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The Breaking Barriers Through Technology Youth Training Program

“The more we increase the active participation and partnership with young people, the better we serve them. … And the more comprehensively we work with them as service partners, the more we increase our public value to the entire community.”
-Carmen Martinez, Director of the Oakland Public Library

The Elizabeth House Family Life Center’s Breaking Barriers Through Technology youth training program is designed to help clients who are facing barriers to education or employment by introducing them to practical, industry-specific disciplines and occuaptional tracks.


This no-cost program is designed to re-engage out out-of-school youth in New Castle County and assist them in obtaining a G.E.D., high school diploma, or occupational credential that prepares them for higher education or entry-level work.


The following is a list of guidelines for individual eligibility in this program:

  • Out of School
  • Between the ages of 16 and 21 (as of October 2011)
  • Delaware State Resident
  • Valid State Identification
  • Proof of Selective Service Registration (Males)
  • Proof of U.S. Citizenship / Permanent Residency
The Breaking Barriers Through Technology Program is funded by the State of Delaware Department of Labor Workforce Investment Board, and sponsored by Men’s Wearhouse National Suit Drive. The Elizabeth House Family Life Center, Inc. is a certified Department of Labor Youth Training Program provider of the State of Delaware.