In this month’s post, we are highlighting two programs at Indiana’s WorkOne centers: Indiana Adult Education and English Language Learners (ELL). Both programs are designed to improve basic educational skills and soft skills to make participants more employable in today’s market. In 2020, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, estimated that 65 percent… Read more »
Year: 2021
WorkOne Centers Offer Specialized Employment Services
For the next several months, we’re going to share information with you on resources provided by WorkOne. Indiana’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and its WorkOne Centers are spread throughout the state to assist job seekers, youth, and employers. In 1933, Congress created the federal workforce system to connect job seekers and employers; provide unemployment… Read more »
Trauma-Informed Care and Employment Services
Trauma-informed care is an understanding that the traumatic events that happened to an individual may affect their development and behavior. In trauma-informed care, we ask the question: “What happened to you?” rather than the question, “What is wrong with you?” What is Trauma-Informed Care? Trauma-informed care is actually a systematic approach for ensuring that people… Read more »
Transition Portfolios Lay Out an Employment Path
Transition portfolios are a relatively new tool designed for Indiana’s high school students and transition teachers that just may help you, a community employment provider, or Pre-Employment Transition Services provider, as you work with young adults with disabilities. Every incoming freshman will now complete a transition portfolio over their four years of high school. All… Read more »
ABLE-ity to save!
For those who receive Social Security and/or Medicaid benefits, the thought of being able to live above their means and save anything extra, let alone for the future, can seem, well, unrealistic. Many benefits that individuals require to meet their basic living and health care needs have resource limits. In the past, this truly has… Read more »