Awardee:
Career Choices Inc.
700 E. Walnut
Contact: Franka
Siscel, Executive Director
Phone: (812) 424-4473 x113
Proposed Award Amount: $150,000
Community Served:
Project Emphasis: People with disabilities.
Summary Paragraph: This project will build on the
successes of the Round 2 Work Incentive Grant awarded to Career Choices Inc.
and WorkOne Evansville, which focuses on 1) upgrading WorkOne
systems technology and physical facilities, 2) providing seamless services to
the disabled referred from Vocational Rehabilitation, and 3) and training
staff. This project will increase
services to the disabled residents of Perry, Spencer, Warrick and Posey
Counties which border the Ohio River and will also expand job retention
services and hire two staff who are credentialed to be counselors/job developers
for the disabled.
Partnerships: Career Choices, Inc., Job Corps, Adult Education, Title V of the Older Americans Act, the Local Community Action Program, Green Thumb/Experience Works, Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Vocational Rehabilitation, Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Governors Planning Council for People with Disabilities, the Evansville Housing Authority, the City of Evansville, Goodwill Industries, Evansville Black Coalition, Indiana Vocational Technical College, and the Office of Family and Childrens Services.
