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NCWorks NextGen Programs provide the best possible opportunity to find a job and keep it for eligible youth between the ages of 16 - 24! Working with your local NextGen Program, staff members can help you learn to set and accomplish goals, understand how to be a responsible employee and start down a solid career path with a promising future.
Eligibility for services is determined by the local program for your area, but requirements include:
- Between the ages 16-24
- Need assistance with finding a career path and future
- Have at least one barrier to employment, including:
- Dropped out of High School
- Low Income
- Criminal Background
- Pregnant or Parenting
- Basic Skills Deficient
- Homeless
- Disability
- Foster Care
- English Language Learner
To find the NCWorks NextGen program for your area, find your county and find contact information on the appropriate website below:
Program | Website | Counties Served |
Cape Fear WDB | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | |
Capital Area WDB | Chatham, Orange, Lee, Johnston, Wake | |
Centralina WDB | https://www.centralinaworkforce.com/nextgen-service.php?NextGen-Services-1 | Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, Union |
Charlotte Works | Mecklenburg | |
Durham County WDB | Durham | |
Eastern Carolina WDB | https://www.ecwdb.org/resource-media.php?Locations-Youth-Service-Providers-58 | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Wayne |
Foothills WDB | Cleveland, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | |
Gaston County WDB | Gaston | |
GuilfordWorks | Guilford | |
High Country WDB | Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey | |
Kerr-Tar WDB | https://www.kerrtarcog.org/workforce-development/programs-services/youth-services | Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren |
Lumber River WDB | Bladen, Hoke, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland | |
Mid-Carolina WDB | Cumberland, Harnett, Montgomery, Moore, Sampson | |
Mountain Area WDB | Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Transylvania | |
Northeastern WDB | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington | |
Piedmont Triad Regional WDB | https://www.ptrc.org/services/workforce-development/nextgen-youth-services | Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham, Surry, Stokes, Yadkin |
Rivers East WDB | Beaufort, Bertie, Hertford, Martin, Pitt | |
Southwestern WDB | Clay, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Jackson, Swain, Cherokee | |
Turning Point WDB | Edgecombe, Nash, Halifax, Northampton, Wilson | |
Western Piedmont WDB | Burke, Caldwell, Alexander, Catawba |