myBenefits is the fast and easy way to find out about many health and human services programs and how to apply for them, anytime and anywhere. The site is aimed at helping low income working families and individuals make ends meet. Programs include: food stamps, home energy assistance, earned income tax credits, child and dependent care credits, Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus and school lunch programs, among others.
An excellent resource for social service workers, you can request additional copies of New York State Office of Temporary Disability Assistance (OTDA) publications free of charge. Publications span a wide variety of topics, including WorkPays New York (Work Supports), child support, food stamps, tax credits, electronic benefits transfers, home energy and heating assistance and refugee and immigrant assistance.
Serving Albany’s West Hill, Arbor Hill and South End neighborhoods, CareerLinks Services offers one-on-one help with career counseling, interviewing skills, resume writing, job placement, job retention and support, training, internships, mentoring and self-esteem workshops.
Find disability resource specialists who help individuals with disabilities ‘navigate’ through available programs and services in the local One Stop Career Center system.
We’ll explore the journey of a New Yorker who is trying to turn his lack of success in the Internet dating scene into a successful new venture that is creating new contract work in our region. Also, we’ll offer some tips on starting one’s own business in a tough economy. In addition, we look at why hiring disabled workers can give some businesses a competitive advantage.
Are you a long-term homemaker? Find a center for displaced homemakers in your area, where you can develop and implement sound vocational plans, leading to employment and economic independence.
This brief video showcases how the New York Department of Labor can help veterans connect with employers and find employment.
Learn more about special opportunities for veterans at your local one stop career center. Or, call 1-800-342-3358 and ask for the Veterans Coordinator.
Whether you have a disability, receive public assistance, dropped out of high school, are a convicted offender or lack significant work experience, Career Systems of Rochester is designed to deliver services that can help you, such academic and vocational assessment, remedial education, life skills counseling, employment readiness training, structured job-related counseling, job placement services and follow-up services. Click here for contact information.
