Eligibility

GABTA YouthBuild aims to uplift opportunity youth, and as such, has some specifications about the participants that are eligible to join our program.

Eligibility Requirements

  1. The participant is between the ages of 16 and 24 on the date of enrollment

and

  1. Is a member of a low-income family. This includes:

    • Youth experiencing housing instability), and/or

    • Youth in foster care (including youth aging out of foster care), and/or

    • Youth involved in the justice system and/or

    • Youth who is an individual with a disability, and/or

    • A child of an incarcerated parent, and/or

    • A migrant youth

and

3. Left high school prior to graduation, or an individual who left high school prior to graduation and has subsequently reenrolled

and

4. Reside in one of the following zip codes:

    • 30236

    • 30253

    • 30281

    • 30297

    • 30310

    • 30311

    • 30313

    • 30314

    • 30315

    • 30318

    • 30331

    • 30344

    • 30354

Exceptions

In some cases, we are able to provide training to applicants who do not meet one or more of the above requirements. If you are interested in our program, we encourage you to still apply, as we evaluate each application on a case-by-case basis.