EMPLOYMENT - EMPLOYMENT TRAINING

CHILD CARE CONNECTIONS, STRAFFORD COUNTY
Phone: 335-3849, or toll free 1-888-440-4914 Fax: 335-6221
Email: strafdctyccc@metrocast.net
Location: Head Start Suite of the Rochester Community Center, 150 Wakefield St., Rochester, NH 03867.
Mailing Address: PO Box 607, Farmington, NH 03835

Child Care Connections maintains a data base of current child care providers and preschools in Strafford County and provides the following: free referrals and information for families seeking quality child care and preschools; start-up information for family child care; technical assistance to child care providers; and workshops for parents, child care providers, and other early childhood professionals.


NEW ENGLAND FARM WORKER'S COUNCIL, INC.
Phone: TollFree 1-877-527-3276 or (603)622-8199 Fax: (603) 622-3276
NH Area Director: Jennifer Justice - St. Hilaire, MSCED
50 Bridge Street, Suite 103, Manchester, NH 03101~

NEFWC is a federally funded non-profit agency representing the needs of the migrant and seasonal farm workers in New Hampshire. The National Job Training Program, WIA§167, funds this federal program. NEFWC provides training, vocational counseling, job placement assistance, ESL instruction, GED preparation, and supportive services to farm workers who seek an alternative to agriculture, or who wish to upgrade job skills in agriculture. Any individual who has worked on a farm within the last two years may qualify for this federally funded job-training program. We encourage farm workers to contact the NEFWC for further information. Farm workers sustain us by their labor.


NH DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
Phone: 436-8884
30 Maplewood Avenue, Suite 206, Portsmouth, NH 03801.
Hours: Monday thru Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm.

To rehabilitate the individual to return to gainful employment through training, medical treatment, onthejob training, transition employment, job placement and counseling.


NH EMPLOYMENT SECURITY NH WORKS (POSITIVE EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS)
Phone: 742-3600
243 Route 108, Somersworth, NH 03878.
Hours: Monday thru Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm.

This one-stop career center provides the user with PC's for self directed work search activities including resume formats, cover letters, job search, resume writing workshops, and career exploration. Services include job and information resources, economic and labor market information, employment recruitment, unemployment compensation, temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), and counseling services. Partner agencies that provide information and services include NH Community Technical College System, Community Action Program, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Department of Health and Human Services.


PLUS TIME NH: MAKING AFTERSCHOOL HAPPEN IN NH!!
Phone: Toll Free 1-800-432-5851 or 798-5850 Fax: 798-5861
160 Dover Road, Suite One, Chichester, NH 03258

Plus Time NH's mission is to provide the guidance, leadership, and support essential to create, expand and sustain afterschool programs in New Hampshire. National Service Opportunities with PlusTime: We have both AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA positions available throughout the year. AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA members gain valuable work experience while improving afterschool programs. Positions available at various sites throughout NH! Contact Kim Lamarre for more information at 1-800-432-5851 ext. 20, or email her at klamarre@plustime.org.


STEP BY STEP
Phone: 335-6847
Email: steproch@second-start.org

Need volunteers or entry-level employees? WORKING FUTURES is an intensive 8-week classroom-based job readiness activity for the New Hampshire Employment Program. The NH Division of Family Assistance has contracted with Second Start, an adult education center in Concord, NH, to administer the program. Working Futures has ten offices located throughout the state. Working Futures works solely with individuals receiving public assistance from TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families). Working Future's primary goal is to guide participants off of welfare and into employment or meaningful volunteer positions. They have people with skills ready to go!


TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES - (TANF) NH EMPLOYMENT TEAM
Phone: 742-3600
243 Route 108, Somersworth, NH 03878
Hours: Monday thru Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm.

Provides employment and training services for recipients in the TANF Program.


UNIVERSITY OF NH CONTINUING EDUCATION
Phone: 862-2015
6 Garrison Ave., Durham, NH 03824
Hours: Monday thru Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm.

Credit courses open to the community. Part-time day or evening degrees (diploma, associates, bachelors, and masters programs). Business and industry seminars in management, human resources, computers, and a wide range of technical and professional topics. Noncredit career certificate programs and workshops in Supervisory Skills, Human Resources Management, and Computer Applications. Academic advising and career services available. Visit www.learn.unh.edu for complete information.