Individuals first must meet basic eligibility requirements for WIOA-funded services. To be eligible to participate in Title I services, adults, dislocated workers, and youth must: 

• be at least 18 years old (adults); or
• be between 14 and 24 years old (youth); and
• be authorized to work in the U.S.; and
• be registered in Selective Service, (males 18 and older born after 1960).

Low Income Adult

is an individual who:

• Receives, or is a member of a family that receives cash payments under a federal, state, or from a local workforce area income-based public assistance program; 
  
• Receives food stamp benefits, or is a member of a family that receives food stamp benefits, or was eligible to receive food stamp benefits within the last 26 weeks; 
  
• Receives an income, or is a member of a family receiving an income that, in relation to family size, is not in excess of the current combined 70 percent Lower Living Standard Income Level and poverty income guidelines; 
• Is a homeless individual; 
• Is an individual with a disability whose own income meets the requirements, even if the individual’s family income does not meet the requirements.

Dislocated Worker

is an individual who:  

• Has been laid off, or terminated, or has received notice of layoff or termination due to a plant closure or mass layoff,
• Is unemployed through no fault of their own, are eligible for or has exhausted unemployment compensation and are unlikely to return to their previous occupation or industry,
• Was self-employed (including farmers and ranchers) and is unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community, or
• Is a displaced homemaker or who has been dependent on another family member's salary but are now without.

Youth

is an individual who has one or more of the following barriers to employment:

• Deficient in basic literacy skills
• High School Dropout
• Homeless
• Runaway
• Foster Child
• Pregnant
  
• Teen Parent
• Offender
• Individual who requires additional assistance to complete an educational program, or to secure, and hold employment