Clackamas County gets grant
to help veterans train for jobs
Community Solutions for Clacka-
mas County (CSCC) has been
awarded a $750,000 grant from the
U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans
Workforce Investment Program to
continue to help veterans statewide
train for and find jobs.
Labor’s Community Service
Agency, AFL-CIO, and the Oregon
State Employment Department are
contract partners in the project.
Through the grant, veterans re-
ceive skills assessments, individual
job counseling, labor market informa-
tion, classroom or on-the-job training,
skills upgrading and retraining and
placement assistance.
For its part, Labor’s Community
Service Agency is helping veterans
get plugged in to construction appren-
ticeship training programs.
LCSA Executive Director Glenn
Shuck has made program presenta-
tions to union organizations, con-
ducted mailings to distribute veterans
program information, staffed informa-
tional booths at veterans events and
referred veterans to appropriate serv-
ices.
“The success of our program is
built upon strong partnerships be-
tween state workforce systems, organ-
ized labor and businesses who want to
see our Oregon National Guard, Re-
servists and enlisted military person-
nel successfully transition to civilian
employment,” said Maureen Thomp-
son, CSCC director and grant recipi-
ent.
The Clackamas County award was
one of 12 Veterans Workforce Invest-
ment Program grants announced by
the Labor Department and the only
West Coast grantee. The awards to-
taled $6.7 million.
For more information on the Com-
munity Solutions for Clackamas
County grant, contact Maureen
Thompson at 503-655-8842.
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