CareerSource Suncoast

Workforce innovation and opportunity act (wioa) program - wioa programs provide youth adults and dislocated workers with the information, advice and job search assistance and training they need to get and keep good jobs and provide employers with skilled workers. The adult program provides training and support to economically disadvantaged persons aged 22 and older. The dislocated worker program focuses on participants that have been laid off and are unlikely to return to their former occupation. The number of participants served in the adult and dislocated worker programs during the year was 147. The youth program serves participants ages 16-21 wo have barriers to obtaining employment. Thirty-two (32) youth participants were served during the fiscal year.

Employment service programs - these programs include wagner peyser and veterans services. Wagner peyser programs are designed to improve the functioning of the nation's labor market by bringing together individuals who are seeking employment with the employers who are seeking workers. The program includes recruitment, referrals, assessments and coaching, job fairs and a mobile career opportunity which offers the same services to areas outside of local transportation areas. Veterans programs are used to provide job development, placement and support services for disabled and other veterans and to provide outreach to veterans through community agencies and organizations. Total persons served during the year under these programs was 5,168. Four-hundred ninety-six (496) persons were placed in employment.

Welfare transition program - this program funded by the department of health and human services grant, temporary assistants for needy families, is designed to emphasize work, self-sufficiency, and personal responsibility for welfare recipients and to enable them to move from welfare to work. 482 participants were served during the year and 96 participants were successfully employed.

Other employment related programs.