BUSINESS RESOURCE GUIDE (Employee Training Programs)
The Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (replaces the Job Training Partnership Act [JTPA] program),
utilizes federal funds to operate one-stop workforce centers which
provide labor market information; "scorecard" data on
training providers; assessment, screening and referrals of potential
employees; and hiring incentives for unemployed workers. Administered
locally by the City of Shreveport’s Department of Community
Development (inside the city limits) and The Coordinating &
Development Corporation(outside Shreveport), the program is designed
to stimulate the employment, training, and retraining of unemployed
and economically disadvantaged and dislocated workers through training
subsidies and employer incentives.
Training services may
include: basic skills training, occupational skills training; on-the-job
training where 50% of the wages for newly hired employees are reimbursed
for a specified training period, customized training combining on-the-job
training and industry specific training, cooperative education,
private sector operated training/skills upgrading & retraining,
and employability training.
These services include
comprehensive assessment, screening, and referrals in local "One-Stop"
Workforce Centers, payment of tuition, books, and training related
supplies for economically disadvantaged and dislocated workers to
receive skills training at area community colleges, vocational-technical
schools, and other accredited education institutions. "Customized"
training for employer’s new hires combining OJT and vocational
classroom training, and access to state resources for incumbent
worker training is also available.
Contact: City of Shreveport,
(318) 673-7500, www.ci.shreveport.la.us/dept/cd/index.htm#Workforce,
or
The Coordinating & Development Corporation, (318) 632-2022,
www.cdconline.org.
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Welfare to Work is
a program funded by the Louisiana Department of Labor and is designed
to transition welfare recipients into the world of work through
a variety of activities which include community service, work experience,
on-the-job training, and vocational training. Other transitional
services are available in the form of transportation assistance,
child care assistance, job coaching, financial counseling, substance
abuse counseling and referral, housing assistance, occupational
assessment, employment related expenses, etc.
Contact: City of Shreveport, (318) 673-7500, http://www.ci.shreveport.la.us/dept/cd/index.htm#Workforce,
or
The Coordinating & Development Corporation, (318) 632-2022,
www.cdconline.org.
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LOUISIANA
JOB EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING PROGRAM
(LaJET)
LaJET
is a unit of the City of Shreveport’s Department of Community
Development that offers employment and training programs for Caddo
Parish Food Stamp recipients. LaJET provides the following services:
individual assessment, testing, counseling, referral to other agencies,
job development,
job readiness training, literacy training, workfare, basic skills
workplace training, and work
ethic
development training.
Contact: (318) 673-7575, www.ci.shreveport.la.us/dept/cd/index.htm#Workforce.
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LOUISIANA
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT &
TRAINING PROGRAM
This program offers
both pre-employment and worker upgrade training. Administered by
the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, this highly flexible
program funds private and public sources of worker training. Available
to new and expanding companies as well as to firms implementing
new and expanding technologies.
Contact: (225)342-5388, www.led.state.la.us
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INCUMBENT
WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM
This program is designed to benefit
business and industry by assisting in the skill development of existing
employees, increasing employee productivity, and the growth of the
company. Training is customized to fit the needs of the employer.
To be eligible to participate in the
program, a business must have operated in Louisiana and contributed
to the state's Unemployment Insurance System for at least three
years. In addition, an employer, or consortium of employers with
similar needs, must have at least 15 employees to be trained.
Small employers are encouraged to participate. If you do not have the
minimum number of employees, you may still be eligible to participate
in this program by combining your employees with employees of two
or more other employers who have the same training needs and can
meet the requirement of 15 trainees.
Preferential consideration is given
to companies that select public training providers, donate equipment
and supplies to the program, and participate in the state's Welfare
to Work initiative. Louisiana businesses can
participate in this program through application and approval by
the Louisiana Department
of Labor and the Office of the Governor. Application for customized
training must be
submitted
in conjunction with the training institution/provider selected by
the applicant. All disbursements
of funds will be made to the training provider. Contact: (318) 676-7789,
www.ldol.state.la.us.
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