Workforce Development

Our Workforce Development programs provide the means and opportunity for adults, youth, and dislocated workers to learn new skills and to prepare for jobs.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT PROGRAMS

Adult & Dislocated Worker programs funded by the Dept. of Labor through WIA, to provide eligible individuals with career counseling, pre-vocational preparation, basic skills improvement, on-the-job training, occupational skills training and job search assistance to become gainfully employed.  Serves Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming counties.

  •      Adult Program
  •      Dislocated Worker Program
  •      Youth Program - WIA provides eligible youth seeking assistance in achieving academic and employment success through comprehensive activities that encourage school completion, improve educational attainment, and promote effective linkages to employers

WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAMS

Funded by the Department of Public Welfare.

  •      Single Point of Contact (SPOC) - Developed in 1987 to address the needs of welfare clients with barriers to employment, SPOC is designed to provide intensive case management, comprehensive education, training, work activities, job placement and retention services, and supportive services to welfare recipients to enable them to move rapidly from welfare to work.
  •      Up Front Program - Provides job readiness preparation, job placement and job retention services for welfare clients.  This program serves TANF clients who are required to conduct a job search during the first months of receipt of welfare.
  •      Job Retention, Advancement & Rapid Reemployment - Employment and training program designed for under-employed recipients of public assistance and lower-income individuals, to help them secure full-time employment, increase wages, and retain employment for at least six (6) months.
  •      Supported Work Program- Intensive job search program to help welfare recipients find work at least 20 hours each week paying at least minimum wage.  Priority is given to clients with the equivalent of a 9th grade education or less.