Youth Services

The Workforce Investment Board can provide services to at-risk youth ages 14 through 21. To be an eligible youth the youth must meet the Workforce Investment Act low-income guidelines and meet at least one of the following conditions:
   
Deficient in basic literacy skills
School dropout
Homeless, runaway, or foster child
Pregnant or parenting
Offender
An individual (including a youth with a disability) who requires additional assistance to complete an educational program, or to secure and hold employment
 

Youth services are provided by the Workforce Investment Board by contracting with area youth service providers. Youth service providers, in conjunction with the area WorkForce West Virginia Career Centers, partner with other youth organizations to identify at eligible at-risk youth to receive Workforce Investment Board funded youth services.

Youth Council works in an advisory capacity to the Workforce Investment Board. The council consists of dedicated community members from business, education, and youth support agencies focused on providing at-risk youth the opportunities to become productive and contributing citizens in the Region VII area.