FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE WIOA YOUNG ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM
Local Workforce Innovation Area 23 would like to announce that a considerable amount of funding is still available in the WIOA Young Adult Services Program. If you are a business who would be interested in serving as a youth employment site or a young adult aged 18-24 and looking for paid work experience, please contact us today!
EMPLOYERS: wages to youth and worker’s compensation liability is covered by CEFS.
WIOA YOUNG ADULT SERVICES INCLUDE:
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) provides a Youth Training and Education Program that offers the following services:
Paid work experience!!
Tuition assistance for occupational training in an approved program
Job search assistance
Resume development
Leadership skills
Job readiness training
Supportive services such as transportation, childcare, tools, uniforms, etc.
The program's objective is that each participant will achieve high school diploma attainment, increase basic reading and math skills, create a marketable resume, and secure employment or attend post-secondary education/training while enrolled in the program.
Participants must reside in one of these Illinois counties: Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie or Richland.
For more information contact, CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation and the closest center listed on the attached flyer or call 217-347-2102.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Kala Lambert
Senior Southeast Region Manager, Office of Regional Economic Development
Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
Phone: (217) 836-8376
Kala.lambert@illinois.gov
https://dceo.illinois.gov/
