Snohomish County Workforce
Development Council
917 134th
Street SW, Suite
B-3
Everett, Washington 98204
Contact: William Bell, Project Director,
ACCESS Initiative
Phone: (425) 921-3421
Proposed Award Amount: $300,000
Community Served: Snohomish
County
Project Emphasis: People with disabilities.
Summary Paragraph: This project, Access
Initiative, aims to provide seamless services to staff, the disability
community, and employers. First, a
Disability Program Navigator will be added to the staff of the planned WorkSource Transition Center, to be housed within the WorkSource Everett site, which will help the Snohomish County system to meet all three Ticket
to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program goals.
Second, by enhancing staff and
employers knowledge and the existing infrastructure, this project will improve
access to existing Wagner-Peyser and Workforce
Investment Act funded services. This
effort will be coordinated with the Washington Workforce Associations Work
Incentive Grant, awarded in 2002.
Partnerships: Washington
State Employment Security Department, Washington
State Department of Social and Health Services and its Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation. Additional members of
Access Initiative are Center for Career Alternatives, Edmonds,
Everett, and Skagit
Valley Community Colleges,
Refugee and Immigrant Forum, Service Alternatives, Snohomish County Housing
Authority, Sunrise Services, TRAC Associates, Volunteers of America, Work
Opportunities, and the YWCA of Seattle-King County and Snohomish
County.
