GENERAL RESOURCES

Iowa Workforce Development

800 7^th Street SE

Cedar Rapids, IA  52403

365-9474

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

Job placement for full and part time employment, job counseling, assistance with resume completion.  Applications for unemployment benefits.  Open to all. 

Promise Jobs

1030 5^th Avenue SE, Third Floor, Suite 3000

Cedar Rapids, IA  52403

398-5105

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Must be receiving Family Investment Program (FIP) benefits to qualify for service.  Job seeking skills, training, group and individual job search.  Unpaid work experience.  On-the-job training, short term vocational training, post secondary training.  Transportation assistance and childcare assistance while you attend schools.  Work clothes and uniforms.  Assessment.  Career counseling.  Services depend on current funding availability.

Workforce Investment Act/

Skills to Employment

Kirkwood Community College

1030 5^th Avenue SE

Cedar Rapids, IA  52403

398-5105

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Job leads, interest/aptitude assessments, interviewing skills, resume preparation, on-the-job training, vocational skills training, academic training.  Transportation assistance and childcare assistance while you attend school.  Uniforms for work.  Tuition assistance.  Income guidelines apply.  Call for details.

                         ELDERLY RESOURCES

Senior Internship Program (SIP)

HACAP (at Iowa Workforce Development)

800 7^th Street SE

Cedar Rapids, IA  52403

363-4182 or

721-1369 (cell)

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Employability assessment; supportive services; job search/placement assistance; career counseling; linkage to available education and training providers; paid community service training.  Age 55 or older.  Those meeting income guidelines may be eligible for paid community service training.  Age 55 or older are eligible for job search/placement assistance.  Income guidelines may apply.

RESOURCES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Goodwill Industries of the Heartland

1441 Blairs Ferry Road NE

Cedar Rapids, IA  52402

393-3434

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

On-site training facility.  Placement services and job coaching.  If person is employed, Goodwill can provide on-site job coaching.  Self-referrals from Vocational Rehabilitation, MHDD, Abbe Mental Health, Abbe Community Care.  Provide documentation of disability.

Iowa COMPASS

100 Hawkins Drive, #295

Iowa City, IA  52242

1-800-779-2001

TTY:  1-877-686-0032

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Iowa COMPASS provides free, confidential and comprehensive information about services for persons with disabilities and their support networks.  Provides information on assistive devices, ambulation aides, augmentative communication, and vehicle accessories.

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Executive Plaza Building

4403 1^st Avenue SE, Ste. L10

Cedar Rapids, IA  52402

294-9308

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Career counseling.  Assistive technology.  Skill/academic training.  Physical restoration.  Job development and placement.  Worksite modification.  Employer education and follow-up.  Tools/work equipment.  Must have documented disability which causes some problems in getting, preparing for or keeping a job.  Must be able to work.

Options of Linn County

1019 7^th Street SE

Cedar Rapids, IA  52403

892-5800

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

Job placement.  Job coaching.  Employer intervention.  Social skills training.  Must have documented disability.  Day habilitation services.

    RESOURCES FOR OTHER POPULATIONS

Bureau of Refugee Services

1200 University Avenue

Suite D

Des Moines, IA  50314

1-800-362-2780 or 515-283-7999

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Employment services designed to enable refugees to obtain employment and improve their employability or work skills.  Services may include:  developing an employability plan or a Family Investment Agreement, completing a skill assessment, assisting with job search and completing job applications, interpreting for job orientation, job upgrades, developing resumes, and job skills training.

Cedar Rapids NAACP

P.O. Box 1595

222 3^rd Street SE

Suite 301

Cedar Rapids, IA  52401

365-9482

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM and 4:30 PM to 8:00 PM.  Assistance available Saturday from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM.

Assistance and direction to employment opportunities.  Job coaching, interviewing and resume assistance.  Career counseling.  Complaint intervention and problem solving prior to attorney involvement.  Open to all.

Cedar Rapids Vet Center

1642 42^nd Street NE

Cedar Rapids, IA  52402

378-0016

Assistance available (counseling services) Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.  Assistance available (employment services) Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.

Employment referrals to veterans with honorable discharge.  Also work with disabled veterans and veterans that need intensive services.  Counseling services Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.  Substance abuse counseling by appointment only.

Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment

for Service Disabled Veterans

1642 42^nd Street NE, Suite J

Cedar Rapids, IA  52402

378-5582

or

378-5583

Assistance available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Employment training assistance and independent living services are provided to Veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at least 10% or more by the Veterans Administration.