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JET: Youth Services

The Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training (JET) has services available for young people ages 12-24 who meet one or more of these criteria:
  • Needs help to enter or complete an educational program AND low-income
  • Potential dropout or no high school diploma or equivalency
  • Deficient in basic literacy skills
  • Involved with justice system
  • Homeless, a foster child, or aged-out of foster care
  • Pregnant or parenting
  • Receiving public assistance (example: food support)
  • Chemically dependent or child of someone chemically dependent
  • Has a disability or currently on an IEP/504 plan, or had a plan within past year
Professional Youth Career Counselors are available to assist with:
  • Scholarships for technical training programs up to 2 years
  • Placement in paid work experiences or internships
  • Help obtaining a high school diploma or GED
  •  Transplantation planning including:
    • job readiness and employment (resumes, interviewing, applications)
    • post-secondary education options
    • career exploration (assessments, job shadowing)
  • Supports and incentives that includes services like rental assistance, gas, cards, cash rewards for reaching employment or training goals and more!
Please contact your local JET Career Counselor for more information:

Itasca County - Hannah Madden: (218) 322-6082 | hannahmadden@nemojt.org

 

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