Workforce Resource Center

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The Workforce Resource Center provides a variety of support services including financial aid for students pursuing professional/technical and other job training programs. The Workforce Resource Center provides tuition, books, and other support through the programs described below. To make sure you qualify, please contact a Workforce Resource Center staff member at the phone numbers listed below.

Worker Retraining

The Worker Retraining program can provide tuition support and possibly books for students who are out of work or in danger of losing their jobs without more training.

Program staff can assist with the development of an individual training plan, the completion of Commissioner Approved Training (CAT) and Training Benefits (TB) applications, and applications for other funding sources. Program staff can also assist with WorkForce Investment Act/Dislocated Worker Program and Trade Act/NAFTA applications and processes. Students need to enroll in professional/technical classes.

Eligibility

You could be eligible for the Worker Retraining Program if you:

• are receiving or eligible to receive unemployment benefits
            OR
• have exhausted your unemployment benefits within the last two years
            OR
• are formerly self-employed and currently unemployed due to general economic conditions
            OR
• are a displaced homemaker (you were dependent on the income of another family member but are no longer supported by that income)
            OR
• are a vulnerable worker who meets two of the following three requirements:
  1. Your job is not in demand (www.wilma.org/wdclist/)
  2. You do not have 45 college credits
  3. You must upgrade your skills to remain employed in your current job

Services available

• FREE tuition, books, and fees for those who qualify
• Education and career planning
• Job search assistance
• Assistance with the following applications and processes: Commissioner Approved Training (CAT), Training Benefits (TB), Workforce Investment Act/Dislocated Worker, and Trade Adjustment Act.
• Funds are also available for qualified students in the form of a grant to assist those whose unemployment insurance is exhausted.

Degree Programs

• Administrative Office Management
• Network Technology
• Web Application Programming Technology

Certificate Programs

Getting started

Prospective students should attend a Worker Retraining Orientation, offered every Wednesday at 1 p.m. For location information of orientation or more information:

• call 425.352.8132
• stop by the Library Annex
• email retrain@cascadia.edu, or
• fill out the Workforce Inquiry Form