Employment & Training Services

Adult Services

1-800-870-3478

Provides intensive assistance with job search for those with marketable job skills

Provides assistance with resume writing for those with marketable job skills

Provides training for those lacking marketable job skills:

• Classroom training in basic educational and vocational skills in demand by area businesses
• Training by State-approved professional training institutions, local county colleges and other schools
• Courses meet local and State quality standards
• Priority to people over 18 receiving public assistance, and low-income unemployed or under-employed

Dislocated Worker Services

1-800-870-3478

Provides job seeker assistance for anyone laid off due to a plant closing or downsizing

Provides training in labor demand fields for those whose skills are no longer marketable

• Eligibility includes terminated or laid off workers, those eligible for or receiving unemployment insurance, and displaced homemakers
• Training by State-approved professional training institutions, local county colleges and other schools
• Courses meet local and State quality standards

On-the-Job Training (OJT)

1-800-870-3478

Provides full-time on-the-job training leading to full-time employment

Training is available to qualified dislocated workers and other qualified individuals experiencing economic hardship.

• Benefits employers by reducing the costs of hiring and training new employees
• Employers gain prescreened, competent and motivated workers plus a wage subsidy during the initial training period

One-Stop Career Centers

973-285-8358

Provides job search assistance including computers, photocopier, fax machine and telephone

Posts newspaper want-ads and other employment opportunities

Provides resume and job search assistance available

Provides occupational skills training grants to eligible dislocated workers, unemployed youth, and individuals without marketable job skills

Includes 'Learning Links': basic skills remediation, ESL and computer literacy training

Learning Links is available to anyone eligible to work in the United States, currently employed or unemployed

Supportive Assistance to Individuals and Families (SAIF)

1-800-870-3478

Provides cash assistance and support services (for example: child care and transportation) for up to 24 months for eligible individuals

Eligibility is those who have reached the five-year limit for TANF cash assistance and do not qualify for an exemption

Youth Services

1-800-870-3478

Provides remedial education, labor market information, and job placement assistance to those aged 16 through 21

Counseling, life skills/job skills training, GED preparation and basic education, mentoring, tutoring and other supportive services are offered through various public and non-profit agencies

Work First New Jersey

1-800-870-3478

Provides case management, intensive career counseling, job search skills training, occupational training, job placement assistance, and/or other support services to those on public assistance

Provides services including child care and transportation assistance both while attending approved activities, and for a 24 month post-TANF employment period to those on public assistance

Provides assistance with car repairs, insurance, work clothes, etc.to help a TANF recipient get or keep a job

Provides TANF recipients or TANF-eligible individuals with the ability to obtain a college degree without counting time spent in school toward the 5-year time limit on TANF cash assistance (Smart Steps Program)

Offers working post-TANF recipients an opportunity to attend additional classroom or distance learning programs (Career Advancement Voucher program)