Workforce Central Career Center

Workforce Central Career Centers can provide financial assistance for re-training to eligible applicants. The following is eligibility guidelines and documentation required for adults (18 years+). You must currently reside or have been laid off within our service delivery area.

All Customers:

Proof of Age: (one of the following) birth certificate, driver’s license, DD214 (veterans only), baptismal record, federal/state/local government identification card, Selective Service card, hospital record or passport.

Work Authorization: (one of the following) birth certificate (for US citizens), US passport, voter registration card, alien registration card indicating right to work, foreign passport stamped eligible to work or naturalization certification.

Must be eligible under one of the following 4 criteria:

1. Dislocated Worker (Funds Curently Not Available) – an individual who has been terminated or laid off, or who has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment and is eligible for or has exhausted entitlement to unemployment compensation. *Documentation of unemployment insurance (UI) records required.
2. Targeted Company Lay-Offs – Workforce Central frequently applies for, and receives federal grants to serve workers laid off from specific companies. Eligibility is based on date of separation from the company. (See a list of targeted companies below.)
3. Displaced Homemaker (Funds Curently Not Available) – an individual who has been providing unpaid services to family members in the home and who has been dependent on the income of another family member, but is no longer supported by that income. Documentation required to determine "Displaced Homemaker" status would be tax returns, Social Security documents, death certificate or divorce decree.
4. Economically Disadvantaged (Funds Curently Not Available) – status based on family size and income which includes gross wages and salaries (before deductions), pay received while serving in the Armed Forces, pensions, Worker’s Compensation, interest and dividends, net rental income and fixed term or lifetime winnings. It does not include unemployment compensation payments, child support, savings, food stamps and some forms of public assistance such as SSI, TAFDC or EAEDC. The income guidelines for program year 2012-2013 based on family size and previous 6 month allowed income are:
   1. $15,614
   2. $25,589
   3. $35,135
   4. $43,364
   5. $51,177
   6. $59,848

You will be asked to document your family income for the last 6 months. You will be asked to document your family size for eligibility purposes.

A family is defined as:

1. a husband, wife and dependent children
2. a parent or guardian and dependent children
3. a husband and wife
   
   *An individual not meeting the above definition of family is considered to be a family of one. A single individual 18 years or older living apart from family, as defined above, is a family of one. An individual with a disability is also considered a family of one. Acceptable forms of family size verification are birth certificates, lease statements, medical cards or most recent tax return supported by IRS documents (e.g. Letter 1722).

Males 18 or older who were born on or after December 31, 1959 must be in compliance with the Military Selective Service Act (draft registration). Acceptable forms of documentation include: DD214 (veteran's status), Selective Service card, Selective Service registration form, stamped post office receipt of registration.

Workforce Central currently has targeted grants to provide employment and training services to the following National Emergency Grant and Trade Adjustment Act certified companies. Please contact us for more information.

Trade Adjustment Act Companies:
Aearo Technologies
Bel Power Inc.
Belden Wire
Callaway
Cranston Print
Evergreen Solar
Hostess Company
Hyde Tool Inc.
Kadant Web Systems Inc.
L. Hardy Company
Rohn and Haas Electronic Materials LLC.
SMTC Manufacturing

Central Medical Services Grant
UMass
Henry Lee Willis Center
Glavin Center

Metro-Central National Emergency Grant:
(Layoffs between 7/31/08 - 10/30/10)
ACT Electronics
Altus Pharmaceuticals
BOSE Electronics/Randstad
DHL
EMC
Seprecor
Snap-on Inc.
Staples
Taylor Corporation

AJWright National Emergency Grant

Unilever +7 National Emergency Grant:
(Layoffs between 12/1/09 - 3/31/12)
Biogen/IDEC
Commercial Sheet Metal
Covidien
ITT (Fiber Innovations)
Henkel
International Power of America
Reveal Imaging Technologies
Unilever (Conopco/Bryers)

Health, Science and Technology Companies National Emergency Grant:
(Layoffs January 1, 2011 & after)
Adlife
Fidelity Investments
Hanscom Air Force Base (& Contractors: IAP Worldwide & Quantech)
National Grid
SunLife Financial

MSW Financial
(Layoffs between 10/31/08 - 10/30/10)
Bank of America Corp.
Capital One
Fidelity Investments (including Veritude at FI)
Putnam Investments
Sovereign
State Street Corp. (including subsidiaries)
Wellington Management