Apply
To apply for a YouthBuild Lake County Program, please fill out the YBLC Application and bring it into our office Monday- Friday 9:00am- 3:00pm.
YouthBuild Lake County is a drug free program! All applicants and participants are subject to random drug screening.
Below you will find the eligibility requirements for the programs we are currently accepting applications for:
YouthBuild
Applicants must:
- Be 18 years old by graduation, which is usually the first week of June.
- Be 24 years of age or less when the program begins in mid August.
- Have a photo ID, Birth Certificate, and Social Security Card.
- Be able to meet and provide documentation for one of the following requirements
- Be an adult offender
- Be a youth offender
- Be low income
- Have aged out of foster care
- Have an incarcerated parent
Bridge to Unions
Applicants must:
- Be 18 years old by enrollment.
- Be 26 years of age or less when the program begins in mid August.
- Have a photo ID, Birth Certificate, and Social Security Card.
- Be able to obtain a valid drivers license by graduation.
- Be part of a historically hard to serve population (minorities, women, previously incarcerated, low income, homeless, unemployed for at least 2 years)
Bridge to College
Applicants must:
- Be between the ages of 19- 21 at the time of enrollment which begins in mid August.
- Have a photo ID, Birth Certificate, and Social Security Card.
- Have an interest in Manufacturing and a desire to attend college classes
- Be considered as a low income youth as defined by The Workforce Investment Board.



