Employment & Training Programs

What is a Career Pathway?

Your career pathway is a combination of valuable education, training, and other services that will:

• Prepare you for getting your GED, attending college, and/or completing an apprenticeship
  
• Support you in achieving your personal, educational, and career goals
  
• Equip you with industry skills that are needed in the workforce
  
• Help you enter into or advance within your desired career field
  

What programs can I participate in?

There are several types of employment and training programs available. You may be able to participate in one or more of these programs depending on the benefits you receive, your personal situation, challenges to employment, education level, work experience, job skills, and location in the commonwealth. Available programs are listed below:

• EARN
  
• Work Ready
  
• SNAP EARN
  
• Keystone Education Yields Success (KEYS)
  
• SNAP KEYS
  
• Education Leading to Employment and Career Training (ELECT)
  
• SNAP 50/50
  
• Refugee Resettlement Program
  

What does participation look like for me?

If you are receiving any of the benefits below, you may be able to volunteer, or it could be mandatory to participate in employment and training programs. Talk to your caseworker about what program is best for you.

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
  • Learn about available programs for TANF participants.
    TANF helps provide for the basic needs of families with children when parents or other responsible relatives struggle to make ends meet. If receiving TANF, it often is mandatory to participate in employment and training programs
    
    
• The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
  • Learn about available programs for people who receive SNAP
    SNAP, previously known as food stamps, assists low-income households in Pennsylvania to obtain more nutritious diets by increasing their food purchasing power at grocery stores and supermarkets. Depending on your circumstance, it could either be mandatory or voluntary for you to participate in employment and training programs.
    
    
• The Refugee Resettlement Program
  The Refugee Resettle Program helps refugees and their families obtain employment, social integration, and self-sufficiency as quickly as possible after their arrival in Pennsylvania. If you are in the Refugee Resettlement Program, it is mandatory that you participate in employment and training programs.
  

DISCLAIMER ABOUT PROGRAM LOCATION FOR PARTICIPANTS: Your assigned program provider may not be the closest provider to you geographically.