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Career Center, with its various partners has a wide array of training opportunities available. These include On-the-Job Training, cooperative education training (through RCCC), skill upgrading, job readiness training, adult literacy and basic education training. Discuss the process for accessing quality consumer information so that eligible individuals can make informed decisions on where to receive training. Describe the process for ensuring that customer choice in the selection of an eligible training provider is maximized. The PREVENTS worker, through the Chamber of Commerce, ESC, and internet will keep informed of local trends. This, combined with a knowledge of all available training resources, will better ensure that PREVENTS customers can make informed choices in regard to training available in the region. Describe how Individual Training Account vouchers will be issued, through the JobLink Career Center, to eligible individuals to finance training services (tuition, fees, books, and supplies). Individual Training Accounts vouchers can be issued to eligible and assessed PREVENTS customers after enough time has been devoted to them to make it more assured that they will complete a program such as this. If eligible, they can receive this assistance through DSS funding as well. Once the customer has demonstrated the willingness to participate to completion, the PREVENTS worker will advocate for this in the customer's behalf. Describe how the Individual Training Account System will be administered. The PREVENTS customer will be able to take advantage of the ITA system at the JobLink Career Center. However, due to the barriers to completion that is targeted through PREVENTS, it will take close cooperation with the PREVENTS worker to assure that this stands a reasonable chance of completion and success prior to approval for an ITA. Describe planned case management services, including how and when counseling will be provided at the JobLink Career Center. Describe how case management services will be" provided for participants receiving trainin, g outside the Local Area. Describe how the WIA participant's progress and attendance will be monitored. From the beginning of recruitment throUgh placement and post-placement monitoring and follow-up, there will be intensive case management by the PREVENTS worker. It should be noted that the population targeted for these services are those that have habitually been unemployed and have been on the brink of homelessness and/or been in other crisis situations. This has contributed to their frequent and continuous unemployed state. Due to these problems that impact employment, the PREVENTS worker will closely case manage each customer enrolled in the PREVENTS program to give them the best possible chance of successful employment. The PREVENTS worker will have very frequent contact with the customer and will monitor attendance personally in most activities. E. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES Describe the process for verifying that supportive services are provided only to individuals who are participating in core, intensive, or training services through the JobLink Career Center and are unable to obtain supportive services through other programs providing such services. The PREVENTS worker will a have a thorough knowledge of all supportive services available through all agencies involved in JobLink. Due to their close monitoring of their customers process through the PREVENTS program, the PREVENTS worker will be in the best possible position to determine what supportive services are needed, What are appropriate, and through whom should they be accessed. Identify participant support to be provided and indicate whether supportive services are to be paid with WIA funds. Most participant support through the PREVENTS program will be for the purpose of securing and stabilizing the customer on the job. Those support services paid for through WIA funds would consist of limited transportation and any work-related tools or clothing. Other services paid for through other funds would consist of crisis assistance WIA Title I Adult/Dislocated Worker RFP April 2002 ~"'-' / ~ 7