Provides job training and readiness testing and computerized lab.

Assists individuals in preparing for, finding, and retaining suitable employment. Offers career/job seeker services including: - Career exploration and advising. - Resume and interview preparation. - Skill identification. Provides individualized services including: - Assessments and adjustments. - Job placement assistance. - Job coaching with placement and retention. - Work experience opportunities. - Youth programs. Offers business/employer services including: - Recruiting. - Applicant screening. - Pre-employment testing.

Program provides initial assessment and referrals for counseling. Includes individual, family, budget, and substance abuse counseling.

OJT NEG (On the Job Training - National Emergency Grant) will be offered to employers and job seekers. The purpose of this program is to put unemployed workers to work earning wages while receiving necessary training. The individual hired has to be a dislocated/unemployed person. The benefit to the employer is that they can be reimbursed for some costs associated with training the OJT participant. Reimbursement to the employer can be up to $8,000 per participant.

College interns work in a variety of departments throughout COSI. Each college intern position description is based around a project to be completed per term. College internships range from 8-15 weeks and may be repeated. School credits may determine the number of hours per week (usually 10-16 hours arranged over 2 to 4 days). Hours are flexible and depend on assignment. Positions are unpaid but offer benefits, in addition to school credit.

Paid employment and training program for individuals 55 and over. Program places seniors into on the job training at nonprofits and government agencies to update or maintain skills to make them job ready and marketable.

Program provides employment preparation, including interviewing techniques, job searching, resume writing, and dressing for success training.

Provides training to learn new job skills and to increase current job skill levels in a wide variety of professional employment areas. Provides background for testing for certification and professional licensure as well as continuing education credits where appropriate. Service is also available to employers wishing to increase skills of their employees as a whole. Areas covered include: bank teller training, truck driver training, training and education for those in the construction trades, small business development, customer service, careers working with aging individuals, health care careers (State Tested Nursing Assistant-STNA- training), Spanish for health care professionals, social work certification, human resources, meeting/event planning, food service/hospitality, classes to prepare for standardized tests such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and other college entrance exams, police/fire/emergency training, and computer classes (including certification in advanced information technology).

Recruits, trains, and equips a "job-ready" pool of qualified substitute teachers for partner child care centers throughout Ohio. Helps early childhood educators find jobs in vetted, professional settings, while earning fair wages and state-recognized credentials.

Provides vocational training for persons with barriers to employment (including those with disabilities). Includes pre-employment training, work experience and job placement.

Provides a one stop job center to individuals seeking employment. Services provided are: career counseling, resume writing, applications for Miami Valley and Preble County employers, career information, and limited training.

Provides the opportunity to get assistance with issues related to parenting, to apply for needed benefits, to participate in a job training program with the goal of employment, and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success with a professional social worker. Service includes assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

Provides assistance for individuals to become self-sufficiently employed. Can include skills upgrade or occupational training. Partners with other agencies in Job Center to work with disabled, low income, veterans, and individuals over the age of 55, and individuals on unemployment.

Provides a pre-doctoral Psychology Internship Program with specific requirements. Also provides community based internships for individuals in a related undergraduate or graduate programs, such as social work, psychology, sociology, early childhood education, child and family studies, and human relations.

Offers a job-training program designed to help older adults develop or improve work skills and re-enter the workforce. Participants are placed in temporary training assignments for 18- 20 hours per week where they receive minimum wage, for each hour they train.

Provides a variety of training programs, from begining to advanced sewing and entrepreneurship, designed to train individuals for career level jobs in sewing. Program uses only organic cotton fabric and provides all materials. Participants are trained to use industrial sewing machines and learn principals of garment construction. Eligible students are paid a stipend during trainng and receive a new sewing machine upon completion of the program.

Providing comprehensive training to improve and advance careers in manufacturing. Participants will receive industry-specific training, career coaching, and job placement assistance.

Provides job training through participating institutions that can result in credentials for use in in-demand jobs. Also provides the opportunity to complete a high school diploma. Typical certificate programs may include State-Tested Nursing Assistants (STNA), welding, Commercial Driver Licenses (CDL) and many more. Testing through the state's Work Keys program is required as part of the program.

Prepares people for a career in nursing by providing classroom instruction. Successful completion of the program affords the individual the opportunity to take the licensure examination for practical nursing.

Provides opportunities to learn job skills or to increase the level of skills to gain employment in a variety of professions. Courses include customer service, computer classes, and basic job seeking skills. Certificates are issued upon completion of classes. Community Health Worker training is also offered and may result in a state level nursing license.

Provides postsecondary career education and training to both traditional and nontraditional students through a variety of training courses and degree and diploma programs.

Offers clerkships for law school students who have completed their second year. Students who possess an Ohio Legal Intern's License are able to prepare and present minor misdemeanor cases while obtaining courtroom experience.

Provides career change counseling, job training, and job finding assistance.

Provides job training to assist older adults in re-entering the work force. Following an initial screening appointment, individuals are placed in a work setting with the goal of obtaining unsubsidized, paid work within a limited amount of time. Includes referrals to services that build needed skills for permanent jobs.

Provides the opportunity to get assistance with issues related to parenting, to apply for needed benefits (including possible help with rent and/or utilities), to participate in a job training program with the goal of employment, and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success with a professional social worker. Service may include assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent. Provides intensive assistance and case management to reunite families who have been seperated and aho have a case with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).