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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

Senior Employment Specialist Program helps older adults find employment and job training programs. Senior Community Services Employment Program provides unemployed, low-income older adults with part-time jobs working in local nonprofit, government, and faith-based agencies providing services in the community.

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Job Search/Placement
Senior Community Service Employment Programs

Assists Latinos in finding community programs that meet their needs.

Assistance with employment, housing, and immigration needs. Information and referral. Interpretation and translation services.

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Language Interpretation
Food Pantries
Job Search/Placement
Language Translation
Housing Search Assistance
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
General Clothing Provision

Provides comprehensive support services to immigrant or refugee farm workers who are legally authorized to work in the United States, migratory, and seasonal farmworkers, including educational assistance, short-term certification programs, job training, and career placements. The program aims to address chronic seasonal unemployment and underemployment experienced by agricultural workers by helping them cover costs related to career and training programs, such as tuition, books, tools, equipment, or stipends for class attendance.

Additionally, the program offers vocational assessment, job search assistance, and professional mentoring to prepare individuals for employment opportunities, including recognition of prior professional experience and obtaining initial work experience. Proteus administers the program as a recipient of the NFJP grant through the Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.

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Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
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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Welfare to Work Programs
Occupation Specific Job Training
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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Adult In Home Respite Care
Supported Employment
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Disability Awareness Training
Job Search/Placement
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Career Counseling
Day Treatment for Adults With Developmental Disabilities

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

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Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Search/Placement

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

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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Unemployment Insurance
Job Search/Placement
Welfare to Work Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Work Permits
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Assistance in finding education/training or employment.

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.

Categories

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

Provides information about job vacancies, career options, and employment offers. Services include job search assistance, interview training, referrals to other job training programs or support services. For a small fee, business may receive assistance with recruiting new employees, training employees, and connecting to information for managing a business.

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.

Categories

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

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

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

Provides job readiness skill building programs, job development services, job follow-along supports, and works with the Department of Rehabilitation to find and retain jobs.

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
Occupation Specific Job Training
Welfare to Work Programs

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 Search/Placement
Job Retraining
Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Assists SNAP participants in finding employment and/or training for employment. Provides gas vouchers and other supportive services for independent job search, to attend job search training, vocational training and for job retention.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Welfare to Work Programs

Provides employment and training services for adults.

Also offers summer youth employment programs that offer government-subsidized job opportunities in the public and private sectors for youth aged 14 to 21 from low-income families. Eligible participants must meet federal poverty income guidelines, possess a Social Security card, have legal authorization to work in the United States, and, if under 17, obtain a work permit. Registration is required during the spring application period.

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Summer Youth Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement

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

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

Provides employment and training services for adults.

Also offers summer youth employment programs that offer government-subsidized job opportunities in the public and private sectors for youth aged 14 to 21 from low-income families. Eligible participants must meet federal poverty income guidelines, possess a Social Security card, have legal authorization to work in the United States, and, if under 17, obtain a work permit. Registration is required during the spring application period.

Categories

Summer Youth Employment Programs
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.

Categories

Unemployment Insurance
Job Search/Placement
Welfare to Work Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Work Permits
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Provides employment assistance to older job seekers 55 and older. Services include skill assessment, paid training opportunities, job search assistance, and community referrals.

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Senior Community Service Employment Programs
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.

Categories

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

Offers job seekers a way to find rapid employment in a wide range of blue-collar industries including construction, manufacturing and logistics, waste and recycling, and hospitality. Workers get paid by the day.

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Job Search/Placement