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My Center for Independent Living - Transitional Services

Assists young people with disabilities develop skills they need to pursue additional education after high school, enter the workforce or achieve independent living.

What's Here

Transition Age Youth
Career Development
Children and Youth With Disabilities/Health Conditions
School to Adult Life Transition Services

La Comunidad Hispana - Educational Programs

GED classes help lower education adults study for their GED exams, with individual support as needed. GED classes are free to students. Citizenship classes prepare students for the citizenship exam and help them understand their rights and responsibilities as new U.S. citizens. The classes are held one hour a week. Student decides the hour. LCH's social assistance team provides individualized workforce development support to our clients seeking to gain new employment or find a better job. This assistance can be accessed by making an appointment to see any member of our social assistance team any hours LCH is open. This service is also free of charge.

What's Here

Adult Basic Education
Citizenship Education
Career Development
Literacy Programs

Educational Opportunity Centers - Educational Planning & Support

Academic Specialists provide free help with education goals. Services include career planning, assistance with financial aid applications, information on entering post-secondary schools, GED information, and academic and educational counseling. Talent Search complements the EOC program by helping to prepare adolescents for post secondary education.

What's Here

Academic Counseling
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Career Development

Disabled American Veterans - Veteran Services

Provides assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other government agencies.
  • Provides outreach concerning its program services to the American people generally and to disabled veterans and their families, specifically.
  • Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.
  • What's Here

    Outreach Programs
    Advocacy
    Military Transition Assistance Programs
    Career Development
    Active Military
    Veteran Membership Organizations
    Veteran Benefits Assistance
    Veterans
    Veteran Employment Programs
    Adults With Disabilities/Health Conditions
    Social Services for Military Personnel

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania - Education and Career Development

    Enables young people to become proficient in basic educational disciplines, apply leaning to everyday situations and embrace technology to optimize employability. POWER Hour, our homework and tutoring program, is another activity in this area. Immediately after school, youth are given time to study, read, or finish homework with the help of staff and volunteers. Computer lab is staffed by an area substitute teacher.

    What's Here

    Youth Enrichment Programs
    Youth Centers
    Tutoring Services
    Career Development
    Boys/Girls Clubs

    PA CareerLink - Career Development Erie County

    A one-stop job center that provides an array of employment and training services in a convenient, easily accessible location. Services include job counseling, testing and assessment; resume preparation assistance, interview training and other prejob guidance services; job matching and referral; unemployment insurance and job registration; labor market and career information; information on financial aid for education and training; and referral for job training, transportation, child care, personal and financial counseling, health care and other human services resources in the community.

    What's Here

    Prejob Guidance
    Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
    Career Development
    Job Finding Assistance

    PA CareerLink - Northeast Region - PA CareerLink

    Provides an array of employment and training services that include resume workshops, free career counseling, job search assistance, interview skills training; skills assessment and job fairs. Many services are available online.

    What's Here

    Job Finding Assistance
    Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
    Career Development

    Baker Industries - Workforce Development

    Provides a workforce development program for adults experiencing a variety of barriers to employment while providing cost effective outsourced labor solutions to customers, including packaging, assembly, kitting, shrink-wrapping, and mailing.

    What's Here

    Job Finding Assistance
    Job Training Formats
    Career Development
    Vocational Rehabilitation
    Outsourcing/Contracted Services
    Ex-Offender Reentry Programs

    Pennypack Farm & Education Center - Farm Intern Program

    A stipend is paid for on-the-job training in the actual work of operating an organic CSA farm. Internships are seasonal positions usually offered in the summer.

    What's Here

    Occupation Specific Job Training
    Job Training Formats
    Career Development

    YWCA Greater Harrisburg - Ticket to Work

    Assists and provides clients with the choices and opportunities to become employed, increase their earnings, and eventually leave and remain off benefits by becoming fully self-supportive. Services include explanation of Social Security's rules, work incentive counseling, career consulting/job leads, and case management.

    What's Here

    Career Development

    Bradford County Action - Community Based Classes

    Provide academic refresher classes to boost skills, employment assistance and job placement opportunities.

    What's Here

    Youth Employment Programs
    Prejob Guidance
    Career Development
    Job Finding Assistance
    Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
    High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
    High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
    Adult Basic Education
    Displaced Worker Employment Programs

    Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center - CCOIC - Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center - Preparing for Independence (PFI) - West Chester

    Preparing for Independence is a comprehensive employment and vocational counseling program open to those needing employment or to improve their lives through better job benefits or greater income. The program teaches employability skills and provides job search opportunities. The program is available in the West Chester office only. Call 610-692-2344 for more information.

    What's Here

    Career Development
    Prejob Guidance

    Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance - Business Education Partnerships

    Engages students and businesses in career awareness and workforce readiness, career services.

    What's Here

    Career Development

    Pennsylvania Women Work - New Choices Career Development

    Offers clients individualized attention and training to help each person achieve personally and professionally. The program involves working one-on-one and in small groups to help clients see how to transfer their past skills, prepare them for the job market, and assist them in making professional decisions.

    What's Here

    Career Development
    Job Retraining
    Job Finding Assistance

    Trehab Community Action Agency - Employment Advancement and Retention Network (EARN)

    Provide intensive case management, education, training, work activities, job placement and retention services, and supportive services to move rapidly from dependence to independence through employment.

    What's Here

    Welfare to Work Programs
    Job Retraining
    Career Development
    Technical/Trade Schools
    Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
    Job Finding Assistance
    Youth Employment Programs
    Displaced Worker Employment Programs
    Literacy Programs
    Prejob Guidance

    Hedwig House - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Education Program

    Provides medication-supported counseling and recovery programs to assist clients in meeting a specific personal goal.

    What's Here

    Peer Counseling
    Early Intervention for Mental Illness
    Life Skills Education
    Job Development
    Supported Employment
    Mental Health Related Support Groups
    Career Development
    Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
    Vocational Rehabilitation
    Psychiatric Rehabilitation

    North Penn Valley Boys and Girls Club - Project Learn

    Provides homework assistance academic enrichment to qualifying students in grades 1 through 5 each weekday in the North Penn, Souderton, and Wissahickon school districts.

    What's Here

    Tutoring Services
    Academic Counseling
    Career Development

    Keystone Community Education Council - Keystone Community Education Council

    Offers an education council funded largely by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to meet workforce development needs. Serves as a resource and clearinghouse for businesses and individuals seeking to access post-secondary education and training. Also provides GED testing and various certifications.

    What's Here

    Career Development
    Specialized Information and Referral
    Education Issues

    PA CareerLink - Northeast Region - PA CareerLink

    Provides an array of employment and training services that include resume workshops, free career counseling, job search assistance, interview skills training; skills assessment and job fairs. Many services are available online.

    What's Here

    Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
    Career Development
    Job Finding Assistance

    HopePHL - Housing Programs

    Provides housing services for youth and families, including: A) Emergency, transitional and permanent housing B) Employment and job training C) Parenting education D) Computer skills development E) Case management and counseling services

    What's Here

    Career Development
    Parenting Skills Classes
    Rapid Re-Housing Programs
    Case/Care Management

    Delaware County Community College - New Choices Career Development Program

    Provides a program that helps individuals in transition to participate in planning and achieving their career, educational, and personal goals by improving self-esteem and building self-confidence. Services include vocational assessment, career counseling, resume preparation and interview skills, skills identification, career development and planning, job readiness instruction, job search skills, exploration of education and training resources, and job placement assistance.

    What's Here

    Job Finding Assistance
    Job Training Resource Lists
    Career Development
    Student Career Counseling
    Vocational Assessment
    Prejob Guidance

    CareLink Community Support Services - Employment Training

    Provides individualized employment, education, and training services to promote self-worth, the development of natural supports, and community integration.

    What's Here

    Career Development
    Vocational Rehabilitation
    Adults With Disabilities/Health Conditions

    PA CareerLink - Northeast Region - PA CareerLink

    Provides an array of employment and training services that include resume workshops, free career counseling, job search assistance, interview skills training; skills assessment and job fairs. Many services are available online.

    What's Here

    Job Finding Assistance
    Career Development
    Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers

    PA CareerLink - Northeast Region - PA CareerLink

    Provides an array of employment and training services that include resume workshops, free career counseling, job search assistance, interview skills training; skills assessment and job fairs. Many services are available online.

    What's Here

    Career Development
    Job Finding Assistance
    Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers

    The Open Link - Employment Counseling

    Serves as a one-stop career center providing local job seekers with resources and personalized attention needed to find their next career opportunity. Services include vocational assessment, resume preparation, job finding assistance, hosting job fairs, and free use of space and equipment (computers, fax machine, telephone, etc.) for employment-related purposes.

    What's Here

    Prejob Guidance
    Career Development
    Job Finding Assistance