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 Choctaw Employment Assistance Program The Employment Assistance Program's, Adult Vocational Training, mission is to help the adult Indian population obtain job skills necessary for the transition to full-time employment. Sending trainees to educational institutions that provide vocational and technical programs designed to prepare students for immediate employment, accomplishes this goal. The Adult Vocational Training program offers financial assistance, supportive services, testing, vocational counseling, and guidance to enhance the participants career choice. Currently, the Adult Vocational Training program offers a wide variety of training components to meet the growing employment demand. As the Tribe continues to grow in economic development, the Employment Assistance Program will continue to offer pertinent components to meet the growing demand. Eligibility
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Choctaw Vocational Education Program
The primary objective of vocational education is to train, retrain, and prepare and essentially unprepared labor force for employment in the growing reservation labor market. It is the program's vision and responsibility to ensure that graduates are job-ready upon completion of their training. Eligibility
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Choctaw Vocational & Employment Services Program Since 1995, the Choctaw Vocational and Employment Services Program was established in response to the need to train and find permanent employment for two (2) categories of unemployed tribal members. First, those participants with the skills and ability to enter into competitive employment and benefit from education and training. The program then using a case management approach matches tribal members by interest and need to reservation employer's labor market needs. Participants are placed with employers willing to permit time-off for the participants in training and educational programs. Upon g successful completion of vocational, techinical, and on-the-job training the participants will be able to move into permanent full-time employment. Second, those participants whose disabilities and health prohibit their likely success in regular employment or training will be placed in a program of simple life and work skills training, using case management approach. For this special program population, a structured program of work consistent with their capabilities will be developed. Those participants will receive a range of counseling, medical, social work and follow-up services in order to remain on a job. This population benefits from placement in a sheltered work setting. Eligibility
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Since
1981, the Choctaw Vocational Education Program has been and continues
to be essential tot he economic development initiatives of the Mississippi
Band of Chocttaw Indians, providing much of the labor force training needed
by the tribal enteprises and the tribal government, includeing the tribal
schools and health care systems. As direct result of this strong, collaborative
effort, the vocational education program is a direct contributor to the
dramatic improvements seen in the health and socioeconomic status of tribal
members. 