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

The Immigrant Culinary Integration program is designed to ensure equitable access, personal and professional development, and opportunity for the refugee/immigrant community. Students learn how to secure food and ingredients similar to products in their native lands, live healthier lives, and sustain economic and social development in our communities.

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Occupation Specific Job Training
Cultural Transition Counseling

Free short-term career training program for Iowa residents who are unemployed and underemployed needing gainful employment.

Financial assistance may include program tuition and books, required fees, materials and other services. The program provides resources to Iowa residents who would otherwise not be able to afford career training.

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

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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Job Search/Placement
Welfare to Work Programs
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 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 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

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

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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Job Search/Placement
Welfare to Work Programs
Occupation Specific Job Training
Provides students with disabilities the extra training and support needed to become independent and successful in community jobs.

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

Offers bus driver training. Providing two types of Bus Driver courses. An 8-hour initial training is required for all new school bus drivers prior to getting a bus permit and 2-hour refresher workshop is required in the 12-month period prior to renew a school bus permit.

Offers bus driver training. Providing two types of Bus Driver courses. An 8-hour initial training is required for all new school bus drivers prior to getting a bus permit and 2-hour refresher workshop is required in the 12-month period prior to renew a school bus permit.

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

Educates members of the African diaspora to learn and prepare traditional foods from the five culinary regions of the African continent and prepare participants for a career in the food industry.

Offers interns ranging from youth to adults and seniors who are either aspiring or active culinary professionals or part of the non-professional population a chance to participate in a free 8-week comprehensive course on African Culinary Heritage in a classroom and professional setting.

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Occupation Specific Job Training

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

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

Offers work training to young men and women 18-25. Program offers opportunities in job training, goal setting, life skill classes, and discipleship.

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

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