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Youth@Work/Youth At Work | United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Seeks to teach youth their rights and responsibilities as an employee and how to avoid and deal with discrimination in the workplace, as well as promote awareness of federal anti-discrimination laws. Offers a website, holds outreach events, provides speakers for community groups and schools, and works with businesses and community leaders.

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Electronic Information Resources
Employment Issues
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus

Prevention, Retention And Contingency (PRC) - Employment Incentive Program (EIP) | Portage County Department Of Job And Family Services

- Provides employment case management for six (6) months to eligible individuals. - Enrolled individuals will receive $500 within 30 days of verifying employment, $500 at 90 days and $500 at conclusion of program at 180 days. - Required to meet in person monthly with case manager for incentive payments. Supportive Service provided once enrolled may include: - Savings match for purchase of a vehicle (match amount up to $3,800). - Car repairs (up to $1,000). - Car payments toward a vehicle loan ($500 max per payment, limited to two payments). - Driver's license reinstatement fees (up to $500).

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Case/Care Management
Employment Issues

Job Fairs | Ohiomeansjobs Summit County

Offers job fairs aiming to connect individuals seeking employment with prospective employers. Job fairs range from single company to large job fairs with 30 to 40 companies on site.

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Resource and Service Fairs
Employment Issues

Gasoline Vouchers | Tuscarawas County Council For Church And Community

Provides gasoline vouchers to purchase gasoline for employed individuals. Vouchers are for emergency situations only and valid for a one-time purchase on the date issued.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Employment Issues

Policy Research | Policy Matters Ohio

Provides research and research reports, policy briefs and other printed documents about economic/related issues in Ohio. Also participates in mass media presentations about these same issues.

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Research
Employment Issues
Political Issues
Political Action/Lobbying Groups
Printed/Printable Materials
Economic Issues

Youth Resource Center | Ohio Means Jobs - Cleveland - Cuyahoga County

Provides support, guidance with personal challenges, and workshops to help build confidence in securing employment. Services include connection to education and training, work readiness, career exploration, preparation for GED/High School Equivalency tests and high school graduation tests, resume and job skills preparation, use of computers for employment, and assistance with removing barriers to employment that may exist. "Participants are provided with case management to address barriers to self-sufficiency such as health, addiction/substance abuse issues, housing, education, transportation, etc."

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High School Exit Examination Preparation
WIOA Programs
Job Training Formats
Employment Issues
Case/Care Management
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Career Exploration
Prejob Guidance
Public Access Computers/Tools

Self-Help Job Search Center - The Resource Room | Ohiomeansjobs Medina County

Offers a fully equipped Resource Room including 30 internet connected computers with a range of software, from word-processing to resume builder programs to typing tutors to career exploration. - Offers free access to telephones, a printer, fax machines, and a copy machine. - Provides job postings, community resource information, labor market information, books, pamphlets, videos, and related materials for customer use. Assistive technology for job seekers with disabilities.

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Public Access Computers/Tools
Telephone Facilities
Employment Issues
Fax Machines
Job Finding Assistance
Copy Machines

Become A Dsp! | Summit County Developmental Disabilities Board

Provides case management services to Direct Service Professionals (DSP) and those interested in pursuing a career as a DSP but may be facing current employment barriers.

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Employment Issues
Case/Care Management

Comprehensive Case Management And Employment Program (CCMEP) | Geauga County Job And Family Services

Provides employment and training services to eligible, low-income individuals based on a comprehensive assessment of employment and training needs, as well as a basic skills assessment. Participants are provided services to support goals outlined in their individual opportunity plan, which may include support to obtain a high school diploma, job placement, work experience, and other supportive services such as rent, child care and transportation. Participants are provided with case management to address barriers to self-sufficiency such as health, addiction/substance abuse issues, housing, education, transportation, etc. Participants are typically offered paid Summer employment.

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Case/Care Management
WIOA Programs
Employment Issues
Prejob Guidance
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Job Finding Assistance

Economic Justice Information Line | Legal Aid Society Of Cleveland

Provides information on state's employment laws and unemployment benefits. Agency staff answer legal questions regarding employment and unemployment benefits offered by state and federal governments during the COVID 19 outbreak, laws regarding compensation, additional benefits available due to the pandemic, and rights on the job. Callers who need legal assistance may be referred to the organization's intake line.

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Legal Information Services
Employment Issues

Employment Legal Services - Resolving Barriers To Employment | Legal Aid Society Of Cleveland - Lorain County Office

Evaluates cases related to removing barriers to employment such as: - Sealing criminal records or application for a Certificate of Qualification for Employment (CQE) when applicable; - Sealing and expungement of Juvenile records; - Resolving credit report problems that interfere with employment; - Owed money from an employer (including minimum wage, overtime, and vacation pay); - Obtaining identification for employment purposes, including driver’s license reinstatement; - Obtaining or maintaining licenses/certifications; - Employment discrimination which has occurred within the last 12 months;

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Employment Issues
Credit Reporting Agency Complaints
Post Conviction Restoration of Civil Rights
Ex-Offender Employment Certificates

Self-Help Job Search Center - The Resource Room | Ohiomeansjobs Summit County

Offers a fully equipped Resource Room including 30 internet-connected computers with a range of software, from word-processing to resume builder programs to typing tutors to career exploration. Offers free access to telephones, a printer, fax machines, TV VCR and copy machine (available to make copies of resumes and to fax resumes to employers). Provides job postings, community resource information, labor market information, books, pamphlets, videos, and related materials for customer use. Assistive technology for job seekers with disabilities.

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Fax Machines
Job Finding Assistance
Public Access Computers/Tools
Employment Issues
Copy Machines
Telephone Facilities

Employment Mentoring | Catholic Charities Lorain County

Pairs young adults with individual mentors to further develop career development and job seeking skills.

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Prejob Guidance
Young Adults
Adult Mentoring Programs
Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Employment Issues

Cuyahoga Works: Job & Career Services | Cuyahoga County Public Library

Career counselors provide guidance in career decision-making through assessment testing, volunteering, informational interviewing, job shadowing, or temporary work. Counselors assist with creating a plan. Offers computers for job-related searches and helps proofread resumes.

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Special Libraries
Employment Issues
Career Awareness
Career Change Counseling
Career Counseling
Prejob Guidance

Employment Interview Child Care | Akron Area Ymca

Offers 2.5 hours of child care for children of job-seeking parents with scheduled job interviews. Provides the service at state-certified child care facilities.

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Child Care Providers
Employment Issues

Economic Justice Information Line | Legal Aid Society Of Cleveland

Provides information on state's employment laws and unemployment benefits. Agency staff answer legal questions regarding employment and unemployment benefits offered by state and federal governments during the COVID 19 outbreak, laws regarding compensation, additional benefits available due to the pandemic, and rights on the job. Callers who need legal assistance may be referred to the organization's intake line.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Employment Issues

Employment Interview Child Care | Akron Area Ymca

Offers 2.5 hours of child care for children of job-seeking parents with scheduled job interviews. Provides the service at state-certified child care facilities.

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Child Care Providers
Employment Issues

Workers' Rights Board | Cleveland Jobs With Justice

Promotes the rights of workers by educating the broader community about workplace abuses, helping workers improve employment standards, and supporting workers' rights to organize. Offers educational programs, speakers, and printed materials about workers' issues, such as workers' rights and free trade. Offers workers the opportunity to report abuse and violations of wage theft and other worker issues that may be system wide. Does not provide direct services for individuals, but does offer membership for persons interested in supporting workers rights.

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Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Employment Issues
Community Organizing Assistance

America'S Heroes At Work | United States Department Of Labor

Program focuses on the employment challenges of returning service members living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The project equips employers and the workforce development system with the tools they need to help returning service members affected by TBI and/or PTSD succeed in the workplace - particularly service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Offers a variety of educational resources devoted to improving employment-related outcomes for returning service members with TBI and/or PTSD. Materials include fact sheets, Web-based training tools, educational presentations and more - all designed for employers, workforce development professionals, service branches, key military support systems, veterans' service organizations and One-Stop Career Centers.

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Employment Issues
Internet Information Resources

Employment Interview Child Care | Akron Area Ymca

Offers 2.5 hours of child care for children of job-seeking parents with scheduled job interviews. Provides the service at state-certified child care facilities.

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Child Care Providers
Employment Issues

Employment Interview Child Care | Akron Area Ymca

Offers 2.5 hours of child care for children of job-seeking parents with scheduled job interviews. Provides the service at state-certified child care facilities.

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Child Care Providers
Employment Issues

Youth@Work/Youth At Work | United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Seeks to teach youth their rights and responsibilities as an employee and how to avoid and deal with discrimination in the workplace, as well as promote awareness of federal anti-discrimination laws. Offers a website, holds outreach events, provides speakers for community groups and schools, and works with businesses and community leaders.

What's Here

Electronic Information Resources
Employment Issues
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus

Employment Discrimination - Speakers | United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Provides speakers who will discuss discrimination as it relates to employment.

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Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Employment Issues

Employment Discrimination - Speakers | United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Provides speakers who will discuss discrimination as it relates to employment.

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Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Employment Issues

Comprehensive Case Management And Employment Program (CCMEP) | Darke County Job And Family Services

Provides employment and training services to eligible, low-income individuals based on a comprehensive assessment of employment and training needs, as well as a basic skills assessment. Participants are provided services to support goals outlined in their individual opportunity plan, which may include support to obtain a high school diploma, job placement, work experience, and other supportive services such as rent, child care and transportation. Participants are provided with case management to address barriers to self-sufficiency such as health, addiction/substance abuse issues, housing, education, transportation, etc.

What's Here

Prejob Guidance
WIOA Programs
Case/Care Management
Job Finding Assistance
Employment Issues