Youth Employment Partnerships 

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Solutions helps low-income youth, aged 14-24, prepare for success in the classroom – and on the job. You can receive work-readiness and life skills that will help you achieve YOUR career goals

Website: https://workforcesouthplains.org/youth/wioa-youth-program-eligibility/

Contact: Baline Piña 

Phone: (806) 765-5038 ext. 2163 

Address: 2002 W Loop 289 #117, Lubbock, TX 79407

Find out how you qualify, available services, and the online application 

Application link: https://sql-web-srv.spworkforce.org/Forms/ApplicationRequest

Guardians Application if interested: 

Website: https://workforcesouthplains.org/wioa-adult-youth/

Application link: https://sql-web-srv.spworkforce.org/Forms/ApplicationRequest

Phone: (806) 799-4329

Address: 2707 34th St. (34th and Boston) Lubbock, TX 79410

• Clothes Closet | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm & 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm every Wednesday 

Appointments must be made Tuesday/ Thursday mornings 

Website: (https://lubbockimpact.com/clothes-closet/)

• Drive Thru Meals | Wednesday mornings

Website: https://lubbockimpact.com/soup-kitchen/

Social Services Outreach Program (SSOP)

Provides assistance for money to buy food and help people who need healthcare for their families through SNAP benefits, Medicaid, CHIP, and Women’s Health Initiative. 

Contact: Denise Rudd, Social Services Manager, (806) 763-3003 ext. 126 

Address: 2020 South Plains Food Bank, 5605 MLK Blvd. Lubbock, TX 79404

Website/ Referral form: https://www.spfb.org/social-services-2/

Your Texas Benefits- use this website to find a food stamp office (and other benefits) near you. 

https://www.yourtexasbenefits.com/Learn/Home