Veteran Programs

The Kentucky Office of Employment and Training offices have local veterans employment representatives and disabled veteran outreach specialists assigned to assist veterans with their employment and training needs. These veterans work with the employment services to provide veterans with priority services designed to improve their employ ability and career options. Employers is your local area will list any and all job openings. They will provide with a descriptions of the jobs that are available. You will need to provide information relating to your work history, experience, and skills along with any special training and education that you may have received. If you have any problems you can visit your local office and they can help you register any information on line. In addition to the staff conducting job searches for you, the computer system can automatically match your qualifications with the employer's needs. When you are qualified and are recommended for the job your Local Veteran Representatives will contact you. You may also be contacted by the automated phone notification system to arrange a job referral that will hopefully result with your employment.

Job Search Assistance:

Resume Preparation
Resource Materials
Job Search Workshops
Interviewing Techniques
Internet Access
Labor Market Information
Self Assessment
Eligible Training Providers

CDC/DASH

This is coordinated to help promote school health. This provides professional development and technical assistance on health policy, curriculum, and programming; identifies, develops, and has resources. This works to help integrate school health goals and strategies into school improvement plans, this is in order to help and promote the health of the youth in Kentucky.

Promoting School Health:

Partnering with the Barren River District Health Department to develop a well-coordinated school health program in four school districts.

Providing professional development that addresses CDC’s six youth health risk behaviors to key stakeholders to build support for coordinated school health programs.

Conducting quarterly meetings of the Physical Activity Advisory Council to address physical activity policies and programs.

Conducting regional Youth Tobacco Conferences with the Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program to address prevention strategies within schools and local communities.

Participating in the Southern States Collaborative to address common training needs in the areas of physical activity, nutrition and tobacco.

SRTS

SRTS is Kentucky's federally funded program for Safe Routes to School. Kentucky is one of the ten jurisdictions participating in the national partnership network project. The program is managed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The SRTS is the source for state for state coordinator contact details, federal SRTS funding amounts, SRTS applications and guidelines, and state SRTS program information. The program brings to attention bicycle safety and the aspect of pedestrian safety. Safety education and infrastructure are important because there are children that may walk or ride bikes to school without adult supervision if they are within living distance of the schools. It is important that all be aware of the safety of others. Some schools have even constructed Walking School Bus routes that lead to the Elementary schools. The Kentucky Bicycle and Bike way Commission was created in 1992 as part of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and consists of seven members all appointed by the Governor. The Commission supports "share the road" campaign. Share the road is an annual road rally that encourages bicyclists, walkers, and runners of all ages to show support for safe roadways.

LIHEAP

LIHEAP is a federally-funded program to help eligible low income households meet their home heating and/or cooling needs. The Kentucky LIHEAP helps approximately 150,000 families pay their heating bills each winter. The US Department for Health and Human Services allocates funding for Kentucky through the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which contracts with the Community Action Agencies across the state to receive LIHEAP applications and to provide benefits. The federal government began providing home energy assistance in 1974. The LIHEAP has two main components: Subsidy and crisis funding. A third component is added when the funds become available for summer cooling costs. The programs operates in November and December to help residents at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty level. Applicants may receive a one-time subsidy benefit. Most subsidy residents are elderly and/ or disabled. From 90,000 to 110,000 households benefit from energy subsidy assistance. The crisis component operates from early January until the middle of March , or until all funds are expended. The clients must meet the criteria and be in a crisis situation involving the immediate loss of their heat. The summer cooling program gives the clients one-time assistance to household's electric provider. When you apply you need receipts or statements of previous electric bills, a recent payroll stub, documentation showing income, final utility termination notice, proof of your current address, need proof of the total members living in the household, social security cards, and proof of US residency. This is a program that needs to be taken seriously and not taken advantage of and they take the necessary steps to make sure that the right people receive the assistance.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity is the right to all persons to enjoy all the benefits of employment on the basis of qualification, and to participate in programs and services without regard to membership in or identification with any group by federal, state, or local nondiscrimination laws. The Executive Order 11246 requires that affirmative action to be taken to employ and advance qualified women and minorities and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in federally assisted programs. You can not be discriminated against because you become pregnant or any other medical reasons. That is the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. It is prohibited to discriminate against anyone looking for employment at the age 40 or over. That is the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. Basically this world is becoming a world of equal opportunity and you can not be discriminated against. Federal Funded Programs go through a Utilization Analysis and that is a report examining the percentages of women and minorities in the workforce population in specific job groups, as compared to the availability of members of both groups having requisite skills in an area in which the contractor can reasonably recruit. The equal pay act of 1963 prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women. You can not be discriminated against in life or in employment. It is said that all are to be created equal.

KCHIP

KCHIP is the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program. It provides health insurance with little or no cost for children who are uninsured. Immunizations, well child check-ups, and other preventive services are provided through the KCHIP service. Eligibility requirements are based on age and the family income. Children from birth up until their 19th birthday from low income families are eligible. The family's income can be and up to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). The children must also be residents of Kentucky. If you follow this link it will show you the benefits that come with KCHIP for the child. You can see if you are eligible by going to your local health department and they can further assist you on getting information on KCHIP.

FEMA

This is one program that is especially helpful in times of need. The program is FEMA. FEMA is for disaster related victims and businesses. You can go to the following site FEMA and it gives you the guidelines for assistance for affected individuals and families. The site also shows you the way that you can register by phone or email. The FEMA program can be contacted from 8a.m.-6p.m. (local time). Hurricane Katrina is a good example of a situation of where FEMA was and still is needed. Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. You can follow the following link Katrina and it gives you all kind of background information on the natural disaster that occurred. President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi two days before the hurricane made landfall. On August 28th New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the first ever mandatory evacuation of the city. The effects of Hurricane Katrina are still in effect as of today and the ruins that were left behind have still not been completely cleaned up. This is not the only instance in which FEMA can help. They can help if your home has been destroyed during a storm and the insurance does not cover it all then FEMA can cover the rest.