Guidance

The NOVA Young Adult Program provides expanded services through the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

Services may include:

• Work experience
• Tutoring
• Career exploration
• Job shadowing
• College transition

You may be eligible for individual support services if you meet all of the following criteria:

• are not currently a high school or college student;
• are between the ages of 17 and 24;
• live in the cities of Cupertino, Los Altos, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, or Sunnyvale or anywhere in San Mateo County;

and meet one or more of the following criteria:

• High school dropout or at risk of dropping out;
• Pursuing GED or HiSET or receiving vocational training at an adult education center;
• Juvenile or adult offender;
• Pregnant or parenting;
• Disabled;
• Low-income, economically disadvantaged, and/or receiving TANF, SNAP, Cash Aid, or General Assistance; or
• Foster youth