Do You Need a Job?

WorkSource, located in Mount Vernon, has a youth job center that serves low income people between the ages of 14 and 24. *To be considered low income, one must be getting welfare or food stamps, be homeless, a foster child, OR have family income that is within WorkSource guidelines.

WorkSource Youth Programs provide many services to *low-income students who are in school (ages 14-21) and to those who have left school (ages 16-24) that will help them be successful in school and work. Services are offered in the following areas:

• Job skills training

• Career counseling

• Internships

• Job placements

• Mentoring

• Tutoring

• Leadership development

• Financial Literacy

• Entrepreneurial skills training (start-up success skills)

• Local labor market (jobs) and job information services

• Education opportunities after high school and training support

• Workforce training and preparation for specific career clusters

• And more….

To join this program, a young person MUST BE LOW INCOME (*see above) AND meet one of the following requirements:

• Struggle with basic literacy skills OR

• Be an English Language Learner OR

• Have dropped out of school OR

• Homeless OR

• A runaway OR

• A foster child OR

• Have a disability OR

• Be pregnant or a parent OR

• Be a convicted offender OR

• Need extra help to complete education or get or hold employment

IF you are interested, you can apply on their website OR in person at your nearest center.