Workforce Solutions East Texas has a variety of programs and services available to assist job seekers.
Staff Assisted Services
Customized placement services which involve significant one-on-one assistance with trained Career Specialists. Staff assisted services may include:
- Program eligibility determination.
- Assisted job search/job readiness activities including:
- Comprehensive assessment of skills, aptitudes, abilities, and support service needs
- Job search and job placement assistance including career counseling
- Staff assisted job development and employment planning
- Job referrals
- Staff assisted Job Clubs
- Additional career counseling
- Worker profiling
- Resume development
- Job Matching
- Interview preparation
- Post employment services
- Mentoring
- Support service assistance
- Follow-up services
Programs & Services for Special Populations
Assistance and Benefits. You may qualify for state program assistance and benefits. Let our staff help you research this possibility.
- Workforce Investment Act Services (WIA)- Authorized under Title I of the Workforce Investment act, offers employment and training services to adults, dislocated workers and youths. There are three levels of service - Core, Intensive, and Training. Through WIA, individuals can access assistance in finding employment free of charge and may qualify for training if they lack the skills needed to earn a "self-sufficient wage."
- Subsidized Child Care- Child Care Services (CCS) helps parents who are striving to become self-sufficient by giving them more choices in child care arrangements and by helping them find qualified caregivers. If you meet certain income guidelines CCS can reimburse some or all of your child care cost.
- Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSE&T) Program- Seeks to provide employment services to those individuals receiving food stamps.
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)- Employment services which is offered through the Choices Program to recipients of TANF. This program helps individuals receiving time limited cash assistance to find long-term employment.
- Veterans/Disabled Veterans Services- Program where Vietnam era veterans, disabled veterans, and recently separated veterans can receive job search assistance, education, and training.
- Rapid Response Program- Provides services to affected employees due to plant closings and layoffs.
- Project Reintegration of Offenders (RIO)- Provides a link between education, training and employment during incarceration with employment, training and education after release in an attempt to reduce recidivism.
- Trade Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA/TAA Services- The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and NAFTA/TAA program provides training and job search/relocation assistance to individuals who lose their manufacturing jobs due to foreign imports.
- Literacy and Adult Education Programs - provides services to adults and their families. Programs offered are reading instruction, GED instruction, English as a second language instruction, and family literacy activities. Programs are offered by trained staff and volunteers. Area Adult Education Literacy Programs include but are not limited to Literacy Council of Tyler, NTCC, TVCC, Panola College, East Texas Literacy Council and Kilgore College.
- Senior Texas Employment Program (STEP) - Experience Works administers STEP, a nationally recognized non-profit program designed to provide part-time employment to eligible Texans over the age of 55 who are at or below the poverty guidelines.
- Texas Rehabilitation Commission (TRC) - TRC is the state's principal authority on the vocational rehabilitation of Texans with disabilities, except persons with visual impairments and the legally blind. The Commission's main purpose is to assist people with disabilities to participate in heir communities by achieving employment of choice, living as independently as possible and accessing high quality services.
Determination of Eligibility & Referrals
- Program specific eligibility requirements for Workforce Programs
- Information on training providers
- Referrals to non workforce programs and activities
- Information and referral to community resources for special needs
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