We will talk today with Miles Crawford, one of the proponents of an innovative new program here in Arkansas to assist people in difficult situations receive skills and training to get into the workforce. WATEP received $375,000 in funding through the Office of Skills Development, a division of the Arkansas Department of Commerce, to start the program that will work to educate and work with qualifying participants in order to help them find permanent employment, said Crawford, regional development and operations manager for DPI Staffing in Arkansas who is involved with WATEP.
In conjunction with local courts, Restore Hope/100 Families WATEP is designed to provide comprehensive, wrap-around support for participants that leads to sustainable, competitive employment, information from the program states. It focuses on employment and career planning; adult education and skills training; case management support; access to network service providers; and competitive employment upon graduation.
Read an article from Talk Business here: https://talkbusiness.net/2024/10/watep-works-with-courts-to-help-with-employment-skills-assistance/
Jeff Adams, AACE President │PO Box 45, Little Rock, AR 72203 │
Phone: (479) 788-7221 │ jeff.adams@uafs.edu
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