Eligibility Requirements

For selection into the program, the applicant must be:

• 16-18 years of age at the time of entry into the program.

• A high school dropout is defined as a youth who is no longer attending any school and who has not received a secondary school diploma or certificate from a program of equivalency for such diploma.

• A citizen or legal resident of the United States and resident of the District of Columbia.

• Unemployed.

• Not currently on parole or probation for other than juvenile status offenses, not awaiting sentencing, and not under indictment, charged, or convicted of a felony.

• Free from use of illegal drugs or substances.

• Physically and mentally capable to participate in the program with reasonable accommodation for physical and other disabilities.