Eileen McGaughey, Aims

Jennifer Sheaman, FRCC

Terra Eyl, Larimer County Workforce Center

WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS

Workforce Centers• Colorado: Locally operated typically at the county level• Funding: Federal to state and state to counties•Workforce Centers provide a variety of free services to assist job seekers and employers

Job Seeker Services

•Hiring

•Assessment & Training

•Consulting

Employer Services•Employers' Roundtable•Post A Job-FREE!• Layoff Assistance• Labor Market Trends•Enterprise Zone• LMI•Regional Networking• Legal Resources•Workforce Investment Board•Testing Services•Recruitment & Screening

Training •Workforce Investment Act Program

• Adult & Dislocated WorkerFederally-funded WIA Career Transition Service

supplies a skilled labor force to employers through career development, training, and re-employment services with support from a career counselor

**For a student to receive training assistance, programs must be in “Eligible” status on the Eligible Training Provider List** https://eligibility.coworkforce.com/Eligibility/

• YouthDesigned to work with eligible youth, ages 16-21, infurthering their employment, education, &

training goals

Training•Trade Adjustment Act

• Federally funded program available for those who have been laid off from a company that is shifting production of a product to a different country and have a filed a petition for TAA certification with the State or Federal government

• Paperwork to be completed is the same state-wide

• Up to $20,000 for training• Other services available: Job Search Allowance, Relocation

Allowance, Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA), Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC), Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA)

Northern Colorado PartnershipsEmployment Services of Weld County

• Serves on all Advisory Boards at Aims

• Career Coach serves on the Oil & Gas Task ForceOil & Gas Job Fair on 9/13/2012

• Aims Career Coach attends Unemployment Orientations to share information about Aims, programs available including Oil and Gas, meet individually with students

Larimer County Workforce Center

• Fast Track Sector training partnered with Aims

Radiologic Technology, Surgical Technology, & Nursing

• Workforce Center Staff serve on Clean Energy Advisory Board at FRCC

Aims and FRCC

• Dedicated WIA and TAA advisor

Connecting with Your Local Workforce Center

• Identify Managers of WIA and TAA programs/Special Programs• Human Services-TANF, Food Stamps

• Business Services• Connections to Employers

• CDLE• Mary Ann Roe: MaryAnn.Roe@state.co.us 303-318-8822

• Networking Opportunities• Community functions• Industry, Community Boards

• Unemployment Orientations• All are unemployed and meet requirement for grant• Director task?