Free community lead awareness sessions given by the EPA. The EPA is offering two types of free lead training sessions.
Free community lead awareness sessions given by the EPA
NCC’s vocational training programs in Newark are underway – apply today
If you know someone looking for a job or seeking new skills, check out New Community Workforce Development Center’s vocational training programs in the fields of:
- Academic Enrichment
- Allied Health*
(*Home Health Aide, EKG Technician, Medical Assistant, Phlebotomy Technician and Patient Care Technician) - Automotive
- Building Trades/Construction
- Culinary Arts
- ShopRite Partners-In-Training
To apply for admission into a training program, visit the Workforce Development Center at 274 South Orange Avenue in Newark. For more information, call Workforce at 973-824-6484 and speak to Martha Davis or Rodney Brutton.
Women: if you want to be a strong civic leader, attend Ready to Run
Ready to Run is a bipartisan campaign and civic leadership training for women held in states across the country and here in New Jersey, it’s an initiative of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). The information and networking are first class, so attend if you can.
Ready to Run
Fri & Sat 18-19 March 2016
Douglass Student Center
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Get more information and register at cawp.rutgers.edu/ReadytoRun. If you need a partial scholarship, look for the link to apply – the earlier, the better as limited funds are available and awards are made on a rolling basis.
Plumbers Union taking apprenticeship applications this spring
Plumbing is a high-paying licensed profession that requires training, and union membership has historically been nearly impossible for people lacking family connections to break into. Now’s your chance to get training and union membership at the same time. Take a look at this opportunity:
Plumbers Union Local #24 is taking applications for a 5 year apprenticeship program from March 24th thru April 4th 2014 Monday thru Friday from 3 to 5pm. Each applicant must complete an application at local 24’s training center at 20 Fairfield Place West Caldwell, New Jersey 07006.
Requirements: copy of birth certificates, high school diploma, ged transcripts, social security card and a valid drivers license must be brought with you. You must also complete a required drug screening test and must be 18 years of age.
There will be an aptitude test which will cost $ 50.00 payable by check or money order. Cash will not be accepted.
For more info contact
Plumbers Union, Local 24
973-521-7058
Good luck!
Resources to overcome depression and mental illness
If you need a place to spend social time, a volunteer opportunity, psychotherapy, housing or vocational training, here are some resources for people challenged by depression or another form of mental illness. Please feel free to post resources you know of which aren’t listed in a comment and I’ll add them to the list after checking them out.
Supportive in-house workplace environment available on site. Pay commensurate with an individuals’ productivity level
Friendship House programs include
Computer training, culinary classes, maintenance work and clerical training. Social groups, therapy groups, beauty classes, diet classes, diabetes management, groups for young people diagnosed with Asperbergers or on autism spectrum
For US By US Self Help Center
40 North Van Brunt Street, 2nd Floor, Englewood, NJ 07631
201-541-1221
Hours: Monday-Friday 1-5pm
What it is: This program is a place where people dealing with a mental health issue of any type can spend time to socialize or spend quiet time in a place away from home. Activities take place that you can join if you like. The center is pretty much run by peers with professional oversight in the background.
Who can participate: You may self-qualify to participate.
Admission requirements: Drop-ins welcome – just show up. Feel free to ask a friend to bring you by.
Work/volunteer opportunities:
- Volunteering: can help out immediately and after a few weeks, can sign up to be on the scheduled volunteer rotation.
- Paid positions: after volunteering for a while, people can qualify for a paid position when one opens up.
Crossroads to Wellness at Care Plus NJ
610 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus, NJ 07652
201-265-1233 careplusnj.org/pages/3087/index.htm
What it is: A program which provides rapid access to comprehensive and intensive mental health services, integrated with self-directed wellness and recovery tools.
Who can participate: All Bergen County Residents
Admission requirements: Must be in acute need of mental health services or transitioning out of a long-term facility.
Friendship House
125 Atlantic Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-488-2121 njfriendshiphouse.org
What it is: Support and training for mentally ill or behaviorally challenged individuals in need of vocational rehabilitation, group therapy, workplace reintegration skills and assistance, job coaching.
Work/volunteer opportunities:
Computer training, culinary classes, maintenance work and clerical training. Social groups, therapy groups, beauty classes, diet classes, diabetes management, groups for young people diagnosed with Asperbergers or on autism spectrum