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Community Work Experience Program or Work Experience means a work activity, performed in return for public assistance, that provides a participant with an opportunity to acquire the general skills, training, knowledge, and work habits necessary to obtain employment. Participants may be placed with a public or private non-profit agency.
18.4 Job Readiness and Job Search Assistance
These are activities that focus on job readiness and job search assistance for participants, or short-term treatment for substance abuse, mental health, or rehabilitation for those who are otherwise employable. The immediate goal of these activities is for participants to gain full or part-time employment. Job search assistance is directed to the participant's interest and the local job market conditions and may serve participants in either group or individual job-seeking activities, or a combination of both methods. Job readiness training is conducted as group activities where participants learn to develop their resumes, acquire job searching skills, learn the appropriate etiquette for interviews, and soft skills, before they begin to seek employment opportunities.
18.5 Community Service Programs
Community Service Programs are structured programs in which participants perform work for the direct benefit of the community in return for public assistance. Participants are provided the opportunity to gain work experience and acquire job skills training through placements with public agencies or private non-profit organizations with community projects that serve a useful public purpose.
18.6 Vocational Education Training
The participants receive structured, specialized training from educational programs, other than a baccalaureate or advanced degrees that prepare individuals with technical knowledge and skills that are prerequisites for employment in current or emerging occupations.
According to the State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), hospitals and nursing facilities and specialty health care services had the greatest number of jobs between 2010 and 2020 (DBEDT Hawaii's Targeted & Emerging Industries 2021 Update Report). In 2020, there were about 43,688 jobs in the hospitals and nursing facilities. The specialty health care services saw the great growth at 6.0% between 2010 and 2020 producing about 13,358 jobs.