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Eligible Participants

There are five components of participant eligibility for grant scholarship funding. These include:

  • work status;
  • education level;
  • employment eligibility;
  • age verification; and
  • selective service registration verification (required if male and born on or after Jan. 1, 1960; click here to register for selective service  leaving site icon, or call 847-688-6888 for telephone verification.) 

In addition, there are program prerequisites that must be met by each applicant. To be approved for training and/or scholarship funding, an applicant must:

  • work with a Participant Employment Specialist;
  • complete the required SVEP grant registration application;
  • sign the release of information form; and
  • provide eligibility information in three categories:
    • eligibility to work in the US;
    • verification of age to be 18 years or older; and
    • verification of selective service registration.

To learn more about eligibility and how to get started, please see the Workers section.