, or to secure and hold employment