Project Transition
Displaced Homemaker Retraining
Over the past 25 years, Project Transition has helped more than
8,000 Displaced Homemakers gain marketable skills.
Project Transition at Westchester Community College has been a leader since 1987 in helping Displaced Homemakers from Westchester and Putnam counties to enter or re-enter the paid workforce.
The program provides services to displaced homemakers. Displaced Homemakers
are individuals who are
- Divorced
- Widowed
- Separated
- Have a Disabled Spouse
- Have an Unemployed Spouse
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Project Transition provides… |
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Project
Transition graduate. Now employed as a
Bookkeeper for a construction company in
Lincolndale. |
- Computer software
training
- Career decision
counseling
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Work readiness coaching
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Job search and placement
services
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Extensive information and
referral services
For information
about eligibility requirements and space
availability, please contact:
Marika Scotti at 914-606-6825 or email at
Marika.Scotti@sunywcc.edu
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Training programs include…
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Intensive computer classes from 60-80 hours over 6-8 weeks
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Supportive classroom instruction
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Computer lab time
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Lab techs to help students practice their skills
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18-20 hours of career strategies
workshops, including job search
Courses are offered free for those
who meet both our eligibility requirements as well as prerequisites for
training programs.
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Funding provided by the NYS Department of Labor,
Workforce WIA, and the Office of Temporary
and Disability Assistance.
Westchester Community College is sponsored locally by the County of Westchester, affiliated with the State University of New York. |
Dislocated Worker Retraining
Unemployed Worker
Are you unemployed? You may qualify to take free computer and business
classes at Westchester Community College to gain marketable skills to re-enter today’s workforce. Call
the Westchester County Office of Employment and Training at 914-995-3910 for eligibility
information. Tell them you are interested in taking courses at Westchester
Community College.
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Project Transition graduate. Now employed as a Member Services Representative for Quorum Federal Credit Union.
Intermediate/Advanced
Word and Excel
Training Program
Now Recruiting!
Space is Limited.
Call Now
for
a class that starts
April 8, 2013
and ends on
May 17,
2013
at the Valhalla Main Campus
Click
here for
more information
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