Board Of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)
Nassau BOCES, a partnership of the County's school districts, is committed to providing the best possible education for children and learners.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Working to provide a decent, safe, and sanitary home and suitable living environment for every American. HUD's mission is to fight for fair housing, increase affordable housing & home ownership, reduce homelessness, promote jobs and economic opportunity, empower people and communities, and restore the public trust
Job Corps
Job Corps is the Nations largest residential and educational training program for economically challenged youth ages 16 to 24.
N.Y.S. Division of Veterans Affairs
New York State's free advocacy service for income, medical care, education, and referral for veterans and their families.
Nassau Community College
Nassau Placement Network
The Nassau Placement Network is a partnership between the business community and not-for-profit organizations providing training and employment services
National Council On Aging, Inc.
The National Council on the Aging, Inc., is a center of leadership and nationwide expertise in the issues of aging.
Town of Hempstead
Whether you are a Hempstead Town resident or plan to visit our community, you will find the information available on our web site to be both interesting and invaluable.
U.S. Dept. of Labor
U.S.Deparment of Labor Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Vocational Educational Services for Individuals with Disablities (VESID)
VESID, an office of the New York State Education Department, each year offers thousands of New Yorkers who have a disability an opportunity to become independent through education, training and employment. We provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals to prepare them for suitable jobs. These jobs might be in the competitive work force, in self-owned businesses, in supported employment on employer sites, or in sheltered workshops. We can also help people with disabilities who are having difficulty keeping their jobs.
City Of Long Beach Office of Youth and Family Services
The City of Long Beach Office of Youth & Family Services has been serving your employment needs for the past twenty years. Offering resume assistance, job counseling and an extensive job bank listing. We serve residents of all ages with all types of employment needs.
Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County, Inc
EOC is the designated, Community Action Agency in Nassau County. The overall mission is to "provide the opportunity for education and training, employment and the right to live in decency and dignity" thus, "Helping People Help Themselves." During the last 35 years, EOC has played a significant role in advocating for the disenfranchised and assisting them in overcoming the obstacles that befall them. Our commitment has been strated through program initatives that improve the quality of life for low-income people. Health, education, employment, and infant mortality are a just a few of the issues addressed through our Head Start-Early Child Development, Displaced Homemakers, Downstate Perinatal Care, HIV/AIDS Awareness and Youth Development programs.
Nassau County Department Of Senior Citizens Affairs
Town of Hempstead Department of Occupational Resources
Town of Hempstead
Department of Occupational Resources (DOOR)
The Department of Occupational Resources (DOOR) is the Grant Subrecipient/Fiscal agent, under Title I-B of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), for the Town of Hempstead/City of Long Beach Local Workforce Investment Area (LWIA).In this capacity, DOOR provides staff to the Town of Hempstead Workforce Investment Board and Youth Council.In addition, DOOR, the City of Long Beach and the New YorkState Department of Labor have been designated as the One-Stop Operator for the HempsteadWorks One-Stop System and CareerCenter. DOOR is also the Program Operator for WIA and provides staff to both HempsteadWorks and the WIA program.
Since its inception in 1978, DOOR has served as the Local Prime Sponsor for the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Program, the Local Administrative Entity for the Job Training Partnership Act, and the Grant Subrecipient/Fiscal Agent for the Balanced Budget Act Welfare-to-Work Block Grant Program, the TANF Summer Youth Employment Program and the WIA Title I-B Program.DOOR is also the Grant Subrecipient/Fiscal Agent for a Customized Employment Grant awarded by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), under the Consolidated Budget Appropriations Act.
In the past four (4) years, DOOR achieved sixty-four (64) of sixty-eight (68) WIA Performance Standards, amounting to a success rate of ninety-four percent 94%. These performance standards pertain to placement of jobseekers into employment, ensuring that they retain employment, and that they increase their earnings and gain credentials.
The department has been recognized as a leading innovator in the field of workforce
development with a variety of state and national awards, including the following:
Governor’s Promising Practice (2003), Governor’s Promising Practice (2002), National Association of Counties Workforce Award for Excellence (1999); U.S.
Department of Labor Enterprise Re-Certification (Membership for Achieving
Excellence) (1999); Governor’s Workforce Development Award (1998); U.S.
Secretary of Labor’s Certificate of Excellence (1996); U.S. Department of Labor
Enterprise Charter Certification (Membership for Achieving Excellence) (1996).
DOOR currently serves approximately 5,000 jobseekers per year within the HempsteadWorks System, which includes a full service CareerCenter and various satellite locations.
Town of Hempstead Housing Authority
Goodwill Industries of Greater NY
Goodwill Industries is a major employer of people with disabilities in New York and Northern New Jersey and a leading provider of vocational, youth and community redevelopment services for people with disabilities and other special needs. Its mission is to expand opportunities and job capabilities for people outside the mainstream workforce, whether they are mentally or physically disabled, economically disadvantaged, recent immigrants, unskilled workers or urban youth. The agency operates many programs in the five boroughs of New York City and the metropolitan area, including Long Island and Northern New Jersey
New York State Department of Labor - Workforce Partners
New York State Educational Department
The mission of the New York State Educational Department is to raise the knowledge, skill, and opportunity of all the people in New York.
The Department of Labor
The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
The National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult
The National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult (NCWD) provides training, technical assistance, policy analysis, and information to improve access for all in the workforce development system.
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability/Youth
NCWD/Youth is your source for information about employment and youth with disabilities. Our partners — experts in disability, education, employment, and workforce development — strive to ensure you will be provided with the highest quality, most relevant information available.
Long Island Regional Adult Education Network
provides technical assistance and professional development to adult literacy, occupational and continuing education programs funded by the New York State Education Department (NYSED). The LI-RAEN is one of seven Regional Adult Education Networks funded by the NYSED through federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II Section 223 funding.
ABILITIES Inc.
With over 50 years of experience, Abilities Inc. provides comprehensive services to job seekers with disabilities. Some of the services provided include vocational assessment, job skills training, remedial education/GED preparation, pre-employment assistance, job placement and job coaching. Abilities Inc. is equipped with the latest technology to prepare consumers for occupations they enjoy and positions that are in high demand
