Quick review of Program and Services offered by Missouri Career Centers.

1. Missouri Career Centers
Frank Alaniz ~ Functional Manager

2. Are you the Unemployment Office?
• We are Missouri Workforce System ~
– Missouri’s workforce system is comprised of over 40 Missouri career
centers located around the state. The centers are staffed with trained
workforce specialists and career counselors that focus on satisfying
businesses’ need for skilled workers and the training, education and
employment needs of individuals.

4. Workforce Programs
• Missouri Career Centers Core Programs
– Computers / Fax / Business Lines / Copiers / Self Directed
Services
• Web Based Services
– Missouri Career Source
– Missouri Connections
– MERIC (Labor Market Information)

5. Programs
• Workforce Investment Act
– Dislocated Worker Programs
– Adult Programs
– Youth Programs
• Trade Act
• Veterans Programs
• Business Services

6. Programs
• National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)
• On-the-Job Training Program (OJT)
• Work Ready Missouri (WRM)
• Missouri Program Disability Navigators
• Missouri ReEntry Program
• State Parks Youth Program
• Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)

7. WOTC
Qualifying new hires must be from one of these groups:
• Short-term TANF recipients•
• 18–39 year-old food stamp recipients•
• Veterans receiving food stamps or Disabled Veterans•
• Vocational rehabilitation referrals•
• 18–39 year-old Empowerment Zone or Rural Renewal • County (EZ/RRC) residents
• 16–17 year-old EZ recipient hired as summer employees•
• Ex-felons•
• Supplemental security income recipients•
• Long-term TANF Recipients•

8. Workshops
• Interviewing
• Resume Preparation
• Career Networking
• Career Exploration
• Basic Computer Skills
• Career Center Orientation
• Specialized Workshops

10. Partners

11. Questions?
Frank Alaniz
frank.alaniz@ded.mo.gov
www.linkedin/in/frankalaniz