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Arkansas
Workforce Center at Harrison Services
818
Highway 62-65-412 North, NWAEDD Plaza
Harrison, AR
8 am to 4:30 pm
Monday-Friday
Resource Room
Provides assistance with job search, resume
writing, and resource material including labor market information.
Arkansas
Department of
Workforce Services (DWS)
DWS is a dynamic organization taking pride in the services we offer to our
customers. DWS provides services to employers, workforce and the general
public. Services we provide include:
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linking
employers with qualified applicants
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helping
the employed and unemployed find work and training
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providing
unemployment insurance benefits to those eligible
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facilitating
employer compliance with Arkansas Employment Security Law
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collecting
unemployment insurance
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producing
and communicating labor market information.
Arkansas Department
of Workforce Services
North Arkansas College
(NAC)
Adult Basic Ed assists students in
development of their basic skills and taking the GED.
Workforce
Investment Act Title I (WIA)
Provides assistance to economically disadvantaged youth and adults, and
dislocated (laid off) workers in getting new job skills.
Provides assistance with books, tuition and supportive services.
Experience Works
and Title V Older Worker Program
Assist people 55 years of age or older gain employment through on the job
training, classroom training, assessment, job referrals and job placement.
Off-Site
Services
North Arkansas College
(NAC)
South
Campus at 1515 Pioneer Drive; North Campus at 1320 Spring
Road; Center Campus at 303 N. Main, Harrison, AR 72601, 870-743-3000
Provides
a wide variety of vocational classroom training courses plus freshman and
sophomore level class for transfer to a four-year college.
Day and night classes are available.
Educational Opportunity Center
(NAC)
303 N. Main, (North Arkansas College
Center Campus), Harrison, AR 72601,
870-391-3129 or 870-391-3130 or 1-800-257-8690 outside of Harrison.
9 am to 4 pm Monday-Friday, other hours by appointment.
Provides information about available resources which can assist adults age
19+ in obtaining post secondary education. Administers assessment, career
interest inventory. Assists with applications to post secondary schools
and for financial aid.
Arkansas Department of Human
Services (DHS)
2126
Capps Road, Harrison, AR 72601, 870-741-6107
8 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday
Helps
needy families meet their basic needs by providing assistance with TEA,
food stamps, Medicaid, children and family services issues, day
care, aging and adult services, developmental disabilities and services for the blind and disabled.
Arkansas Rehabilitation
Services
705 W. Sherman, Harrison, AR 72601, 870-741-7153
8 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday
Provides
assessment, testing, and other activities that help put persons with
disabilities to work by providing counseling, training and job placement.
Northwest Regional Housing
Authority
114
Sisco, Harrison, AR 72602, 870-741-5522
7 am to 5 pm Monday-Friday
Provides
rental assistance based on household income. Family Self-Sufficiency
Programs helps people become free from assistance through education and
employment.
Serves Boone (except Harrison), Baxter, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton
and Searcy counties.
Ozark Share &
Care
105
Highway 62-65 Bypass, Harrison, AR 72601, 870-741-3130
Office (Emergency assistance) 1-4 pm Monday-Thursday.
Thrift Store 9 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday, 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday.
Provides
emergency assistance such as food, rent, utilities, gasoline, medicines,
clothing, car seats, coats, fans, USDA commodity distribution to 13
smaller pantries. Holiday
food boxes and gift program for needy children in Boone County.
Job Corp
800-733-5627
Serves young people between the
ages of 16 and 24 by providing them with free basic education training and
vocational training. Live on campus while you attend training.
http://www.jobcorps.org/
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