Employment Services
Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act will help job seekers and workers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and match employers with skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy.
The Maui County Workforce Development Board provides oversight of integrated programs under the Workforce Innovations and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for the County of Maui and leads efforts to engage with a diverse range of job seekers, training providers, program providers and businesses to implement career pathways for job seekers and essential services for employer businesses.
Connect with us regarding any of these programs.
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Wagner-Peyser Employment Services
The Wagner-Peyser Employment Service focuses on providing a variety of services including job search assistance, help getting a job referral, and placement assistance for job seekers. Additionally, re-employment services are available for unemployment insurance claimants, as well as recruitment services to employers with job openings.
The “Welcome Team” offers programs such as:
- Objective Personal Assessment that identifies qualifying barriers to employment
- Skills Assessments
- Competency Testing
- Career Interest Surveys
- Pathway Planning
- Trade Act Assistance (TAA) Disability and Education Initiative
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Adult & Dislocated Worker Program
The Dislocated Worker program is designed to help workers get back to work as quickly as possible and overcome barriers to employment. When individuals become dislocated workers as a result of job loss, mass layoffs, global trade dynamics, or transitions in economic sectors, the Dislocated Worker program provides services to assist them in re-entering the workforce.
- Working individuals terminated or laid-off
- Individuals employed at a facility that will close within 180 days
- Displaced spouses of the military or displaced homemakers
- Displaced by natural disasters or economic conditions
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WIOA Youth Program – Ola I Ka Hana
Goodwill Hawaii’s Ola I Ka Hana program equips youth with the skills to achieve their academic, employment, and healthy living goals. In a non-traditional classroom setting, youth will acquire the skills necessary to prepare themselves for a successful future. Our individual and group sessions maximize and customize the learning process to each individual learning style. Community service projects provide youth with hands-on experience that develops decision-making skills to help them successfully transition into adulthood. Services are individualized based on the youth and their family input. The frequency of services is determined by individual needs.
- You’ll find help with: Find entry-level work experience
- Build skills to obtain a High School Equivalency or GED
- Develop leadership skills
- Explore post-secondary education opportunities
- Live a healthier and more positive lifestyle
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Ola I Ka Hana 2022
SERVICES FOR MILITARY VETERANS
Maui AJC’s offer an array of employment and training services to veterans and other eligible persons. Specialized veteran staff known as the Local Veterans Employment Representative (LVER) & Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) are employed at the AJCs to offer assistance to employers seeking to hire veterans with specific skills and experiences.
These staff are military veterans and have received specialized training at the National Veterans Training Institute (NVTI) to work with veterans and employers. They understand how to bridge the skills and experiences of veterans with those of the job requirements in local industries.
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TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or TANF Program is a federally funded block grant program. A primary eligibility requirement to receive TANF funds is U.S. citizenship.
TANF funding is limited to U.S. citizens, single or two-parent households with minor dependent children. These program requirements are in accordance with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) (Welfare Reform).
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
State VR programs provide VR services for individuals with disabilities, consistent with their strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice, so that they may prepare for and engage in competitive integrated employment or supported employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency.
- The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) provides services to Hawai’i community members who experience barriers to employment due to a physical or cognitive disability.
- Designed to assist job seekers with disabilities prepare, secure, and retain competitive employment in an integrated work setting.
- Furnishes the finest resources and opportunities for training, support, and career placement. Productive partnerships with other state agencies, private non-profits, and employers pave the way for our consumers to find successful employment with the reality of competitive wages.
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Senior Community Services Employment Program
SCSEP fosters and promotes part-time employment opportunities in community service activities for low-income senior citizens who are fifty-five (55) years of age or older. They also assist older workers in transitioning to unsubsidized employment.
Basic SCSEP Eligibility Requirements:
- Unemployed.
- 55 years or older.
- A resident of Maui County.
- The gross income of the family in which the applicant is a member of the household shall not exceed 125% of the poverty levels established by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
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National Farmers Job Program
NFJP is a job training and employment assistance program for farm workers and their families.
Our Case Managers provide:
- Assistance in finding employment
- Job training
- Educational opportunities
- Support services.
This assistance is offered at no cost to the participants.
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Community Services Block Grant
Participants are referred to Maui Economic Opportunity for services because this is not a stand-alone service. Collaborates with the Maui Homeless Alliance and other social service agencies to maximize existing funding Advocates for affordable housing initiatives and projects and maintains the County Rental Assistance Program to provide
- Rental assistance like security deposits to stabilize conditions for people in financial emergency eviction, homelessness, and back payments on utilities (low-income energy assistance program)
- Provides assistance through the Legal Services program that provides legal assistance for low-income seniors sixty and older.
- Referrals to Paratransit services and works to identify and eliminate barriers for disabled riders
McKinley Community School for Adults
Adult Education emphasizes life-long learning and programs that are designed to accommodate the interests and changing needs of individuals. We strive to build the skills for adults to make themselves, their families, and communities better.
- Services for adults and youth 18+
- Attain GED
- Workforce Development Diploma
- Substitute Teacher Courses,
- Paraprofessional Testing and other DOE certifications
- Basic skills or English language classes
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ALU LIKE, Inc
Title 1, Provides “kokua” to Native Hawaiians who are committed to achieving their own potential. Their mission is to kōkua Hawaiian Natives committed to achieving their potential for themselves, their families and their communities.
- Youth employment and training opportunities for Native Hawaiian,
Native American, and Alaska Native youth ages 14-24 - Take advantage of the Hana Lima Scholarship
Program
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Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is an educational program that aligns academic standards with technical knowledge and skills to prepare students for careers in current or emerging occupations and further education. CTE is the only educational program in which course content is guided by business and industry input.
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- Develops the academic, technical, and career skills for secondary and post-secondary students through funding support
- Supports partnerships among workforce boards, businesses, post-secondary institutions, and a variety of industries
- Federal Funding Through the Perkins IV Act
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