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JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES (JAG) Program Jobs for America's Graduates, or JAG, is a school-to-career program implemented in 700 high schools, alternative schools, community colleges, and middle schools across the country and United Kingdom. JAG's mission is to keep young people in school through graduation and provide work-based learning experiences that will lead to career advancement opportunities or to enroll in a postsecondary institution that leads to a rewarding career. WorkOne and Tecumseh Area Partnership, Inc. launched the JAG program this fall at Lafayette Jeff and Peru High Schools’. JAG has a long and successful track record of helping students graduate from high school and achieve career goals through a structured internship and classroom curriculum. Thirty-seven real-life core competences are targeted with a high level of student accountability. A unique element of the JAG Program is the inclusion of 12 months of post-graduation mentor follow-up services that increase the likelihood of the graduate continuing their education and/or entering the workforce in a quality job leading to a career. Post-graduate services will be provided by the JAG teachers and program manager. To view the 37 core competencies, click here. AGING WORKER INITIATIVE (AWI) The Aging Worker Initiative (AWI) is a unique program recently developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. A $1M grant awarded to Tecumseh Area Partnership, Inc. is one of only 10 national awards. The goal of West Central Indiana Region 4’s three-year project is to serve job seekers 55 years and older through training and related support services that result in employment and advancement opportunities in the region’s high-growth, high demand occupations. Staff members specifically trained in serving mature and older workers provide specialized services through Career Transition Hubs within the region’s two WorkOne Centers. To learn more about this initiative, click here. REACH (Regional Employment & Assessment Center for Hiring) Two REACH Centers are open in this region. The first, established in January 2006 is in Lafayette and the second, in Kokomo opened its doors in January 2008. REACH provides enhanced screening and assessment services to strategic partners beginning with the region's manufacturing industry cluster employers. Services include:
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