Kentucky Outreach

Workforce Investment Act
Lincoln Trail Area Career Center
916 N. Mulberry Street
Elizabethtown, KY 42701

Phone: (270) 234-1647 or (800) 455-5587

Fax: (270) 766-5112

e-mail address: abelink@ltadd.org

Services focus on providing employment information and/or training to residents of the eight county area through a variety of programs. Some of these services will be provided by partner agencies of the Lincoln Trail Area Career Center.


OFFICE HOURS:
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM (Monday-Tuesday)
7:30 AM – 4:30 PM (Wednesday-Thursday)
7:30 AM – 12:00 PM (Friday)

CORE SERVICES: This level of service focuses primarily on providing information andassisting with a self-driven search for employment and includes:

• Access to computer resource room (to include the use of the internet)
• Labor market information, including availability of jobs, skill levels needed, and job search strategies
• Information on other One-Stop Partner and community services
• Basic career interest and skill assessment
• Eligibility determination for other levels of services
• Information on filing UI (unemployment insurance) claims
• Job referrals and individual job placement

ELIGIBILITY: All interested adults

INTENSIVE SERVICES: This level of service focuses on providing additional assistance to the job seeker. These services include:

• Job readiness activities
• Developing an individual employment plan
• Case management and counseling services
• Comprehensive and specialized assessment
• Short term pre-vocational services

ELIGIBILITY: A person may be determined eligible based on one of three separate categories:

1. Adult – 22 years of age or older, economically disadvantaged, unable to obtain employment through Core Services
2. Older Youth – 18 – 21 years of age, economically disadvantaged, unable to obtain employment through Core Services
3. Dislocated Worker

• lost a job through no fault of their own
• displaced homemaker
• unable to obtain employment though Core Services

TRAINING SERVICES: This level of services is provided to people who do not possess the skills necessary to gain a level of employment resulting in self-sufficiency. Services at this level include:

• Occupational skills training
• Skill upgrading and retraining
• Customized training

ELIGIBILITY: For all categories:

• Unable to obtain employment through Core and Intensive Services
• Has been determined eligible for Intensive Services
• Shows a need for training

YOUTH SERVICES (contracted training programs): Services for youth are focused on providing academic and occupational training that will prepare youth to succeed in educational and employment endeavors. Services include:

• Specialized academic instruction leading to secondary school completion or drop-out prevention
• A variety of work experience activities
• Occupational skills training
• Leadership development opportunities
• Adult mentoring

ELIGIBILITY:

• Ages 14 – 21
• Economically disadvantaged
• Possess one youth barrier as defined in the Workforce Investment Act

SERVICE AREA: Statewide, but priority given to residents of Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, and Washington counties.

FEES: None