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Assists with job readiness by providing help with resume writing, job applications, and interview workshops. Partners with local businesses to help find job placements in the community.

Offers a workforce development program that provides services for career development, employment and job finding assistance, and basic adult education.

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

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

Employment service designed to meet the needs of community-minded employers and individuals with disabilities. Program matches qualified job applicants with employers who are looking for motivated, hard working employees. Job candidates have skills in many areas-production, clerical, professional, sales, medical, retail and other. Range of services - Skills assessment - Career counseling - Job skills - Resumé creation - Interview preparation - Employer contacts - Job development - On-the-job training

Services include: - Independent Living Services - Specialized Services - Vocational rehabilitation including counseling, guidance, pre-vocational training, job placement, and specialized blindness skills training - Orientation and mobility instruction (white cane usage) - Rehabilitation Teaching - Business Enterprise program that trains persons who are blind to work in food service - Transportation can be purchased by the agency for consumers when needed in conjunction with another service - Public education programs

Hosts free/accessible computer lab hours. Provides assistance with resume writing, online job searching, email set up, and completing applications, forms, and documents.

Work to persuade every employer to commit to hiring at least one new local, full-time, unemployed person within the next year, Serves as a public/private partnership which provides employment services to the Health Care, Energy, IT/Communications, Life Science, Manufacturing, and Agriculture industries. The purpose of the initiative is to develop new and innovative strategies to connect job seekers to hiring employers.

Designed to match essential job skills with employee knowledge and ability, the WIN and WorkKeys assessments work together to provide both job seekers and employers with valuable training and information. Clients work through practice tests prior to taking the standardized WorkKeys exam within a controlled environment. If scores demonstrate weakness in a particular subject area, remediation modules and instructor assistance are available.

Provides employment services to assist veterans in their search for work. Provides veterans with a full range of employment services, including referral services, job development, referral to training, and referral to government and community veteran service agencies. These representatives help veterans match their job skills to employer job openings and contact employers on behalf of the veteran for consideration in hiring.

Prescreens and check pre-requisites for class opportunities in nursing aide, trucking, and forklift.

Offers adults with disabilities various opportunities for pre-employment activities, community work assessments, benefits counseling, job placement, job coaching, and follow-up job support services.

Psychiatric rehabilitation services including transitional employment opportunities, educational supports, social opportunities, etc.

Offers intensive case management, academic remediation, job readiness preparation, job development and job placement assistance.

Provides vocational assessment, employment skills training, job readiness, job search services, and assistance with resume writing and interview skills. Also offers SNAP Earn and TANF Earn and Work Ready programs.

Provides guidance and assistance to individuals and families living in these area shelters: Interfaith Family Shelter, Shalom House, and the YWCA: - Obtaining an income and/or permanent or temporary housing - Child care, connection to the mental health and/or drug and alcohol recovery support systems, family unification, etc.

Provides job readiness, skills training, career development, adult basic education, and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. Also offers Allied health training that includes CNA training, Phlebotomy, and Medical Assistant.

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.

Helps homeless families obtain permanent housing while addressing the educational, vocational and social factors that contributed to their situation. Assists families in need and encourages self-sufficiency through a variety of programs and workshops over a 12 to 18 month period, covering health, driving, life skills, GED prep, and job readiness training.

Provides paid job training experience as well as job search assistance.

Provides comprehensive job training and placement assistance for economically challenged individuals, including those with mental health diagnoses, intellectual disabilities, individuals dealing with substance abuse or in early recovery, and those at risk of homelessness.

Provides employment services to assist veterans in their search for work. Specially trained veteran employment representatives located in PA CareerLink offices provide veterans with a full range of employment services, including referral services, job development, referral to training, and referral to government and community veteran service agencies. These representatives help veterans match their job skills to employer job openings and contact employers on behalf of the veteran for consideration in hiring.

Provides job training and employment skills designed to help solve the problems of unemployment and/or underemployment and to assist welfare recipients in securing employment. Conducts an orientation that includes determining the participant's career interests, an assessment of his or her skills, and offers resolutions and support services to help with obstacles that may be deterring the participant from obtaining and retaining employment. After orientation, the participant may receive skills enhancement to assist with: GED preparation, obtain training in job readiness sessions, and possibly obtain a higher level of training that is geared for a specific job position.

Provides emergency financial assistance to those in need of household assistance, utility assistance or heating assistance. Provides assistance with State SNAP, LIHEAP, and Medical Assistance applications. Also offers career guidance and computer access to job search.

The Work Ordered Day Program consists of six work units: Clerical, Food Service, Education, Administrative, and Transitional Employment. New members may choose to experience each unit during an orientation period in order to determine which area is of greatest interest to them. The Clerical Unit’s duties involve receptionist work, scheduling of appointments, outreach, and member intakes and orientation. Computers are available for training in word processing, database development, preparation of monthly newsletters, and research. Additional responsibilities include Database Management, Network Management, Internet Services, Web site Administration and Computer User Technical Support. Finally, this unit is also responsible for the ordering of supplies, photocopying and filing. The vanAmerigen Food Service Unit’s responsibilities include meal preparation, grocery shopping, menu planning, outreach, cashiering, bank deposits, financial procedures, and operation of food service equipment and maintenanc