YouthBuild Eligibility Rules

The legislation states that to be eligible to participate in a YouthBuild program the youth must be:

• Not less than age 16 and not more than age 24, on the date of enrollment AND

• Be one or more of the following:

• A member of a low-income family AND/OR

• A youth in foster care (including youth aging out of foster care) AND/OR

• A youth offender AND/OR

• A youth with a disability AND/OR

• The child of an incarcerated parent AND/OR

• A migrant youth

• AND a school dropout.  

EXCEPTION

A program may enroll up to 25% of the youth who do not meet the above requirements may participate provided that they are:

• Basic skills deficient, even if they have their high school diploma or GED OR

• Have been referred by a local secondary school to a YouthBuild program leading to the attainment of a secondary school diploma.