Program areas at Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas
Child Care Management Services (CCMS) Administration of contracts under agreement with the Texas Workforce Commission to provide subsidized childcare services to eligible families in Dallas County under the CCMS program. These childcare services allow parents to work or attend school or training, which helps them achieve economic self-sufficiency. Average number of children in care per day from 1/1/2023 through 12/31/2023 was over 16,535. Total children in care for 2023 was 25,401.
Adult Education Literacy - AEL Adult education and literacy programs funded by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) provide English language, math, reading, and writing instruction to help students acquire the skills needed to succeed in the workforce, earn a high school equivalency, or enter college or career training. The total number of participants in the period 1/1/2023 to 12/31/2023 was 6,121.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Providing state and local areas the flexibility to collaborate across systems in an effort to better address the employment and skills needs of current employees, jobseekers, and employers. WIOA accomplishes this by prescribing: 1) a stronger alignment of the workforce education, and economic development systems; and 2) improving the structure and delivery in the system to assist America's workers in achieving a family-sustaining wage while providing America's employers with the skilled workers they need to compete on a global level. Average number of participants served from 1/1/2023 through 12/31/2023 was 2,040. WIOA offers full training assistance average cost $10,781.44 per student served.
Other Program Services included Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, TWC Employment Services, Workforce Commission Initiatives, Trade Adjustment Assistance, UI Reemployment Services & Eligibility Assessment, Resource Administration Grant, Wagner Peyser Employment Services, Trade Act Services for Dislocated Workers, Summer Earn & Learn, Walmart Path Statewide, Wage Service for Paid Work , Student Hireability Navigator, Vocational Rehabilitation Co-location, Retail Pipeline Project, Veterans' Services, Dallas Foundation Childcare COVID-19 Relief Fund, Google Pine Tree, Jobs For The Future, and AARP Foundation, Senior Community Service Employment Program