ACAP’s Workforce Development Career Counselors work with eligible youth (ages 16-24) to identify education and career goals, and then create a plan to achieve those goals. Counselors guide, mentor, and monitor youth, and may provide funding for approved training programs and support services. Programs include:
Out-of-School Youth (16-24 years old, not attending any school) Criteria include:
- a school dropout
- a youth within the age of compulsory attendance, but has not attended for the most recent quarter
- received a high school diploma, is low income and is either basic skills deficient or an English language learner
- is subject to the juvenile justice system
- homeless
- pregnant or parenting
- is low income and requires additional assistance to complete an educational program or secure employment
In-School Youth (14-21 years old, attending either secondary or post-secondary) *Very limited enrollment*
Criteria include low income and one or more of the following barriers:
- basic skills deficient
- an English language learner
- an offender
- homeless
- pregnant or parenting
- an individual with a disability
- an individual who requires additional assistance
