Programs that provide training in the technical competencies unique to a specific occupation that are required for successful workplace performance. The training may be delivered in a variety of ways including apprenticeships, business practice firms, classroom training, internships, OJT or work experience; or may take place in a combination of settings, on-the-job training supported by formal classroom training, for example, or classroom training followed by an internship.
Ages 18-24 at the time of enrollment; and have dropped out of high school.
In addition, the individual must meet at least one of these requirements:
a current or former foster youth and/or
a youth offender and/or an adult offender and/or
a youth who is an individual with a disability and/or
a migrant farmworker youth and/or
a child of an incarcerated parent and/or
a low-income youth.