Workforce Development

Individuals overcome barriers to obtain or maintain employment and achieve self-sufficiency. The Workforce Development Pathway leads to employment and self-support for individuals, and economic success for the community.

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Customer Impacts (fiscal year 2011-12)

• 31 at-risk youths obtained and maintained employment.
• 71 individuals enrolled in the Work Ready Program learned skills to help them obtain gainful employment .
• 16 individuals transitioned from public assistance to gainful employment.
• 73 individuals transitioned from public assistance and maintained their employment as a result of access to affordable public transportation.
• STEP, partnering with River Valley Transit, developed and expanded public transportation routes in Lycoming County.  This provided an opportunity for 25,110 individuals to obtain or maintain employment.
• Parents from 1,161 families were able to maintain their employment and afford quality child care.  This care was provided for a total of 2,290 children through child care subsidies.

Community Impacts (fiscal year 2011-12)

• Taxpayers saved $203,844 in annualized cash assistance/subsidized living costs.
• Taxpayers saved an estimated $122,500 in incarceration costs.
• Employers saved an estimated $328,184 in employee turnover costs.
• The employment of 16 individuals resulted in an infusion of $23,764 in tax dollars into the local economy. 
• Subsidized child care supported over $10,572,385 in wages earned by working parents.
• 80 child care providers in Lycoming and Clinton counties received $4,076,207 in subsidy payments.
   

Success Stories

Child Care Information Services (CCIS) – Jim Plankenhorn
CCIS has a customer who is teen parent and a senior at the Williamsport High School.  She has expressed how much she really appreciates the help she is receiving from Child Care Information Services.  This service allows her the opportunity to attend her senior year of high school.  She stated that without the program she would struggle  to pay for child care and would probably not attend school on a regular basis.

Child Care Information Services (CCIS) – Jim Plankenhorn
I have spoken with many of our CCIS customers over the  past few weeks.  What I have heard from everyone is that subsidized child care has a huge impact on their lives.  They communicated to me very clearly that if it were not for this program, they would run the risk of losing their employment and, subsequently, their homes.