Adult Program – People, Inc. Sabrina was a 22 year-old single mother receiving food stamps when she enrolled in our program in 2009. She had no marketable skills and had been unemployed for 20 of the previous 26 weeks and was only working three or four hours per week for a cleaning service. Sabrina demonstrated… Read more »
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Travis R., Registered Nurse
Career Change Success Every day is busy in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit at Bristol Regional Medical Center (Wellmont Health Systems). However, no day is too busy for People Incorporated dislocated worker client Travis R., who is thankful for a work schedule as busy as his. “I am very blessed with the help I have received… Read more »
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Chris, Construction Inspector
Chris was let go from his position with Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) where he worked as an Environmental Scientist II for two years. Prior to that he had worked for Waste Management as a Project Manager in Hazardous Solid Waste. People Inc. Dislocated Worker (DW) program staff assisted Chris in looking for employment… Read more »
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Bland Correctional Center
Warden Younce and Tim Williams talk about the partnership with the Board with behind the wall training with the HBI PACT program funded by the WORC grant.
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Denise Lee
Denise Lee tells her story of how she came to be addicted to drugs and her journey to recovery and the help and support she received through the WIOA, WORC and POWER programs.