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PROGRAM
OVERVIEW:
Los Angeles Southwest College
1600 Imperial Highway
Los Angeles, CA 90047
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Goal: To assist TANF
recipients with career pathways that include selected career
ladders which lead to family
supporting income jobs and careers.
In
keeping with the mission and intent of CalWORKs at
the community colleges, the Los Angeles Southwest College
CalWORKs Program has fostered the design of new curricula
and redesigned existing curriculum and certificate programs
that are industry-based to provide the optimum in skills
and job preparation for twenty-first century careers
and new market careers. The goal is to advance the local
economic growth and global competitiveness and provide
access for economic improvements, business and technology
development that will allow TANF recipients to compete
in fields with high demand for skilled employees. Our
approach is student-centered with a focus on learning
and training. We prepare individuals for entry-level
jobs, job advancement, and family supporting income careers.
We interact and interface with the vocational discipline
faculty and VTEA. We are active members of the economic
development teams in Los Angeles County, the Small Business
Administration, local businesses and industries, and
other community agencies.
We
offer: Counseling Services include Academic Advisement,
Career and Vocational, Personal and Referrals, and Assessment.
Center
for Academic and Workforce Excellence (A Workplace
Learning Resource and Skill Center) Workplace literacy
integrates the use of reading, writing, listening, speaking,
mathematics, and related cognitive skills to perform
job related tasks. We offer an array of skill and career
development services: The Center for Academic and Workforce
Excellence has state-of-the-art technology and Internet
access.
Business
Service Center offers a series of workshops
and seminars for those individuals who may have problems
entering the workforce because of past challenges. Facilities
maintenance, Gardening and Landscaping, and Floral Design
as entrepreneurs are avenues to acquiring family supporting
income. Students who are majoring in Child Development
may consider owning and operating a Family Day Care Center.
Other
Special Programs include Careers in Banking and
Finance (partnerships within the banking industry), Floral
Design, Cable Networking and Fiber Optics, Business Office
Careers, Career Ladders Vocational Programs, and Multiple
Career Options.
Los
Angeles Southwest College Child Development Program: CalWORKs purchased two additional
bungalows for childcare
services and increased the number of children of TANF
recipients receiving chi8ldcare services to one hundred
and sixty-to children. Over twenty interns assist in
the Center; one hundred and one private Child Care Centers
are part of our Directors’ Program and some serve
on the Child Care Council, the Advisory Council, and
as mentors to the CalWORKs students who are majoring
in Child Development.
Visit
the Los Angeles Southwest College GAIN/CalWORKs Program
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