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    • The Program
    • Graduates
    • How can you help?
    • Community Partners

(707) 822-5019

YouthAbility Inc
  • Home
  • YouthAbility Thrift Shop
    • YouthAbility Thrift Shop
    • Donation Information
  • The Program
  • Graduates
  • How can you help?
  • Community Partners

YOUTHABILITY

Job Training for Life

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Life skills for Humboldt County youth experiencing barriers to employment.

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Our History

Our History

Our History

YouthAbility began offering its training program in 2006 when local foster parent and youth advocate Rose Baker recognized the barriers foster youth faced when attempting to enter the workforce. YouthAbility now offers its program to all youth 16-24 with barriers to employment

Our Team

Our History

Our History

Our  employees, trainers, and case managers are the heart of YouthAbility's job training and life skills program. We strive to create an atmosphere of structured support, inclusivity, and meaningful connection. Teamwork makes the dream work at YouthAbility.

Our training site

Our training site

Our training site

All of our training and programs operate out of our Thrift Shop/ Resource center in Arcata CA. This 5,000 sq. building houses a busy and well loved retail thrift shop where the trainees get paid to learn hands on retail skills. The back of the building is a resource center where trainees work on life skills and receive one on one support to reach their goals


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Our Mission

Our training site

Our training site

To offer a multifaceted program which promotes education, training, and self-empowerment for youth and young adults, especially those emancipating out of foster care and/or living on low or poverty level incomes 



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