Our customers come first! 

Work Now Can Help you!

Get training for a job - Get a Job - Get a better job - Keep a job - Build a career - Be sucessful

WorkNOW helps businesses find skilled workers.    

WorkNOW, the Middle Flint Workforce Development System:

·         Is customer-focused

·         Prepares the workforce for the challenges ahead

·         Provides choices for people seeking opportunities and information

·         Teaches skills and attitudes to assist persons to transition to work

·         Provides employers with skilled workers to help them be competitive in the world market

·         Works with its stakeholders and partners: Employers, workers, education and community groups

·         Works closely with the area's One Stop Career Centers: The Department of Labor

Vision

--Assisting and empowering the area's workforce to improve its quality and career mobility.

-- Enhancing productivity and competitiveness of local business and industry

Goals

-- To enable individuals to achieve their highest potential

-- To ensure employers have the skilled workers they need to compete effectively in the area's economy and beyond.

-- To capitalize on the untapped potential of underemployed and discouraged workers, youth and other job seekers with special needs.

Local Governance

Middle Flint Workforce Investment Board provides policy guidance on the design and operation of the Middle Flint Workforce Development System.

The River Valley Regional Commission administers the Workforce System on behalf of the Middle Flint Workforce Investment Board.

Implementation of workforce development services in the eight counties of Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor and Webster is based on the Federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

Equal Opportunity 

The Workforce Development System is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program -- Auxiliary Aids & Services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Our Partners:

One-Stop Career Center - Americus

One-Stop Career Center - Cordele

Georgia Department of Labor

Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Program

Georgia Division of Family and Children Services

South Georgia Technical College

Area Employers and Businesses

Our Services:  

On-the-Job Training (OJT) – Earn a pay check while you’re being trained. Learn the skills, keep the job.  

Individual Training Account (ITA) – Pays for training for a specific occupation or program of study.   

Youth Services – Work experiences, work readiness skills, occupational skills and success-building for youth (specific service eligibility criteria must be met).
                                   

                                             WIA Plan FY 2011-2012

Contacts:

Middle Flint Workforce System  - River Valley Regional Commission, Americus Office 228 West Lamar Street Americus, GA 31709 (877) 819-6348 Fax (229) 931-2745 Email us

Americus Career Center (Americus Department of Labor)                                         120 Church Street Americus, GA 31709 (229) 931-2520 Fax (229) 931-2433 Email us

Cordele Career Center (GA Department of Labor)                                                   1205 South 7th Street Cordele, GA 31015 (229) 276-2355 Fax (229) 276-2706 Email Us