Project
Self-Sufficiency announces that the spring session of its popular employment skills
training program, Higher Opportunities for Women (HOW), will launch February 19th. The 16-week HOW Program combines intensive
computer skills training with classroom instruction and off-site internships to
prepare women who have been out of the work force or underemployed to seek
entry-level office administrative positions.
Computer training and classroom
instruction will take place at the agency’s campus, located at 127 Mill Street
in Newton. Interested participants are
encouraged to attend an Open House to learn more about the program. Open Houses will be held at 10:00 a.m. on January
4th and 24th, at 1:00 p.m. on January 9th, and at 6:00
p.m. on January 15th and 28th.
Women
who take part in the agency’s HOW program can expect 80 hours of computer
skills training, including instruction in Microsoft Word, Excel and other
applications. The HOW program also includes
40 hours of classroom instruction and 120 hours at an unpaid externship at a
community employment site, which further prepares participants to successfully
venture into the job market. Coursework
focuses on workplace navigation, life skills training, resume preparation, and
interviewing strategies. An abbreviated version
of the program, Summer Office Skills (SOS), is offered during the summer
months.
Over
the years, Project Self Sufficiency
has partnered with a variety of local businesses, non-profit organizations and
government entities to provide HOW participants with externship
opportunities. Participants gain
real-life work experience while honing the computer skills they have received
as part of the HOW training program. Since
the HOW program’s inception, more than 1,000 women have gained self-confidence
and learned marketable skills which placed them on the path to economic
self-sufficiency.
Deborah
Berry-Toon, Executive Director of Project Self-Sufficiency explains that the
HOW program is more than just a job-skills program. “The Higher Opportunities for Women program
offers participants the opportunity to gain the skills and confidence to
compete in today’s job market, and that in turn, helps put food on the table,
pay the rent, and ultimately turn around the prospects for the entire
family. Giving our participants the
tools necessary to become economically self-sufficient makes families stable
and helps the entire community.”
Project
Self-Sufficiency’s Higher Opportunities for Women program launches on February
19th. To enroll, or to find out more information about the program, call
Project Self-Sufficiency at 973-940-3500 or 877-807-3500. Information about Project Self-Sufficiency is
available at www.projectselfsufficiency.org.
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