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Overview

Durham YES, Youth Employed & Succeeding, is a comprehensive youth services program under the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) legislation of 1998. The goal of Durham YES is to better prepare young adults, ages 16-24, for education and employment.

Benefits

The services of Durham YES are designed with you in mind: your needs; your goals; your educational and career ambitions. Our counselors work with you individually and in group settings to better understand your current academic and occupational skill levels and, how together, we can help you realize your dreams.

The following benefits are offered to eligible participants:

• Tutoring, study skills training, and instruction leading to completion of secondary school
• Alternative secondary school
• Career awareness
• Summer employment opportunities
• Paid and unpaid work experiences, including internships and job shadowing
• Occupational skill training
• Leadership development
• Supportive services
• Adult mentoring
• Follow-up services
• Comprehensive guidance and counseling

Youth Service Providers

The Durham Workforce Development Board contracts with community organizations to provide youth services. Below is a list of youth service providers to contact to learn more about our services and how we may assist you.

Community Partners Inc.

South Bank Building
400 W. Main St.
Suite 604
Durham, NC 27701

Eligibility Requirements

Please review the following criteria to determine your program eligibility:

• age 16-24
• low-income
• Possess at least one of the specified characteristics as follows:
  
  • Deficient in basic literacy skills
  • High School dropout
  • Homeless
  • Runaway or foster child
  • Pregnant or parenting
  • Offender

How to Contact Us

If you are age 16-21 and would like to have a representative call you and discuss how the Durham YES program may assist you, please complete the following.

 

Name:

County of Residence:

Phone Number:

Current or Latest Grade Completed:

Email Address:

How did you hear about the Durham YES Program?

Friend/Relative
Employer
Visit to JobLink Center
Workforce Board Web Site

 

Youth Council

Oversight of services is provided by the Durham Workforce Development Board’s Youth Council. The Council is comprised of a cross-section of representatives from both the public and private sector who have knowledge, experience, and expertise with the youth population and youth services in the region. Through the Youth Council, the DWDB serves as the vehicle to develop comprehensive and integrated strategies to help in-school and out-of-school youth prepare for successful entry into the workforce.