Program:
Employment and Training
- Budget:
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$20,898,358
- Category:
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Human Services
- Population Served:
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Adults
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Male Youth/Adolescents (14 - 19 years)
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Female Youth/Adolescents (14 - 19 years)
Program Description:
Employment and training services include several vocational training programs in real work settings, such as:
Service (number of individuals served in FY2008)
- Intake and orientation (969)
- Situational assessment (364)
- Vocational evaluation (567)
- Employee development services (272)
- Work experience training (427)
- WIA youth services (58)
- SSI advocacy (552)
- Adult rehabilitative mental health services (ARMHS) (1021)
- Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) - Hennepin County (431)
- Work Involvement Now (WIN) program (62)
- Retail skills training (63)
- Construction skills training (85)
- Automotive skills training (59)
- Bank skills training (47)
- Bank reconciliation skills training (46)
- Forklift training (39)
(Note: An individual may have received services from more than one program and is included in the count of each program.)
Service (number of individuals served in FY2008):
- GED services (141)
- Introduction to Windows, Internet (62)
- Computer Lab (basic skills; job searches) (1,025)
- Minnesota Workforce Center resource rooms (5,928)
- School work experience (62)
- GOALS program - Willmar (58)
- FATHER Project (1,406**)
(Note: An individual may have received services from more than one program and is included in the count of each program.)
Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota's employment consultants help place individuals in jobs that match their individual skills and interests. Staff provide program participants with personalized job development skills training in preparing job applications and resumés, interviewing, accepting a job, and esteem building. In addition, staff provide follow-up services to assist participants who are employed but need support to maintain and/or advance in their careers. During 2008, 1341 individuals received job development services, 151 received intensive support services to maintain employment and 988 received retention and advancement services.
(Note: An individual may have received services from more than one program and is included in the count of each program.)
Program Long-Term Success:
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Program:
Community Services
- Budget:
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$725,527
- Category:
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Human Services
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
Service (number of individuals served in FY2008):
- AgrAbility Project (41)
- Medical equipment loan (10,259)
- Community assistance (2,585)
- Community resource/advocacy (1,162)
- Winter Warmth project (341)
(Note: An individual may have received services from more than one program and is included in the count of each program.)
Program Long-Term Success:
Program Short-Term Success:
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