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• Jobs with Benefits: 1 • Part-time Jobs: 0 • Full-time Jobs: 1 • Expenditures: $20,500

Job Assistance Center – A number of services are provided including comprehensive assessment, work readiness, life skills training, occupational training and career advancement, and enhanced job retention services. Services are provided in Accomack, Northampton, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, Northumberland, Richmond County, Westmoreland, Dinwiddie, Greensville/Emporia, Surry, Petersburg, and Hopewell. • Participants: 8 • Entered Employment: 2 • Starting Hourly Wage: $14.75 • Jobs with Benefits: 1 • Part-time Jobs: 1 • Full-time Jobs: 1 • Expenditures: $108,008

Occupational Enterprises – This program is designed to expand the availability of affordable transportation options in southwest Virginia. Transportation supports are provided and a car purchase program is offered. For those participants engaged in care purchase, the program assists with financial literacy training as well as assistance in securing low-interest loans. • Participants: 5 • Entered Employment: 5 • Starting Hourly Wage: $13.33 • Jobs with Benefits: 3 • Part-time Jobs: 2 • Full-time Jobs: 3 • Expenditures: $26,667.02

Rehabilitative Services and Vocational Placement – This program represents an expansion of existing services to assist participants to prepare to successfully enter, retain, and enhance employment and career pathways, serving those with multiple personal and family-situation barriers to independence and competitive employment. The goal of this program is to provide comprehensive services, support services, training, and job accommodations.

• Participants: 26