Suncoast Workforce Board Inc

Programs: 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 511. The youth program serves participants age 16-21 who have barriers to obtaining employment. 243 youth participants were served during the fiscal year.

welfare transition program - this program funded by the department of health and human services grant, temporary assistance 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. 977 participants were served during the year and 336 participants were successfully employed.

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 21,444. 8,509 persons were placed in employment.

other employment related programs of the organization include: unemployment compensation program - the organization administers the program of unemployment compensation insurance for eligible workers through federal and state cooperation. Reemployment services and eligibility assessments - this program is designed to identify and rank or score unemployment insurance claimants by their potential for exhausting their benefits for referral to appropriate reemployment and training services. Trade adjustment assistance - this program provides adjustment assistance to qualified workers adversely affected by foreign trade. Supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap) - the snap program is designed to provide voluntary training, education, support services and skills to food stamp recipients.