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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.