will promote, integrate, and coordinate workforce development services throughout the five county area. Through collaborations with businesses, job seekers, and community partners we will be the focal point of employment and training activities.
Champaign County Department of Job and Family Services provides individuals with supportive services as they enter the workforce or while being trained. These services may include assistance with living expenses, health coverage and work-related expenses such as work clothes, gasoline, and other transportation needs. For more information visit jfs.gochampaign.com or call 937-484-1500.
Ohio Hi Point Career Center (ABLE), provides free morning and evening classes at C-TEC for adults pursuing their GED or wanting to improve literacy skills for work or prepare for college or technical school. Visit www.ohp.k12.oh.us or call 937-599-3010 to find more information on other training programs available for both the job seeker and employer.
Champaign County Literacy Council provides free tutoring in reading, language, writing and math to adult learners with literacy skills below the sixth grade level. Tutoring is provided at C-TEC and local libraries and can be scheduled around learners’ work schedules. The Literacy Council is a United Way agency.
Contact: Gary Schenkel
Address: 1512 S. U.S. 68, Suite J100, Urbana, OH 43078
Email: schenkel@mccesc.k12.oh.us
Phone: 937 484 1523
Fax: 937-484-1571
www.mccesc.k12.oh.us/literacy_council.htm
Ohio Department of Job & Family Services provides services for NAFTA-affected workers, conducts re-employment assessments to help recently unemployed workers return quickly to work and to help dislocated workers enter training for employment in “in-demand” fields. ODJFS staff provide employment counseling and job matching services using the State of Ohio labor exchange system (SCOTI) as well as other partner services. Assistance is available to employers in submitting employment opportunities to the on-line labor exchange system and to job seekers in the use of the internet registration.
Job seekers are informed of current job opportunities and referrals are made to prospective employers. ODJFS also administers unemployment compensation claim services through SCOTI or by calling toll free 877-644-6562 TTY 888-642-8203. Visit www.ohioworkforce.org or jfs.ohio.gov for more information.
Veteran Services (ODJFS) provides access to special employment and training programs for veterans of the U.S. military as well as other resources that are geared to the veteran and their family. For more information on the various programs, please visit www.odjfs.state.oh.us/veterans or call 937-484-1581.
Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission and Bureau of Service for the Visually Impaired (BSVI) provides evaluation, counseling and guidance, training, treatment job placement assistance and job coaching to persons with physical or mental conditions that interfere with their ability to obtain or maintain suitable employment. Can also assist employers with workplace accommodations. Please visit www.rsc.ohio.gov or call 937-484-1581 for more information on services that are available to both the job seeker and employer.
Experience Works (Senior Community Service Employment Program) assists individuals 55 and older to find employment in their local communities. For more information on this program, please visit www.experienceworks.org or call 937-484-1581.
