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Employment & Training offered at WorkSource Area Office in Stevenson
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. A computer laboratory and resource room are available for job searching and career planning activities. Job seekers can access www.worksourceskc.org or www.go2worksource.com for listings of job announcements. Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Provides:
- Training programs that include Youth, Adult, Dislocated workers
- Job Corps (GED/High School program, vocational skills training, and social skills training for ages 16 -24)
- Job Search workshops for, resume, interviewing and applications
- WorkFirst (assists parents receiving TANF to gain or improve work place skills to enhance employability and to obtain unsubsidized employment)
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Computer labs
- Resource library
What's Here
Business Assistance Centers
Professional Skills Development Support
WIOA Programs
On the Job Training
Public Access Computers/Tools
Case/Care Management
Welfare to Work Programs
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance
Job Corps
Work Experience
Career Counseling
Veteran Employment Programs
Special Needs Job Development
Job Banks
Employment and Training Services offered by People For People's Employment Training at WorkSource Sunnyside
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for youth, adults, and seniors; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Provides a wide range of employment and training counseling and services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Programs:
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET): Training services provide resume writing, interview skills, assistance with starting a career, and job search assistance, BFET provides employment readiness opportunities to Basic Food (SNAP) recipients who are not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Dislocated Worker (WIOA): Services include career transition counseling, tuition assistance, paid business internships, and on the job training. Workers must be laid off due to no fault of their own and eligible for UI (company closure, downsize, skill no longer in demand, etc.). Special funding and programming is available for those who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
- Low-Income Adult Services: Provides employment and training services to low-income adults ages 18-72, with a priority to veterans, TANF recipients, those who do not have a HS diploma or GED, and those who are not financially self-sufficient. Services include career exploration, tuition assistance, paid on the job training and internships, emergency support and ongoing counseling through job retention.
- Youth Services: Offers paid job & career training, educational assistance, (GED, HS Diploma, Post-Secondary), certification & credential options, job search assistance, tuition assistance, paid work experience for youth 16-24 yrs of age, and are a WA State ID holder & resident. The goal is to help youth identify a career pathway and gain the skills they need to be successful in that pathway.
- WorkFirst: Provides parents the opportunity to gain job skills and experience through a variety of work readiness programs, such as the Community Jobs (CJ) and Career Jump.
- Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST): connects individuals most affected by the pandemic—– women, tribal members, people of color, people with disabilities, even lower-wage workers—to quality training and employment.
Programs offered at each location:
- Goldendale WorkSource: Basic Food Employment and Training, WorkFirst, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth Services, and QUEST.
- Kittitas WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
- Sunnyside WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Youth, DVR Pre employment Transition services-youth , Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) and WorkFirst.
- Union Gap WorkSource: Dislocated Worker and Low-Income Adult Program. WorkFirst is currently not available at this location.
- WorkSource Columbia Gorge: Basic Food Employment and Training, Dislocated Worker, Low-Income Adult Services, WorkFirst, and Youth Services.
- Stevenson Employment Training: Youth Services, WorkFirst Program, Low-Income Adult Program, Basic Food Employment and Training, and QUEST.
- Toppenish Employment Training: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Basic Food Employment and Training and WorkFirst.
- Yakima People for People: Basic Food Employment and Training, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers services for laid off workers, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
What's Here
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Welfare to Work Programs
WIOA Programs
Work Experience
Job Search/Placement
Job Retraining
Internship Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Prejob Guidance
Workfirst Employment Security Department offered at WorkSource
Assists parents on TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) in finding work.
Assists parents on TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) in finding work. Services include pre-employment competencies, life skills, comprehensive assessment, job referral, job retention services and other support services such as clothing for work search and gas for work search.
What's Here
Welfare to Work Programs
Job Search/Placement
Career Services Program offered at WorkSource Whatcom
Parents who have either exited WorkFirst, been approved by Diversion Cash Assistance or are receiving Basic Food Assistance could be eligible for transitional employment services and cash payments.
Parents who have either exited WorkFirst, been approved by Diversion Cash Assistance or are receiving Basic Food Assistance could be eligible for transitional employment services and cash payments.
What's Here
Welfare to Work Programs
Work First Program offered at Community Colleges of Spokane
If you are receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), you can qualify for WorkFirst funding. WorkFirst helps you pay for tuition and books and, as a WorkFirst participant, you also may qualify for child care and other WorkFirst benefits through DSHS.
For those who have been out of the work force for a while or simply need to refresh their skills, short-term job training is a good option for getting back to work quickly.
What's Here
Welfare to Work Programs
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
Employment and Training Services offered by People For People's Employment Training at WorkSource Kittitas
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for youth, adults, and seniors; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Provides a wide range of employment and training counseling and services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Programs:
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET): Training services provide resume writing, interview skills, assistance with starting a career, and job search assistance, BFET provides employment readiness opportunities to Basic Food (SNAP) recipients who are not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Dislocated Worker (WIOA): Services include career transition counseling, tuition assistance, paid business internships, and on the job training. Workers must be laid off due to no fault of their own and eligible for UI (company closure, downsize, skill no longer in demand, etc.). Special funding and programming is available for those who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
- Low-Income Adult Services: Provides employment and training services to low-income adults ages 18-72, with a priority to veterans, TANF recipients, those who do not have a HS diploma or GED, and those who are not financially self-sufficient. Services include career exploration, tuition assistance, paid on the job training and internships, emergency support and ongoing counseling through job retention.
- Youth Services: Offers paid job & career training, educational assistance, (GED, HS Diploma, Post-Secondary), certification & credential options, job search assistance, tuition assistance, paid work experience for youth 16-24 yrs of age, and are a WA State ID holder & resident. The goal is to help youth identify a career pathway and gain the skills they need to be successful in that pathway.
- WorkFirst: Provides parents the opportunity to gain job skills and experience through a variety of work readiness programs, such as the Community Jobs (CJ) and Career Jump.
- Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST): connects individuals most affected by the pandemic—– women, tribal members, people of color, people with disabilities, even lower-wage workers—to quality training and employment.
Programs offered at each location:
- Goldendale WorkSource: Basic Food Employment and Training, WorkFirst, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth Services, and QUEST.
- Kittitas WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
- Sunnyside WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Youth, DVR Pre employment Transition services-youth , Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) and WorkFirst.
- Union Gap WorkSource: Dislocated Worker and Low-Income Adult Program. WorkFirst is currently not available at this location.
- WorkSource Columbia Gorge: Basic Food Employment and Training, Dislocated Worker, Low-Income Adult Services, WorkFirst, and Youth Services.
- Stevenson Employment Training: Youth Services, WorkFirst Program, Low-Income Adult Program, Basic Food Employment and Training, and QUEST.
- Toppenish Employment Training: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Basic Food Employment and Training and WorkFirst.
- Yakima People for People: Basic Food Employment and Training, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers services for laid off workers, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
What's Here
Welfare to Work Programs
Prejob Guidance
Job Retraining
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Internship Programs
WIOA Programs
Work Experience
Job Search/Placement
Career Counseling
Employment & Training offered at WorkSource Area Office in Yakima
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. A computer laboratory and resource room are available for job searching and career planning activities. Job seekers can access www.worksourceskc.org or www.go2worksource.com for listings of job announcements. Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Provides:
- Training programs that include Youth, Adult, Dislocated workers
- Job Corps (GED/High School program, vocational skills training, and social skills training for ages 16 -24)
- Job Search workshops for, resume, interviewing and applications
- WorkFirst (assists parents receiving TANF to gain or improve work place skills to enhance employability and to obtain unsubsidized employment)
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Computer labs
- Resource library
What's Here
Case/Care Management
Public Access Computers/Tools
On the Job Training
Special Needs Job Development
Business Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Job Banks
Prejob Guidance
State Unemployment Insurance Applications
Career Counseling
Job Corps
Welfare to Work Programs
Veteran Employment Programs
Professional Skills Development Support
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Work Experience
WIOA Programs
WorkFirst offered by Service Alternatives, Inc. at WorkFirst Snohomish and Island Counties
Services to parents who are participating in the WorkFirst program through DSHS.
Services to assist current recipients of TANF/Parents in the WorkFirst program at DSHS including structured internship training opportunities, case management to resolve employment barriers, life skill classes, job readiness and job hunting assistance; support services such as assistance with work clothing, transportation, etc.
What's Here
Life Skills Education
Welfare to Work Programs
Training and Employment Assistance offered at WorkSource - Grays Harbor
Assists qualified unemployed people in obtaining suitable work. Provides applicant screening, interview prep, resume assistance, job skills training, and job search assistance.To file an unemployment claim please call: 800-318-6022.
Assisting qualified unemployed people in obtaining suitable work. They assist with screening applicants, screening of Job Corps applications, and services to veterans.
Employment Services:
Find job openings
Learn strategies for finding a job
Job search assistance
Get help preparing your résumé and getting ready for job interviews
Post your résumé online for employers to see
Share job-search strategies with other job seekers (job club)
Assess your skills and get career guidance
Get referred to a training program
Learn how much jobs pay and what jobs are in demand
On-Site Resources
Computers with Internet access
Telephones
Fax Machine
Copy Machine
Video Viewing Stations
Training Programs:
Programs for Adults
Programs for Youth
Programs for Laid-Off Workers
Dislocated Worker Programs
Apprenticeship Programs
Ex-Offender Programs
Washington Service Corps
WorkFirst
Programs for Persons with Disabilities
Programs for Older Adults
What's Here
Prejob Guidance
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Welfare to Work Programs
WIOA Programs
Public Access Computers/Tools
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Apprenticeship Training
Job Search/Placement
Employment and Training Services offered at People for People in Yakima
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for youth, adults, and seniors; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Provides a wide range of employment and training counseling and services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Programs:
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET): Training services provide resume writing, interview skills, assistance with starting a career, and job search assistance, BFET provides employment readiness opportunities to Basic Food (SNAP) recipients who are not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Dislocated Worker (WIOA): Services include career transition counseling, tuition assistance, paid business internships, and on the job training. Workers must be laid off due to no fault of their own and eligible for UI (company closure, downsize, skill no longer in demand, etc.). Special funding and programming is available for those who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
- Low-Income Adult Services: Provides employment and training services to low-income adults ages 18-72, with a priority to veterans, TANF recipients, those who do not have a HS diploma or GED, and those who are not financially self-sufficient. Services include career exploration, tuition assistance, paid on the job training and internships, emergency support and ongoing counseling through job retention.
- Youth Services: Offers paid job & career training, educational assistance, (GED, HS Diploma, Post-Secondary), certification & credential options, job search assistance, tuition assistance, paid work experience for youth 16-24 yrs of age, and are a WA State ID holder & resident. The goal is to help youth identify a career pathway and gain the skills they need to be successful in that pathway.
- WorkFirst: Provides parents the opportunity to gain job skills and experience through a variety of work readiness programs, such as the Community Jobs (CJ) and Career Jump.
- Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST): connects individuals most affected by the pandemic—– women, tribal members, people of color, people with disabilities, even lower-wage workers—to quality training and employment.
Programs offered at each location:
- Goldendale WorkSource: Basic Food Employment and Training, WorkFirst, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth Services, and QUEST.
- Kittitas WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
- Sunnyside WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Youth, DVR Pre employment Transition services-youth , Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) and WorkFirst.
- Union Gap WorkSource: Dislocated Worker and Low-Income Adult Program. WorkFirst is currently not available at this location.
- WorkSource Columbia Gorge: Basic Food Employment and Training, Dislocated Worker, Low-Income Adult Services, WorkFirst, and Youth Services.
- Stevenson Employment Training: Youth Services, WorkFirst Program, Low-Income Adult Program, Basic Food Employment and Training, and QUEST.
- Toppenish Employment Training: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Basic Food Employment and Training and WorkFirst.
- Yakima People for People: Basic Food Employment and Training, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers services for laid off workers, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
What's Here
Career Exploration
Job Search/Placement
On the Job Training
Workforce Development Boards
Youth Job Development
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Prejob Guidance
WIOA Programs
Work Experience
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Subject Tutoring
Career Counseling
Internship Programs
Job Retraining
Welfare to Work Programs
Career Awareness
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Employment Assistance and WIOA Training offered at WorkSource - Kitsap
Connects job seekers with jobs and provides employers with qualified workers. Provides job skills training, career development resources, job applicant screening, interview prep, resume assistance, and job search assistance.
Assist job seekers in obtaining employment and matching employers with qualified workers. Offer screening, recruiting, and job placement services, including those for veterans and youth. On site hiring events. A full range of workshops and training and career development services is available. Employment Services: Find job openings, learn strategies for finding a job, get job referrals and job search assistance, learn how to prepare your résumé and for job interviews, post your résumé online for employers to see, share job-search strategies with other job seekers (Networking group). Assess your skills and get career guidance, referrals to training programs, learn how much jobs pay and what jobs are in demand. On-Site Resources: Computers with Internet access and WiFi, telephones, fax and copy machines. Training Programs: Programs for adults, youth and laid off workers, dislocated workers, TANF Recipients (WorkFirst), and older workers.
What's Here
WIOA Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Welfare to Work Programs
Public Access Computers/Tools
Apprenticeship Training
Prejob Guidance
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Worker Retraining offered at Bellevue College
Offers career planning, skills training and job search assistance for unemployed adults.
Offers career planning, job skills training, and job search assistance as part of a statewide program retraining unemployed adults in different fields.
WorkSource Affiliate (Bellevue) is located at this site and offers retraining services.
Worker Retraining (Bellevue College and WorkFirst [DSHS
- Community Services Division
- Region 4]) programs are available and offer free tuition for occupational training.
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Job Retraining
Welfare to Work Programs
Workfirst Program offered at Edmonds College - Workfirst Program Site
TANF recipients and low-income parents can receive the skills they need to make a better life.
TANF recipients and low-income parents can receive the skills they need to make a better life. There is a variety of training and education programs, including customized job skills training, basic computer literacy, and other short-term training programs.
What's Here
Welfare to Work Programs
Employment & Training offered at WorkSource Area Office in Ellensburg
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. A computer laboratory and resource room are available for job searching and career planning activities. Job seekers can access www.worksourceskc.org or www.go2worksource.com for listings of job announcements. Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Provides:
- Training programs that include Youth, Adult, Dislocated workers
- Job Corps (GED/High School program, vocational skills training, and social skills training for ages 16 -24)
- Job Search workshops for, resume, interviewing and applications
- WorkFirst (assists parents receiving TANF to gain or improve work place skills to enhance employability and to obtain unsubsidized employment)
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Computer labs
- Resource library
What's Here
On the Job Training
WIOA Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Business Assistance Centers
Special Needs Job Development
Job Banks
Veteran Employment Programs
Professional Skills Development Support
Prejob Guidance
Job Corps
Job Search/Placement
Work Experience
Welfare to Work Programs
Career Counseling
Public Access Computers/Tools
Employment & Training offered at WorkSource Area Office in Sunnyside
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
Offers individual job search assistance and job preparedness workshops for youth, adults, dislocated worker, migrant seasonal farmworkers, and veterans. A computer laboratory and resource room are available for job searching and career planning activities. Job seekers can access www.worksourceskc.org or www.go2worksource.com for listings of job announcements. Helps people find employment who have lost their jobs through company downsizing or plant closures.
Provides:
- Training programs that include Youth, Adult, Dislocated workers
- Job Corps (GED/High School program, vocational skills training, and social skills training for ages 16 -24)
- Job Search workshops for, resume, interviewing and applications
- WorkFirst (assists parents receiving TANF to gain or improve work place skills to enhance employability and to obtain unsubsidized employment)
- Case management
- Job readiness training
- Career counseling
- Vocational assessment
- Individualized job search assistance
- Job fairs
- Employer connections
- Career development workshops
- Follow-up services
- Computer labs
- Resource library
What's Here
Prejob Guidance
Case/Care Management
Work Experience
Public Access Computers/Tools
WIOA Programs
Job Search/Placement
Career Counseling
Special Needs Job Development
Professional Skills Development Support
On the Job Training
Job Corps
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Welfare to Work Programs
Business Assistance Centers
Veteran Employment Programs
Job Banks
Employment and Training Services offered by People for People's Employment Training in Toppenish
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for youth, adults, and seniors; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Provides a wide range of employment and training counseling and services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Programs:
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET): Training services provide resume writing, interview skills, assistance with starting a career, and job search assistance, BFET provides employment readiness opportunities to Basic Food (SNAP) recipients who are not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Dislocated Worker (WIOA): Services include career transition counseling, tuition assistance, paid business internships, and on the job training. Workers must be laid off due to no fault of their own and eligible for UI (company closure, downsize, skill no longer in demand, etc.). Special funding and programming is available for those who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
- Low-Income Adult Services: Provides employment and training services to low-income adults ages 18-72, with a priority to veterans, TANF recipients, those who do not have a HS diploma or GED, and those who are not financially self-sufficient. Services include career exploration, tuition assistance, paid on the job training and internships, emergency support and ongoing counseling through job retention.
- Youth Services: Offers paid job & career training, educational assistance, (GED, HS Diploma, Post-Secondary), certification & credential options, job search assistance, tuition assistance, paid work experience for youth 16-24 yrs of age, and are a WA State ID holder & resident. The goal is to help youth identify a career pathway and gain the skills they need to be successful in that pathway.
- WorkFirst: Provides parents the opportunity to gain job skills and experience through a variety of work readiness programs, such as the Community Jobs (CJ) and Career Jump.
- Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST): connects individuals most affected by the pandemic—– women, tribal members, people of color, people with disabilities, even lower-wage workers—to quality training and employment.
Programs offered at each location:
- Goldendale WorkSource: Basic Food Employment and Training, WorkFirst, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth Services, and QUEST.
- Kittitas WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
- Sunnyside WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Youth, DVR Pre employment Transition services-youth , Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) and WorkFirst.
- Union Gap WorkSource: Dislocated Worker and Low-Income Adult Program. WorkFirst is currently not available at this location.
- WorkSource Columbia Gorge: Basic Food Employment and Training, Dislocated Worker, Low-Income Adult Services, WorkFirst, and Youth Services.
- Stevenson Employment Training: Youth Services, WorkFirst Program, Low-Income Adult Program, Basic Food Employment and Training, and QUEST.
- Toppenish Employment Training: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Basic Food Employment and Training and WorkFirst.
- Yakima People for People: Basic Food Employment and Training, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers services for laid off workers, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
What's Here
Welfare to Work Programs
On the Job Training
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Job Search/Placement
WIOA Programs
Work Experience
Internship Programs
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Job Retraining
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Career Services Program offered at WorkSource Skagit
Parents who have either exited WorkFirst, been approved by Diversion Cash Assistance or are receiving Basic Food Assistance could be eligible for transitional employment services and cash payments.
Parents who have either exited WorkFirst, been approved by Diversion Cash Assistance or are receiving Basic Food Assistance could be eligible for transitional employment services and cash payments. Parents must be working at least 30 hours per week to apply.
What's Here
Welfare to Work Programs
New Leaf Career Support offered at Transitions
Offers training in food service skills free of charge. The New Leaf helps individuals develop marketable skills, build a solid resume of work experience, and find employment. Vocational specialists provide individualized support to create a resume, practice interview skills, find a job, and enter a professional work environment.
Offers training in food service skills free of charge. The New Leaf helps individuals develop marketable skills, build a solid resume of work experience, and find employment. Vocational specialists provide individualized support to create a resume, practice interview skills, find a job, and enter a professional work environment.
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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Welfare to Work Programs
Homeless Employment Programs
Career Services Program offered at WorkSource Island
Parents who have either exited WorkFirst, been approved by Diversion Cash Assistance or are receiving Basic Food Assistance could be eligible for transitional employment services and cash payments.
Parents who have either exited WorkFirst, been approved by Diversion Cash Assistance or are receiving Basic Food Assistance could be eligible for transitional employment services and cash payments.
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Welfare to Work Programs
Employment Pipeline offered at CRS Partner DSHS Community Services Office
Helps DSHS clients maximize and leverage DSHS benefits, the local workforce development system, and other local services and supports participants may need to get and keep a job. After a participant becomes employed, Navigators provide job retention services for one year
Voluntary program helps DSHS clients find and keep gainful employment.
Navigators helps clients access education, employment and training services that are provided by workforce development partners.
Navigators also stay in touch with participants for one year after becoming employed, assisting with any needs that may arise.
What's Here
Prejob Guidance
Welfare to Work Programs
Job Search/Placement
Employment and Training Assistance offered at WorkSource - Mason
Assists qualified unemployed people in obtaining suitable work. Provides applicant screening, interview prep, resume assistance, job skills training, and job search assistance. To file an unemployment claim call claims.
Assisting qualified unemployed people in obtaining suitable work. They assist with screening applicants and services to veterans. If you would like to file an unemployment claim please call.
Employment Services:
Find job openings
Learn strategies for finding a job
Get job referrals and job search assistance
Get help preparing your résumé and getting ready for job interviews
Post your résumé online for employers to see
Share job-search strategies with other job seekers (job club)
Assess your skills and get career guidance Get referred to a training program
Learn how much jobs pay and what jobs are in demand
What's Here
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance
Welfare to Work Programs
Public Access Computers/Tools
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Apprenticeship Training
WIOA Programs
Community Jobs Program offered at Goodwill Industries of the Columbia, Inc
Provides an opportunity for parents receiving TANF to gain work experience and improve job skills while getting paid. Participants must be referred by the DSHS.
Provides an opportunity for parents receiving TANF to gain work experience and improve job skills while getting paid. Participants must be referred by the DSHS.
What's Here
Work Experience
Job Search/Placement
Prejob Guidance
Professional Skills Development Support
Work Related Fee Payment Assistance
Welfare to Work Programs
Employment and Training Services offered by People For People's Employment Training at WorkSource Columbia Gorge
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for youth, adults, and seniors; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Provides a wide range of employment and training counseling and services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Programs:
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET): Training services provide resume writing, interview skills, assistance with starting a career, and job search assistance, BFET provides employment readiness opportunities to Basic Food (SNAP) recipients who are not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Dislocated Worker (WIOA): Services include career transition counseling, tuition assistance, paid business internships, and on the job training. Workers must be laid off due to no fault of their own and eligible for UI (company closure, downsize, skill no longer in demand, etc.). Special funding and programming is available for those who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
- Low-Income Adult Services: Provides employment and training services to low-income adults ages 18-72, with a priority to veterans, TANF recipients, those who do not have a HS diploma or GED, and those who are not financially self-sufficient. Services include career exploration, tuition assistance, paid on the job training and internships, emergency support and ongoing counseling through job retention.
- Youth Services: Offers paid job & career training, educational assistance, (GED, HS Diploma, Post-Secondary), certification & credential options, job search assistance, tuition assistance, paid work experience for youth 16-24 yrs of age, and are a WA State ID holder & resident. The goal is to help youth identify a career pathway and gain the skills they need to be successful in that pathway.
- WorkFirst: Provides parents the opportunity to gain job skills and experience through a variety of work readiness programs, such as the Community Jobs (CJ) and Career Jump.
- Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST): connects individuals most affected by the pandemic—– women, tribal members, people of color, people with disabilities, even lower-wage workers—to quality training and employment.
Programs offered at each location:
- Goldendale WorkSource: Basic Food Employment and Training, WorkFirst, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth Services, and QUEST.
- Kittitas WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
- Sunnyside WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Youth, DVR Pre employment Transition services-youth , Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) and WorkFirst.
- Union Gap WorkSource: Dislocated Worker and Low-Income Adult Program. WorkFirst is currently not available at this location.
- WorkSource Columbia Gorge: Basic Food Employment and Training, Dislocated Worker, Low-Income Adult Services, WorkFirst, and Youth Services.
- Stevenson Employment Training: Youth Services, WorkFirst Program, Low-Income Adult Program, Basic Food Employment and Training, and QUEST.
- Toppenish Employment Training: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Basic Food Employment and Training and WorkFirst.
- Yakima People for People: Basic Food Employment and Training, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers services for laid off workers, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
What's Here
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Career Counseling
Work Experience
Job Retraining
Welfare to Work Programs
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Financial Assistance offered at DSHS Community Services Office in Vancouver
Provides financial assistance programs to low-income families, immigrants and refugees, pregnant women, and people who are aged, blind, or disabled. Programs include TANF/WorkFirst, AREN, Diversion Cash Assistance, Refugee Cash Assistance, and ABD.
Provides financial assistance to Washington residents in need who meet eligibility requirements.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF/WorkFirst):
- Provides monthly cash grants and medical assistance to eligible low-income families with minor children in the home.
- Applicants attend a WorkFirst orientation and eligibility interview.
- Pregnant and parenting minors may be eligible for TANF benefits if they meet additional eligibility requirements, as determined by a DSHS social worker.
- Adults may also be eligible for WorkFirst support, which will pay for items clients must have in order to look for work, prepare for work or accept a better job.
- Assistance may include transportation, car repairs, interview and work clothes, licenses and tools and equipment.
- Assistance will be provided via vouchers or pre-paid merchant cards.
Aged Blind and Disabled (ABD):
- Provides financial assistance for people with a long-term or permanent disability, or who are blind, or who are age 65 or older and meet income and resource requirements.
Emergency Assistance:
- TANF, Workfirst, SFA and RCA clients may apply for supplemental financial assistance when faced with an emergency caused by circumstances out of their control.
- Funding may be approved for rent (EVICTION NOTICES); electric, gas, heating fuel, water/sewer or telephone utility shut-off notices; or deposit move-in costs for homeless individuals and families.
- Includes Additional Requirements for Emergent Needs (AREN). AREN payments may be made up to a maximum of $750 in a 12-month period.
- Also includes WorkFirst support services, which helps with rent, mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, moving costs, all housing-related fees, hookup fees, refundable and non-refundable deposits, and temporary housing for households participating in WorkFirst. Up to $5,000 is available in a 12-month period.
Pregnant Women's Assistance:
- Provides financial assistance for pregnant women who are not eligible for TANF but meet TANF income and resource requirements.
Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA):
- Provides a cash grant program designed to prevent households with children from having to enroll in public assistance, by assisting with living expenses for needs such as:
- Housing
- Transportation
- Child care
- Food and employment-related expenses.
Clients may be referred to DSHS non-cash programs such as food stamps.
Staff may also refer to other social service programs including domestic violence services, clothing banks, food pantries, etc.
Housing and Essential Needs (HEN):
- Provides housing and essential needs vouchers for adults who have a shorter-term disability and meet income and resource requirements.
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA):
- Cash assistance is available to refugees with no minor children for the first eight months after their arrival.
- Refugees with minor children are likely eligible for TANF.
State Family Assistance:
- Cash assistance program established for legal immigrants with dependent children who are ineligible for TANF because of immigrant status.
What's Here
Case/Care Management
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
State Disability Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Water Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
TANF Appeals/Complaints
Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance
State Disability Insurance Applications
Rental Deposit Assistance
Sewer Service Payment Assistance
Welfare to Work Programs
Gas Service Payment Assistance
TANF Applications
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Employment and Training Services offered by People For People's Employment Training at WorkSource Goldendale
Provides a wide range of employment and training services for youth, adults, and seniors; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Provides a wide range of employment and training counseling and services for youth, adults, and dislocated workers; including training, education, and support they may need to pursue their career and succeed in the workforce.
Programs:
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET): Training services provide resume writing, interview skills, assistance with starting a career, and job search assistance, BFET provides employment readiness opportunities to Basic Food (SNAP) recipients who are not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
- Dislocated Worker (WIOA): Services include career transition counseling, tuition assistance, paid business internships, and on the job training. Workers must be laid off due to no fault of their own and eligible for UI (company closure, downsize, skill no longer in demand, etc.). Special funding and programming is available for those who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
- Low-Income Adult Services: Provides employment and training services to low-income adults ages 18-72, with a priority to veterans, TANF recipients, those who do not have a HS diploma or GED, and those who are not financially self-sufficient. Services include career exploration, tuition assistance, paid on the job training and internships, emergency support and ongoing counseling through job retention.
- Youth Services: Offers paid job & career training, educational assistance, (GED, HS Diploma, Post-Secondary), certification & credential options, job search assistance, tuition assistance, paid work experience for youth 16-24 yrs of age, and are a WA State ID holder & resident. The goal is to help youth identify a career pathway and gain the skills they need to be successful in that pathway.
- WorkFirst: Provides parents the opportunity to gain job skills and experience through a variety of work readiness programs, such as the Community Jobs (CJ) and Career Jump.
- Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST): connects individuals most affected by the pandemic—– women, tribal members, people of color, people with disabilities, even lower-wage workers—to quality training and employment.
Programs offered at each location:
- Goldendale WorkSource: Basic Food Employment and Training, WorkFirst, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth Services, and QUEST.
- Kittitas WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Worker Services, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
- Sunnyside WorkSource: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Youth, DVR Pre employment Transition services-youth , Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) and WorkFirst.
- Union Gap WorkSource: Dislocated Worker and Low-Income Adult Program. WorkFirst is currently not available at this location.
- WorkSource Columbia Gorge: Basic Food Employment and Training, Dislocated Worker, Low-Income Adult Services, WorkFirst, and Youth Services.
- Stevenson Employment Training: Youth Services, WorkFirst Program, Low-Income Adult Program, Basic Food Employment and Training, and QUEST.
- Toppenish Employment Training: Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers, Basic Food Employment and Training and WorkFirst.
- Yakima People for People: Basic Food Employment and Training, Low-Income Adult Services, Dislocated Workers services for laid off workers, Youth, DVR Pre Employment Transition Services, WorkFirst, and QUEST.
What's Here
Career Exploration
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Retraining
Career Counseling
Career Awareness
Prejob Guidance
Welfare to Work Programs
Displaced Worker Employment Programs