Fall Youth Employment Program (FYEP) Eligibility Guide - 2009

To be eligible, you must be at least age 14 and no older than age 24, having turned 14 no later than September 1, 2009.

Depending on the size of your family, your income must fall within the provided income levels*:

For families with more than eight persons, add $7,480 for each additional person.

Examples of documentation proving income (if not included in exception list below):

• Pay stubs from working parents
• Proof of SSI or SSDI payments
• Unemployment wage statement

*Listed below are a few exceptions that automatically qualify youth for the income eligibility:

• If your family receives food stamps or welfare benefits (TAFDC)
• Youth receives free or reduced lunch
• Youth is a foster child.
• Youth lives in a homeless shelter
• Youth in DYS or DCF custody (not living in parental home)
• Verification of physical or mental disability (form in folder)

Any of the above must be verified with appropriate documents.

Priority will be given to a youth who demonstrates at least one of the following risk factors:

• Deficient in Basic Skills - testing by school or disability documentation (form in file to be filled out by your school)
• High School Dropout - form will be provided by The Career Place, for youth to fill out
• Homeless, Runaway, or Foster Child - DSS letter, documentation from shelter or person providing temporary shelter
• Having aged out of foster care, or being close to aging out of foster care - DCF letter
• Pregnant or Parenting - birth certificate for each child
• Offender - DYS letter, letter from probation officer, court papers
• Child of single working parent - form will be provided by The Career Place, for youth to fill out
• Lack of fluency in English, or being a foreign immigrant
• Poor Academic Performance - repeated grade or currently failing

Proof of risk factors must be documented.

All youths must provide copies of the following:

• Birth certificate or U.S. passport
• If not born in United States: Green Card (Resident Alien Card) or Work Authorization papers (unexpired)
• Social Security card
• Work permit: A completed work permit must be provided for Ages 14-17
• Males 18 years old must register for Selective Service

Additional forms, listed below, are also required and will be provided by The Career Place for you to fill out:

• Applicant statement to prove family size
• W4, for tax purposes
• I-9, for payroll purposes