Rocky Mountain Ser Jobs For Progress Inc

Programs: The rocky mountain ser workforce division provides vocational, educational, and on the job training to low-income adults and youth; dislocated workers and migrant/seasonal farmworkers. The rocky mountain ser workforce division receives a majority of its funding from the department of labor (dol), a federally funded program designed to increase occupational skill levels of participants and to improve the quality of that area's work-force. The overall goal of rocky mountain ser workforce division is to provide training activities that will give participants opportunities to become employed full-time and to retain employment for up to 6 months after exit from the program with an average 6 months earnings of $15,000 or higher between july 2014 and june 2015, rocky mountain ser provided workforce services to 346 participants through its workforce offices throughout colorado. Services provided to participants included core, intensive and training services. Core services include intake, enrollment, assessment, planning, counseling and testing of participants in need. Intensive services include individualized employment plan and deferrals to work, participants which lack work experience can be placed into a work experience activity to gain job skills necessary to compete in the labor market, training services include vocational classroom training in which the dol program can provide financial tuition assistance to those participants who receive training at local community colleges or private institutions. Participants can also participate in on the job training with local employers, and employers receive reimbursement of up to 50% of the hourly wage, the varying lengths of training days are directly determined by differing vocational training requirements. Participants can also receive supportive services from the programs to assist with transportation, clothing, tools, equipment and licensing fees, and supportive services are available in all phases of the program including core, intensive and training. Rocky mountain ser workforce division competed for the workforce investment funds in both the southeast and south central region and was awarded the funding by the colorado department of labor and employment for one year to provide services in those areas. Rocky mountain ser also is the grantee for the united states department of labor and employment for the entire state of colorado under dol and was awarded the 167 national farmworker jobs program grant again to provide employment and training services to migrant/seasonal farmworkers throughout colorado.

provide head start for pre-school children and related family support activities. Rocky mountain ser served 2,916 children from july 2014 through june 2015, with an average of 131 days of care and instruction per student. The overall goal if rocky mountain ser's colorado head start program is to increase the social and cognitive development of children in low income families resulting in a higher level of competence and school readiness. The following objectives are in place to ensure that the overall program goal is achieved: improving skills of teaching staff and using child outcomes to enhance early childhood education experiences; strengthening staff communication amongst all departments; improving the tracking of student and family outcomes through the use of computer software; improving the new employee orientation process and improving staff knowledge of rocky mountain ser head start; strengthening the ongoing monitoring procedures utilized by managers; ensuring individualization activities are occurring within each classroom through more frequent observations by the education manager; improving student medical and dental treatment rates; improving the management of facilities and transportation services; continuing to implement and strengthen student transportation systems; and establishing and sustaining community partnerships.