WIA - a way to pay for your way!

Indiana told me they are not funding truck driving training..they say they are using the money for other fields of work

 

They say here in Ohio there's no Money. Seems if you got laid off late in this reccesion your suckin hind ***

 

When you go to the website of the agency in your area you can look at the list of in demand jobs, and if what you want is on it, then you can get the money for training if you qualify. Where I live in California truck driving is an in demand job so I got approved into the program.

 

Who did you speak with? I called the Indianapolis number this morning that Walstib posted at top of the page. They said that yes, funding is available in Indiana through WIA, providing that the training is for a job that is in demand in Indiana. The last time I checked, trucking is a big industry here in this state...don't they call it the crossroads of America? To add to that, Indiana's governor, Mitch Daniels just put out a "hot jobs" list of Indiana's 50 hottest jobs of the future and truck driving is listed at #19. It's also on the WorkOne unemployment website. I went to WorkOne today and they said we can meet their every Wednesday to discuss training and so I will go next Wednesday...but as far as I am concerned..that would be pure and total bs to even suggest that trucking is not an important field of work in this state.
See this Indiana list here from the WorkOne website..trucking IS on it. https://netsolutions.dwd.in.gov/hh50/jobList.aspx?hotJobs=true

 

FOLKS CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR WIA IF:


Target Population

• All adults, 18 years and older, are eligible for core services.
• Dislocated workers.
• Priority for intensive and training services must be given to recipients of public assistance and other low-income individuals where funds are limited.
• In addition to unemployed adults, employed adults can also receive services to obtain or retain employment that allows for self-sufficiency. State and local areas are responsible for establishing procedures for applying the priority and self-sufficiency requirements.

Definitions of Dislocated Workers



A dislocated worker is an individual who:

• Has been terminated or laid off, or has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment;
• Is eligible for or has exhausted unemployment insurance;
• Has demonstrated an appropriate attachment to the workforce, but not eligible for unemployment insurance and unlikely to return to a previous industry or occupation;
• Has been terminated or laid off or received notification of termination or layoff from employment s a result of a permanent closure or substantial layoff;<<<<Me
• Is employed at a facility, where the employer has made the general announcement that the facility will close within a 180 days;
• Was self-employed (including employment as a farmer, a rancher, or a fisherman) but is unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community or because of a natural disaster; or
• Is a displaced homemaker who is no longer supported by another family member.

 

i already had a class b and used the WIA program to upgrade to a class a
i had to take the whole class, WIA would not pay for the upgrade class

 

I don't think the WIA program can be used if you want to train in the same career field you just came out of.

 

the job opportunities are not out there for a class b, where the jobs requiring a class a are,

it made me more marketable in the work force

that is 2 of the things that they looked at when i was in the program to get me approved for the grant