Enrollment Documents

Birth certificate

• Must carry a US Department of Health seal, or some seal if issued abroad. No cut-offs.
• All ID / document numbers legible.
• A foreign birth certificate is accepted for proof of age only.
• Replacements for most US states: VitalChek / NYC DOH.

Benefit card

• Issued by a city or state agency (not a private organization); shows the youth's name and DOB; no photo needed.

NYS driver / non-driver license

• Valid, not expired. NYS permit cards are accepted.

Permanent Resident Card (Green Card / Alien Registration Card)

• Valid, not expired; USCIS number and photo shown.

US passport

• Valid, not expired; photo shown; signed by the participant.

Social Security card — the only accepted document

• Must be signed by the participant.
• Replacement: ssa.gov/ssnumber/replace_your_card.html
• Never email a photo of the card — upload it in YEPS or bring the original to NYCID.

Most recent transcript — preferred for DOE youth

• Transcript must be dated June 1, 2026 or later — an older printout cannot be accepted.
• Accepted as long as the address on the transcript matches the address on the application.
• In YEPS choose the drop-down Official Mail from a Federal, State or City Agency. A transcript also satisfies Employment Authorization.

Home utility bill

• Cable, internet, phone, gas, electric, water — dated within the last 6 months of the enrollment day.

Current lease, mortgage, deed or rent bill

• A lease must show its expiration date and not be expired or terminated; the applicant's name if possible (look for the term — 1 yr, 2 yr…).

Official mail from a federal, state or city agency

• IRS, NYCHA, or a transcript from a secondary or higher-education institution of the City or State of New York.

Pay stubs

• Only if issued by a government agency (e.g. an NYPD employee) — the applicant's or a parent/guardian's.

SNAP letter

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program letters are accepted.

Insurance statement

• Health: a letter from NY State of Health or an individual provider. Car, dental and other insurance also accepted.

Bank or credit-card statement

• Whole statement preferred; the youth may cross out the dollar amounts.

Accepted

• Official picture ID — school, city, state or government issued
• IDNYC municipal ID
• Permanent Resident / Alien Registration Card
• Valid US passport

Guidelines

• The picture must be on the card.
• If dated, it must be valid on the enrollment date.
• No private-organization IDs (insurance, gym…) — a private school ID is fine.

Report card (dated within the last 6 months)

• Must show the school name, the participant's name, and a date within the last 6 months.

Official school transcript (dated within the last 6 months)

• Must be dated June 1, 2026 or later — an older printout cannot be accepted.
• School name, participant name, date within 6 months. If it says "unofficial" it is not accepted.

NYS driver / non-driver license

• Valid, not expired; permit cards accepted.

Also accepted

• Valid US passport
• Voter registration card (look-up)
• US military card / draft record

• Information filled out; stamped/signed by the school and the participant.
• Must be the green card showing the youth is 16 or 17. Blue 14–15 cards are not accepted for a 16–17 year old.
• The working-papers application is accepted, but must be followed up during the program.
• Not required at 18+.

• Registration must be complete by the start date (Oct 26, 2026 for WLG).
• Registration card or the online receipt from sss.gov.

• Official documentation certifying the disability from a physician, ACS, HRA, the school (IEP), a social-service agency or another authorized entity, on letterhead.

Participant Enrollment Survey (PES)

• Every question answered; every school attended entered.
• Type the full name where it says Signature; capital first and last initials where it asks for Initials.
• Finish the last part — the Participant Service Questionnaire (PSQ).

I-9

• Check ONE of the 4 boxes, sign at Employee Signature, enter the date.
• Box 3 or 4 → enter the USCIS number.
• Check that no Preparer or Translator was used.

W-4 — must be completed before enrollment

• Check one of the 3 boxes under Section C, sign at Employee Signature, date it.

IT-2104 — must be completed before enrollment

• Single or Married (top right).
• Yes — Resident of NYC. No — not a resident of Yonkers.
• Sign at Employee Signature, date it.

Universal Sharing Consent

• The youth reads the whole form and decides whether DYCD may: decide eligibility for services · send program information · refer to DYCD-funded programs · send research / focus-group / survey invitations · share the DYCD application with programs applied to and track results.
• Enter the full name; the youth signs if 18+, otherwise the parent/guardian signs; date it.