Accessible Career Options (ACO) is an employment agency that specializes in matching qualified candidates to meet the needs of a potential employer. ACO's staff  has over 30 years of experience in developing partnerships with local businesses. The services are at no cost to the employer because we are a vendor for the State of Wisconsin Department of Vocational Rehabilitation to provide employment services for people with barriers to employment.

They offer several services to any individual looking for employment through their Workforce Connection Centers.  They will help individuals create their resume, develop interviewing skills, host workshops, provide access to computers and other technology, as well as host employer recruitment sessions. They also specifically serve people with disabilities. Thirty-six sites throughout Southeastern Wisconsin provided individualized services including intake, vocational evaluations, skills and literacy training, work services, day services and adult day care services. Goodwill also provides direct placement, community employment (job coaching), and supported employment.

Is an employment agency that assists individuals in obtaining and maintaining employment. They are committed to empowering each individual to achieve increased independence through community-based employment opportunities by providing comprehensive services. All services are designed to meet the individual needs of each person with whom they work with. They also assist businesses in diversifying their workforce through staff training and workshops.

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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Services are for young people ages 16-24 who are low income, legally able to work in the US, and at least one of these:

1. Deficient in basic literacy skills (performing at or below 8.9 in math or reading),

2. A school dropout,

3. Homeless, a runaway, or in out-of-home care,

4. Pregnant or a parent,

5.  An offender 

Includes YouthBuild: a FREE program that teaches Construction skills that lead to excellent jobs and incudes GED training for youth who have dropped out of high school.

1. Tutoring, study skills training, and instruction and evidence-based dropout and recovery strategies.

Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through vocational and academic training. Job Corps helps young people learn a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a good job. For eligible young people at least 16 years of age that qualify as low income, Job Corps provides the all-around skills needed to succeed in a career and in life. 

WRTP | BIG STEP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit workforce intermediary dedicated to connecting people to family-sustaining jobs. Our mission is to enhance the ability of public and private sector organizations to recruit, develop, and retain a more diverse, qualified workforce in construction, manufacturing and emerging sectors of the regional economy.

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