Start your career path here.
Free support for young people ages 16 to 24 who face barriers to finishing school or finding work.
Skills, school, and a real start.
The WIOA Youth Program provides high-quality services that begin with career exploration and guidance, continue with support for finishing school, and include skills training in in-demand industries and occupations.
By taking part, you're building the skills to start on a career pathway. The program can also help you enroll in college or a Registered Apprenticeship.
What the program offers.
Educational services
Tutoring, study skills, instruction, and dropout prevention that lead to a high school diploma or equivalent.
Training opportunities
Alternative secondary school and dropout recovery services for youth who struggled in traditional school.
Professional growth
Work-based experience for out-of-school youth, with improved services for youth with disabilities.
Personal development
Leadership opportunities that build responsibility, confidence, employability, and self-determination.
Everything we can help with.
The Youth Program covers all of this. An advisor helps you pick the services that fit where you are and where you want to go.
School and learning
5 services
- Tutoring, study skills training, and instruction
- Alternative secondary school and dropout recovery
- Education alongside workforce preparation
- Postsecondary preparation and transition activities
- Financial literacy education
Work and career skills
5 services
- Paid and unpaid work experience
- Occupational skills training
- Entrepreneurial skills training
- Leadership development opportunities
- Labor market information
Support along the way
4 services
- Comprehensive guidance and counseling
- Adult mentoring
- Supportive services: transportation, child care, dependent care, housing, and needs-related payments
- Follow-up services
How it works.
Contact us
Reach out to schedule an appointment.
Meet an advisor
Talk about your goals and check your eligibility.
Build your plan
School, training, work experience — and support along the way.
Who it's for.
Young people ages 16 to 24 who face specific barriers to employment or to finishing school. Not sure if you qualify? Reach out — an advisor will walk through it with you.
620 S Jefferson Ave, Suite 202, Cookeville, TN 38501
Questions? Let's talk.
Not sure if you qualify, or where to start? Reach out to the Youth team and an advisor will walk through it with you and set up your first appointment.
620 S Jefferson Ave, Suite 202
Cookeville, TN 38501