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Community Outreach & Workforce Development One Stop Career Center
3060 Wilson Road, S.W. ◙ Birmingham, AL 35221 ◙ (205) 929-6445
Dr. Randy Glaze, Dean
The Lawson State One Stop Center serves as a Jefferson County initiative to connect employment, education, training and community support services into a coherent network of resources at the local, state, and national level.
This new system links Birmingham & Jefferson County employers to a variety of qualified applicants & provide job seeks with access to employment & training opportunities in the Birmingham-Metropolitan area, Jefferson County & the State.
Job Seekers Services Available
•Information on careers, jobs, labor market, and education and training •Information on program eligibility and financial aid opportunities •Assistance with job search skills •Case management services •Job Search assistance •Information on unemployment compensation claims •Customized services to select groups, including veterans, persons with disabilities and older workers •Availability of talent bank •Resume preparation •FAX services •Use of internet for job search •Various interactive software/video training packages Employer Services Available
•Labor Market information •Applicant job search/referral •Information about education and training providers •Recruitment strategies and assistance •Information on government training and incentives •Rapid response to plant closings and layoffs •Talent bank information (data base of profile skills) •Interviewing at the employers' place of business •Interviewing rooms at the LSCC Center for the employers to interview applicants
Customer Choice (Walk- Ins)
Customers will have many choices for self-service. Such choices will include: resume writing, automated labor exchange services, job search through the internet, faxing services, automated interactive software training materials, 24-hour job line, access to information on vocational skill training programs, information on available job openings through state, federal, city and county merit system openings as well as information on establishing and managing small businesses will be available. The required federal and state employment related posters.
Partners In Service To The State Of Alabama, Birmingham, & Jefferson County
•Alabama Department of Industrial Relations •Alabama Department of Human Resources •Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services •Birmingham Chamber of Commerce School to Careers Program •Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Work Force Partners •Birmingham City Schools •Birmingham Enterprise Community Job Bank •Birmingham Regional Planning Commission •Birmingham Skill Training Consortium •Birmingham Works for Youth - WIB •Birmingham & Jefferson County Housing Authorities•Jefferson County Commission of Economic Opportunity •Jefferson County Office of Community Development •Jefferson County Schools •Jefferson County Office of Senior Citizens •Jefferson State Community College One Stop Site
Other Available Services
HUD - HBCU Affordable Home Building Program
Lawson State Affordable Home Building Program is a Community Outreach & Work Force Development Program designed to train the unemployed, underemployed, at-risk or disadvantaged youth in the residential building construction trades.
The concept and development of this project involves the collaboration of neighborhood residents, profit and non-profit agencies and other community service providers committed to community development and neighborhood revitalization combined with employment opportunities that are neighborhood based.
The project is a unique and innovative approach to assist community residents in developing a self-sustaining program that will produce visible results with the increase of affordable housing through construction or renovation while producing livable waged jobs that exceed the minimum wage between $2-$3 per hour.
The project has one primary program with the following specific activities to be accomplished:
•Job Skill Training •Construction & Renovation of low cost affordable homes for purchase •GED Preparation & Testing •Leadership Training •Small Business/Entrepreneurship Training •Home Ownership Training •Community & Economic Development
Housing Authority of the Birmingham District Employment Skills Job Training/Placement Program
The Lawson State Community College HABD Employment Skills Job Training/Placement Program is a Community Outreach & Work Force Development Initiative designed to enroll two hundred (200) HABD residents/Section 8 participants, with a 50% employment rate, resulting in a minimum employment rate of 100 residents and participants.
The HABD Project is designed to assist residents of HABD who are receiving public assistance in line with State Of Alabama Department of Human Resources welfare reform as it relates to employment skills, job placement and retention. Eligible residents and participants to be included are those who do not receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and any resident who does not meet the stringent welfare to work certification criteria under the guidelines for the United State Department of Labor.
The services to be provided to residents and participants include: (1) case management for 200 residents/participants who are currently underemployed, unemployed and/or in jeopardy of losing employment; (2) community service placement, job assessment, educational assessment, job readiness training, occupational training, job coaching, and job referral;(3) maintain collaborative working relationship with HABD Housing Managers and resident council presidents; and (4) provide job search and job retention services to HABD residents, including assessment, employment service planning, job matching, job referrals, and job monitoring.
Work Force Partners
A joint partnership between Birmingham Chamber of Commerce & Lawson State One Stop Career Center to provide Work Keys, a national system for teaching and accessing work place skills that connects knowing with doing and learning with earning.
The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and its members' organization will use Work Keys as a cost effective tool to help define, measure and communicate work place skills gap and build a qualified and productive work force for the Birmingham-Metropolitan area.
Birmingham Work for Youth (BWY) School to Careers Youth Program
Birmingham Works For Youth (BWY) is a community collaborative initiative that builds upon the infrastructure of the Work Force Investment Act One-Stop Career Center system & the U.S. Department Of Labor Welfare-to-Work initiative. The One Stop Career Center sites include Lawson State Community College and Jefferson State Community College.
The Program is designed to engage youth in economic empowerment by providing eligible youth with job readiness skills, training employment and educational opportunities. The Program will also provide assistance with transportation, childcare, tutoring, and tuition assistance.
Birmingham Works for Youth Jefferson County Workforce Investment Board
Birmingham Works for Youth assists In School & Out of School youth between 16 & 21 years of age in becoming credentialed. The program is designed to engage and empower youth by providing job readiness skills, occupational skills training, educational guidance, leadership development and community service opportunities. Birmingham Works for Youth under the guidance of the Jefferson County Work Force Investment Board provides these services through client-centered case management.
Birmingham/Jefferson Tech Prep Consortium
The Birmingham/Jefferson Tech Prep Consortium includes Lawson State Community College, two other community colleges, ten school systems & UAB. Tech-Prep education is an alternative to the college prep course of study. The program prepares students for a highly skilled technical occupation that enables them to either enter the workplace directly as a qualified technician or continue their education-leading to a baccalaureate and other advanced degrees. Tech-Prep is a four-year sequence of study that begins in the 11th grade and continues through two years of postsecondary occupational education. Those who complete Tech-Prep receive a certificate or an associate degree.
The Community Health Care Clinic is part of the Jefferson
County Health Care System.
The clinic offers a wide range of services to residents
through its Health First Program. The clinic is open from 7:00 a.m. – 4:00
p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and from 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 on Tuesday and
Thursday.
Birmingham Skills Training Consortium
The Birmingham Skills Training Consortium will serve
Jefferson and Shelby counties. The Skills Centers are governed by the Alabama
State Board of Education (Board) as an element of the Alabama College System.
The Board transferred the Skills Center and their programs by resolution on
November 14, 1985, to the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education.
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