Kentucky Outreach

Archive for the ‘Employment Services’ Category

TRADE ACT: Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) is a Federal entitlement program which provides services to individuals who lose their jobs as a result of increased imports. Services focus on providing employment and training opportunities to help unemployed individuals transition back into the workforce. There are also additional benefits available under this program


ELIGIBILITY: Individuals who have been laid off from a company with an approved Trade petition.

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

FEES: NONE

Division of Workforce & Employment Services

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)

SERVICES: Application and placement services for job seekers. Employer job listing. Employment and placement testing. Job training programs. Referral to education and training. Job search assistance for special groups such as welfare recipients. Dislocated worker assistance. Referral to other agencies.


ELIGIBILITY: Anyone seeking employment is eligible.

FEES: None

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