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Provides FIP recipients with work experience that will enhance their work skills and increase their employment potential, while providing a service that will be of benefit to the community. Participants in Promise Jobs are assigned to work sites three days per week (or more), eight hours per day, for a maximum of six months. They will, to the maximum extent possible, learn and perform all assignments associated with a position. Participants do not receive wages for work performed, but instead receive a transportation allowance, child care assistance if necessary, and Workers' Compensation Coverage from Promise Jobs.

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Occupation Specific Job Training
Welfare to Work Programs
Vocational training including skills assessment, life skills training, job preparation and career planning.

Job experience in the areas of electronic recycling, refurbishing computers, warehousing, customer service, and auto mechanics.

Credit for community service, work experience, and workforce training for all Nebraska programs and agencies.

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Vocational Assessment
Occupation Specific Job Training

Provides access to employment and services for Iowa job seekers with disabilities. Navigators enhance service offered by agencies supporting the local disability workforce, by supporting job seekers with information and connection with service programs providing career enhancement.

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Job Retraining
Occupation Specific Job Training
Assistance for eligible persons interested in obtaining a CDL license or CNA certification including tuition, books, and testing. Some allowable courses are available and subject to approval based on length of the course and date the course completes.

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Occupation Specific Job Training
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
Assistance for eligible persons interested in obtaining a CDL license or CNA certification including tuition, books, and testing. Some allowable courses are available and subject to approval based on length of the course and date the course completes.

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Occupation Specific Job Training
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance

Employment services including job matching and referral, job search and job placement assistance, career guidance and assessment, employer services, labor market information, apprenticeships, veteran services, resume design, interview skills development, and a variety of other programs and services.

Computers with internet available.

Many services also apply to out-of-school individuals ages 14-24 with employment barriers, including:

-- Paid work experience, summer employment, and on-the-job training opportunities

-- Tuition assistance

-- On site tutoring

-- Support services to assist with application fees, enrollment fees, work attire, school or work supplies, etc.

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Prejob Guidance
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Job Training Resource Lists
Career Counseling
Job Search/Placement
Educational Testing
Apprenticeship Training
Occupation Specific Job Training
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Veteran Employment Programs
General Youth Employment Programs
Scholarships
On the Job Training
WIOA Programs

Provides FIP recipients with experience that will enhance their work skills and increase their employment potential, while providing a service that will benefit the community. They will, to the maximum extent possible, learn and perform all assignments associated with a position. Participants do not receive wages for work performed, but instead receive a transportation allowance, child care assistance if necessary, and Workers' Compensation Coverage from Promise Jobs.

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Welfare to Work Programs
Job Search/Placement
Occupation Specific Job Training

Provides access to employment and services for Iowa job seekers with disabilities. Navigators enhance service offered by agencies supporting the local disability workforce, by supporting job seekers with information and connection with service programs providing career enhancement.

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Job Retraining
Occupation Specific Job Training

Provides American Indian employment and training programs.

This program provides needs-based tuition assistance for approved short-term continuing education training programs for in-demand occupations. Since non-credit programs are not eligible for federal financial aid, this program is designed to bridge the funding gap for individuals that meet program and income guidelines to complete short-term training programs.

The following short-term, high-demand career training programs are approved for Gap Tuition Assistance:
  • Class A Commercial Driver's License Certificate
  • Certified Professional Medical Coder
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • CNC Machining
  • Construction Equipment Operator
  • Industrial Maintenance
  • Introduction to Construction Trades
  • Patient Access and Front Desk
  • Pharmacy Technician
  • Production Welding
Tuition assistance for this program is based on financial need and the ability to complete a program and gain full-time employment. If participants receive food assistance, they may qualify to participate in free training. The program was developed to help individuals learn skills for in-demand jobs that pay a higher wage.

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Occupation Specific Job Training
Scholarships
Assistance for eligible persons interested in obtaining a CDL license or CNA certification including tuition, books, and testing. Some allowable courses are available and subject to approval based on length of the course and date the course completes.

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Occupation Specific Job Training
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
Provides FIP recipients with work experience that will enhance their work skills and increase their employment potential, while providing a service that will be of benefit to the community. Participants in Promise Jobs are assigned to work sites three days per week (or more), eight hours per day, for a maximum of six months. They will, to the maximum extent possible, learn and perform all assignments associated with a position. Participants do not receive wages for work performed, but instead receive a transportation allowance, child care assistance if necessary, and Workers' Compensation Coverage from Promise Jobs.

Categories

Job Search/Placement
Occupation Specific Job Training
Welfare to Work Programs
Provides FIP recipients with work experience that will enhance their work skills and increase their employment potential, while providing a service that will be of benefit to the community. Participants in Promise Jobs are assigned to work sites three days per week (or more), eight hours per day, for a maximum of six months. They will, to the maximum extent possible, learn and perform all assignments associated with a position. Participants do not receive wages for work performed, but instead receive a transportation allowance, child care assistance if necessary, and Workers' Compensation Coverage from Promise Jobs.

Categories

Job Search/Placement
Occupation Specific Job Training
Welfare to Work Programs

Provides FIP recipients with experience that will enhance their work skills and increase their employment potential, while providing a service that will benefit the community. They will, to the maximum extent possible, learn and perform all assignments associated with a position. Participants do not receive wages for work performed, but instead receive a transportation allowance, child care assistance if necessary, and Workers' Compensation Coverage from Promise Jobs.

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Welfare to Work Programs
Job Search/Placement
Occupation Specific Job Training

Offers two types of bus driver courses:

- 8-hour initial training is required for all new school bus drivers prior to getting a bus permit.

- 2-hour refresher workshop is required in the 12 month period prior to renew a school bus permit.

Provides students with disabilities the extra training and support needed to become independent and successful in community jobs.

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Occupation Specific Job Training
Career Counseling

Provides access to employment and services for Iowa job seekers with disabilities. Navigators enhance service offered by agencies supporting the local disability workforce, by supporting job seekers with information and connection with service programs providing career enhancement.

Employment services including job matching and referral, job search and job placement assistance, career guidance and assessment, employer services, labor market information, apprenticeships, veteran services, resume design, interview skills development, and a variety of other programs and services.

Computers with internet available.

Many services also apply to out-of-school individuals ages 14-24 with employment barriers, including:

-- Paid work experience, summer employment, and on-the-job training opportunities

-- Tuition assistance

-- On site tutoring

-- Support services to assist with application fees, enrollment fees, work attire, school or work supplies, etc.

Categories

Prejob Guidance
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Job Training Resource Lists
Career Counseling
Job Search/Placement
Educational Testing
Apprenticeship Training
Occupation Specific Job Training
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Veteran Employment Programs
General Youth Employment Programs
Scholarships
On the Job Training
WIOA Programs
Initial and refresher trainings required for school bus drivers are conducted regularly throughout the year through the ROE. New bus drivers need to take an 8-hour course. Bus drivers are required to take a 2-hour refresher course each year.
Provides FIP recipients with work experience that will enhance their work skills and increase their employment potential, while providing a service that will be of benefit to the community. Participants in Promise Jobs are assigned to work sites three days per week (or more), eight hours per day, for a maximum of six months. They will, to the maximum extent possible, learn and perform all assignments associated with a position. Participants do not receive wages for work performed, but instead receive a transportation allowance, child care assistance if necessary, and Workers' Compensation Coverage from Promise Jobs.

Categories

Job Search/Placement
Occupation Specific Job Training
Welfare to Work Programs
Provides FIP recipients with work experience that will enhance their work skills and increase their employment potential, while providing a service that will be of benefit to the community. Participants in Promise Jobs are assigned to work sites three days per week (or more), eight hours per day, for a maximum of six months. They will, to the maximum extent possible, learn and perform all assignments associated with a position. Participants do not receive wages for work performed, but instead receive a transportation allowance, child care assistance if necessary, and Workers' Compensation Coverage from Promise Jobs.

Categories

Job Search/Placement
Occupation Specific Job Training
Welfare to Work Programs

Employment services including job matching and referral, job search and job placement assistance, career guidance and assessment, employer services, labor market information, apprenticeships, veteran services, resume design, interview skills development, and a variety of other programs and services.

Computers with internet available.

Many services also apply to out-of-school individuals ages 14-24 with employment barriers, including:

-- Paid work experience, summer employment, and on-the-job training opportunities

-- Tuition assistance

-- On site tutoring

-- Support services to assist with application fees, enrollment fees, work attire, school or work supplies, etc.

Categories

Prejob Guidance
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Job Training Resource Lists
Career Counseling
Job Search/Placement
Educational Testing
Apprenticeship Training
Occupation Specific Job Training
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Veteran Employment Programs
General Youth Employment Programs
Scholarships
On the Job Training
WIOA Programs

Prepares women for employment by helping them transition from jobs to careers and preparing them to advocate for a living wage, benefits, and dignity in the workplace. Education and training courses are available in the following areas:

- Electrical technician.

- Plumbing.

- Welding.

- Truck driving.

- General carpentry.

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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Occupation Specific Job Training

Provides assistance for youth, ages 17 up to age 23, who are preparing to exit or have 'aged out' of foster care or other court ordered placement, meet the challenges of living independently and transition successfully to adulthood.Case Management provides coordination and linkage to available community resources.

Services include life skills training and experimental learning opportunities, assistance in obtaining and maintaining a safe and stable place to live, assistance in identifying and achieving personal education and employment goals, access to financial assistance to meet emergency or short-term needs, and assistance in obtaining medical care and mental health services.

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Life Skills Education
Supervised Living for Older Youth
Occupation Specific Job Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Case/Care Management

Provides FIP recipients with experience that will enhance their work skills and increase their employment potential, while providing a service that will benefit the community. They will, to the maximum extent possible, learn and perform all assignments associated with a position. Participants do not receive wages for work performed, but instead receive a transportation allowance, child care assistance if necessary, and Workers' Compensation Coverage from Promise Jobs.

Categories

Welfare to Work Programs
Job Search/Placement
Occupation Specific Job Training