• The Super Jobs Center – providing services for job seekers and employers

• Community Link – the first stop for welfare recipients on their way to self-sufficiency

• FSET (Food Stamp Employment & Training) provides employment assistance to people receiving food stamps.

The Super Jobs Center

The Super Jobs Center provides one-stop employment and training services. Operated by Arbor E&T under contract with the county and city, the project is federally funded through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Services are designed to help people find jobs, upgrade their employment and improve skills. Through the center, employers can also gain access to trained workers.

Community Link

Community Link is a consortium of 10 agencies that collaborate with HCJFS. They provide customers who receive cash assistance through HCJFS with coordinated services that help to remove employment barriers. That may involve working with other community agencies on issues such as disabilities, substance abuse, domestic violence, or lack of basic needs.

Community Link assesses each client’s vocational capabilities and needs, and helps find jobs for people who are ready to work. Those who are not yet ready to enter the regular workforce participate in work activities at agencies, businesses and schools designed to help them build marketable skills.

FSET

The FSET (Food Stamp Employment & Training) program is designed for food stamp recipients without minor children living at home and who are able-bodied. FSET staff members work with customers to assess their job skills and determine if any barriers exist that prevent customers from successfully getting and keeping a job. Barriers might include a lack of skills, substance addictions, an untreated mental illness, or anger management issues.

The FSET team also works with customers who receive Ohio Works First (OWF) benefits, since those customers may have to meet work participation requirements. In addition, team members assist customers who volunteer to participate in order to reinstate their OWF benefits.

The FSET team links customers to education and training that can help to remove barriers to successful employment. It also connects customers with employment and work services such as helping with job hunting skills or preparing resumes.

Other employment resources