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Provides options for career exploration, training and education, resources for financial literacy and housing services.

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Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers
Job Search/Placement
Financial Literacy 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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Job Search/Placement
Welfare to Work Programs
Occupation Specific Job Training

Offers a variety of employment-related and pre-employment skills training classes throughout the year.

Classes focus on developing skills needed to find and secure employment. Covered topics may include interviewing skills, Microsoft Word and Excel basics, building a resume, job-search basics, communication skills, first impressions, and more.

A team of navigators works to match individuals served by this program with companies/agencies who are hiring in the Omaha metro, Council Bluffs, and Fremont areas.

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Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement

Employment agency for job seekers with developmental disabilities.

Career planning, job placement, and ongoing support and consultation to employee and employer.

Provides community based day services, residential supports, and respite services.

Diversity training to employers on working with people experiencing developmental disabilities.

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Career Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Supported Employment
Adult In Home Respite Care
Disability Awareness Training
Job Search/Placement
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Day Treatment for Adults With Developmental Disabilities

Provides services such as job placement assistance, unemployment insurance, unemployment tax liability services, services for veterans and seniors, labor market information, dislocated worker programs (Re-employment Services), a Welfare to Work program, proficiency testing and career guidance. Also issues work permits.

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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Welfare to Work Programs
Work Permits
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Unemployment Insurance

Provides services such as job placement assistance, unemployment insurance, unemployment tax liability services, services for veterans and seniors, labor market information, dislocated worker programs (Re-employment Services), a Welfare to Work program, proficiency testing and career guidance. Also issues work permits.

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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Welfare to Work Programs
Work Permits
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Unemployment Insurance
National Farmworkers Job Program offers educational assistance, short-term certification programs, job training and/or career placements. The program helps farmworkers cover costs related to career and training programs such as; tuition, books, tools/equipment, or provides a stipend for class attendance.

Proteus is the recipient of the NFJP grant through the Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Funding provided through this program supports the response to chronic seasonal unemployment and underemployment experienced by agricultural workers.

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Job Search/Placement
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs

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

Website offers information, tools, and links to resources that help people explore careers, learn about and locate training or education programs and conduct a successful job search.

Portals are available for Veterans and ex-offenders who are looking for job opportunities and can be accessed through the Career One Stop website.

Also offers information youth summer employment programs through the Get My Future portal.

Employment services include job matching and referral, job search and placement assistance, career guidance and assessment, employer services, labor market information, job training and apprenticeships, resume design, interview skills development, and a variety of other programs and services.

Computer resource room open to career seekers for assisted job search.

Information on job fairs, workshops, and adult education.

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Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
Apprenticeship Training
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Assists unemployed or underemployed individuals with obtaining and sustaining gainful employment. Services include: job search training, interview skills/class, resume and cover letter writing, computer class and resource center. This is also an Iowa Career Access Point, which allows clients to register for work or apply for unemployment insurance through Iowa Workforce Development.

Success in the Work Place is a class that focuses on keeping a job once you get it. The focus of this class is on seven important workplace behaviors: attitude, attendance, appearance, ambition, accountability, acceptance, and appreciation.

Job Club Class is provided to help build soft skills (self-esteem, goal setting, emotions in the workplace, dealing with difficult people in the workplace, etc.).

Computer Class (basics of computer use and Word, two times per month).

Interview Skills Class (two times per month).

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Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance

Vocational, residential, and day services support and training to persons with developmental disabilities and/or related conditions.

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Job Search/Placement
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation

Provides services such as job placement assistance, unemployment insurance, unemployment tax liability services, services for veterans and seniors, labor market information, dislocated worker programs (Re-employment Services), a Welfare to Work program, proficiency testing and career guidance. Also issues work permits.

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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Welfare to Work Programs
Work Permits
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Unemployment Insurance

Vocational, residential, and day services support and training to persons with developmental disabilities and/or related conditions.

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Job Search/Placement
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation

Provides services such as job placement assistance, unemployment insurance, unemployment tax liability services, services for veterans and seniors, labor market information, dislocated worker programs (Re-employment Services), a Welfare to Work program, proficiency testing and career guidance. Also issues work permits.

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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Welfare to Work Programs
Work Permits
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Unemployment Insurance

Tutoring for children under age 12 from low income families. Dyslexia tutoring available.

Job readiness training class and work experience training and community service opportunities available. Transportation to job fairs (must meet qualifications; determined upon intake). Computer lab available to fill out applications on line. GED classes and adult dyslexia tutoring also available.

Workshops and classes related to financial education.

Helps parents advocate on behalf of their children with learning disabilities. Right to Educate advocate for students with special needs, including dyslexia.

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School System Advocacy
Housing Search Assistance
Tutoring Services
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Financial Literacy Training
People requiring services are asked to call and inquire about the status of the services required. The Food Stamp Employment and Training Program (FSET) provides employment and training services for the purpose of enhancing the participant's employability. Services include an assessment, job search assistance, basic education (high school completion, English as a second language, and adult basic education); this program also pays expenses for transportation and child care for participants.

Vocational training and job placement for developmentally disabled.

Community living training.

In-home support.

Shelter workshops and integrated work environments.

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Disability Related Center Based Employment
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Attendant Services for People With Disabilities
Job Search/Placement
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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Job Search/Placement
Welfare to Work Programs
Occupation Specific Job Training

Offers to help veterans succeed in the 21st Century Workforce. This is accomplished through three goals: maximizing veterans employment, earning, retention, and competitiveness; assuring that service members transition to quality civilian employment; and protecting the employment and reemployment rights of veterans.

Service information can be obtained by calling the local IowaWorks Center.

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Job Retraining
Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Job Search/Placement

Provides services such as job placement assistance, unemployment insurance, unemployment tax liability services, services for veterans and seniors, labor market information, dislocated worker programs (Re-employment Services), a Welfare to Work program, proficiency testing and career guidance. Also issues work permits.

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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Welfare to Work Programs
Work Permits
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Unemployment Insurance
Provides services such as job placement assistance, unemployment insurance, unemployment tax liability services, services for veterans, labor market information, dislocated worker programs (Re-employment Services), proficiency testing and career guidance.

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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Job Retraining
Unemployment Insurance
Work Permits

Vocational, residential, and day services support and training to persons with developmental disabilities and/or related conditions.

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Job Search/Placement
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
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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Job Search/Placement
Welfare to Work Programs
Occupation Specific Job Training

Workforce development through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Provides job training and job-seeking assistance to economically disadvantaged persons, dislocated workers, and youth.

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Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Information
Occupation Specific Job Training
Job Search/Placement
General Youth Employment Programs
WIOA Programs