CAREER PATH SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Programs

1. Wioa adult services - the workforce innovation and opportunity act's (wioa) goal for adult services is to provide workforce investment activities that increase the employment, occupational attainment, and retention and earning of participants. Wioa adult services are intended to improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of a local workforce development area's economy. Wioa gives priority to recipients of public assistance, other low-income individuals, and individuals who are basic skills deficient, and to certain veterans or veteran spouses to receive specific services.

   $5,657,502 spentof which $2,854,985 as grants
   25% of program spending

2. Wioa 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. Other conditions can lead to eligibility, such as being self-employed (but not working because of poor economic conditions) or being a displaced homemaker. This program tailor's employment and training services to meet the needs of dislocated workers while assisting employers facing substantial layoffs by encouraging labor, management, and community and government partnerships.

   $4,950,315 spentof which $2,498,112 as grants
   21% of program spending

3. Wioa youth program - the wioa youth program provides employment and education services to eligible young people, ages 14-24, who face barriers to education, training, and employment. It helps youth complete secondary education and transition into post-secondary education and training opportunities. This includes services like tutoring, study skills training, instruction leading to secondary school completion, dropout recovery services, etc. The program provides training opportunities to gain skills and credentials necessary for in-demand jobs and provides wrap-around support that foster success. This includes mentoring, guidance counseling, financial literacy education, entrepreneurial skills training, leadership development, and more.

   $3,536,746 spentof which $1,785,173 as grants
   15% of program spending

4. Human services - the commerce workfirst programs are transitional job opportunities funded by the department of commerce in partnership with washington's workfirst program. Our programs assist participants receiving temporary assistance for needy families (tanf) obtain permanent employment by gaining job skills and experience through transitional, on-the-job training as well as individualized job skills training and job placement services. Participants are placed on a part-time, temporary, work-based assignment to update work history, gain new or additional skills, and develop professional references. While working, the participant will engage in individualized job readiness and job search activities as well as other work supports designed to assist the participant in obtaining permanent employment. Participants in our programs receive skills/interests assessments, career counseling, assistance with goal setting and action planning, coaching/mentoring, access to job skills trainings, individualized job placement services, work experience and work supports such as transportation assistance or help with work clothing. Our career training program's goals are to provide participants…

   $6,878,794 spentof which $3,864,071 as grants
   30% of program spending

5. Quest - the goal the quest dwg is to enable individuals who have been adversely affected by the covid-19 pandemic and the social and economic inequities that the pandemic exacerbated, to enter, return to, or advance in high-quality jobs in growth industries. State ecsa and federal ecsa - economic security for all (ecsa) is a poverty reduction program that supports low-income washingtonians in their pursuit of equity, dignity, and sustained self-sufficiency. The program is designed to coordinate existing systems through intensive program navigation, local innovation, and flexible support that fills gaps and meet needs within existing programs and regulations. The service model relies on a local coordination team, responsible for providing the following services: bundling multiple benefits to stabilize customers' households, creating career plans for customers to reach a self-sufficiency earnings goal, coordinating wrap-around support across programs to fill gaps in benefits, connections to training or education, with financial support to cover living expenses and supporting customers until they achieve self-sufficiency. Basic food employment and training - the basic food employment…

   $536,504 spentof which $63,214 as grants
   2% of program spending

6. Dignified workday - dignified workday (dwd) is a low barrier "employment-first" program tackling the homelessness crisis in the spokane community launched by career path services in 2024 in partnership with sds realty. The program provides individuals struggling with houselessness with training and on the job training through work in service to the community in the form of community cleanup and maintenance and construction work. The program helps participants address their immediate needs to stabilize and become housed, while building skills and employment track record to successfully secure and maintain fuller time work into the future.

   $1,481,724 spentof which $794,431 as grants$47,644 earned by the program
   6% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,041,585.