Youth Employment Programs

The agency provides employment services for at risk out of school youth ages 16 to 24 who live in the southeast region of Los Angeles County. Services include at risk employment programs, GED instruction, job readiness, WIOA programs for juvenile offenders and adolescent/young adult former and current foster youth, and other youth employment programs. Services are geographically restricted to the cities of Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, and Norwalk.

At risk youth employment programs provide resources and services to out of school adolescents and young adults to finish or stay in school, obtain a higher education, and prepare for a successful adult career. Services include educational services and employment services for low-income youth, ages 16 to 24, who have barriers to successful completion of their employment and educational goals.

Services include GED preparation, motivational support, workplace and life skills instruction, work readiness workshops and job search.

An out of school youth can be someone who is a school dropout; no longer attending any school or has not received a secondary education diploma or its equivalent; graduated from high school or holds a GED but is basic skills deficient and unemployed or underemployed.