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CAREER TRACK

A pathway to a brighter future that starts with you.

About the Career Track

If you’re a single woman who is unemployed or underemployed due to recent or potential divorce, separation or death of a spouse, the Career Track can help you focus on building your career and equipping you to create a foundation for permanent self-sustainability.

While working on your career, you’ll receive:
  • A fully furnished rent-free residence with ample parking and 24/7 security at our gated community in Grapevine, Texas (living on our campus is required while in our Program)
  • Access to campus amenities including a large playground, sport court, stocked fishing pond, outdoor grilling and picnic area
  • Resources such as childcare, legal assistance, basic medical care, counseling and more based on need
  • A team of experts who strategize and encourage you as you work towards your long-term goals and prepare for your career
Career Support for Single Women

Develop Your Career

While in our program, work full-time, preferably in your chosen career field, to establish a long-term career-based income.

Achieve Your Goals

Address barriers and set goals through your Personal Empowerment Plan with the support of trusted experts.

Build Your Skills

Participate in all Gatehouse Program requirements, including weekly coaching sessions, skills classes and groups and following Community Safety Rules.

Engage Your Kids

Ensure your children are fully engaged in the Family Life Program, including attending weekly counseling sessions, if applicable and for eligible children.
Preschool-aged children attend full-time childcare at our early learning childcare academy and school-age children attend Grapevine ISD schools.

How to Qualify

To be considered, you must meet ALL of these minimum requirements:

 

  • Single woman 21 or older (single or in the process of becoming single)
  • US Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • Live in the DFW Metroplex (see FAQs for list of qualifying counties)
  • With or without dependent children (children must be at least 1 year old and can be up to a senior in high school; you must have legal custody with eligibility to live in Tarrant County and they must live with you at least part-time)
  • Have a least a high school diploma or GED
  • Ready, willing and able to work full-time (with an uninterrupted ability to work, for example, not actively on disability or workman’s compensation, retired or pregnant)
  • Ability to produce a family-sustaining wage (a monthly income of at least 3 times the cost of your future rent or house payment)
  • Not planning to pursue entrepreneurial goals during enrollment at The Gatehouse (including business startups)
  • Not currently in school or planning to enroll in school while at The Gatehouse
  • No active addictions and sustained sobriety for at least 3 years (including no smoking, vaping or tobacco use)
  • Have a working and reliable vehicle
  • Have a valid driver’s license

 

Meeting these requirements does not guarantee admissions but if you don’t meet them all, you will not be considered for admissions.

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How to Qualify

To be considered, you must meet ALL of these minimum requirements:
  • Single woman 21 or older (single or in the process of becoming single)
  • US Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • Live in the DFW Metroplex (see FAQs for list of qualifying counties)
  • Have at least a high school diploma or GED
  • With or without dependent children (up to 2 children between the ages of at least 1 year old and up to a senior in high school; you must have legal custody with eligibility to live in Tarrant County and they must live with you at least part-time. The Gatehouse does not currently accept pregnant women.)
  • No active addictions and sustained sobriety for at least 3 years (including no smoking, vaping or tobacco use)
  • Own a working and reliable vehicle
  • Have a valid driver’s license
  • Ready, willing and able to work full-time (with an uninterrupted ability to work, for example, not actively on disability or workman’s compensation, retired or pregnant)
  • Ability to produce a family-sustaining wage (a monthly income of at least 3 times the cost of your future rent or house payment)
  • Not planning to pursue entrepreneurial goals during enrollment at The Gatehouse (including business startups)
  • Not currently in school or planning to enroll in school while at The Gatehouse
 
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee admission, but if you don’t meet them all, you will not be considered for admission.
 
Currently accepting applications for January 2025.

Career Track FAQ

Have questions about our Career Track? Get answers to some of the questions most frequently asked.

If you currently live in one of the following counties, you can be considered for admissions into our Program:

Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant or Wise counties.

No, we do not allow pets, Emotional Support Animals (ESA), or therapy animals. However, service animals as defined by Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines are permitted. Under the ADA service animal provisions, a service animal is defined as a dog that has been individually trained to do specific work or perform specific tasks for an individual with a disability. The animal must be trained to take a specific action when needed to assist the person with a disability and the task(s) performed by the dog must be directly related to the person’s disability. Animals that provide emotional support, therapy, comfort, or companion animals are not considered service animals under the ADA.

Because Grapevine has limited public transportation options, it is the responsibility of the Member to possess or obtain her own vehicle. 

Although apartments are equipped with wireless internet, it is the Member’s responsibility to brainstorm alternate methods of connection in the case that an internet outage occurs (i.e. hotspot, coworking space, etc). No outside furniture (desk, filing cabinet, etc) is permitted inside the Gatehouse’s furnished apartments.

Dependent children ages 1 year old to senior in high school are eligible to reside at The Gatehouse (see “Minimum Requirements” section for more details). If selected for this Track, upon entry into the Program, you must have legal custody of your children who will be residing with you and they must be eligible to live in Tarrant County.

All children are required to attend school and/or full-time daycare outside of the apartment. The Gatehouse is located within the GCISD (Grapevine-Colleyville) school district. For daycare and after-school care, childcare is provided through our early learning academy partner.