Year in Review
Workforce Connections (WFC), a division of the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC), provides workforce development services to the citizens and businesses of Knox County. WFC is accountable to and works in conjunction with the local workforce investment board to administer varied state and federally funded programs. WFC ensures that these employment related resources effectively meet the needs of residents in Local Workforce Investment Area Three (Knox County).Workforce Connections (WFC), a division of the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC), provides workforce development services to the citizens and businesses of Knox County. WFC is accountable to and works in conjunction with the local workforce investment board to administer varied state and federally funded programs. WFC ensures that these employment related resources effectively meet the needs of residents in Local Workforce Investment Area Three (Knox County).
During 2009—2010, Workforce Connections:
Connected people with jobs
- Provided job search assistance in more than 29,900 customer visits
- Assisted 1802 people in earning Career Readiness Certificates
Provided Adult Education Services
- Provided basic skills, academic upgrades, and general adult education services to 226 students
- Helped 46 people reach their goal of passing the GED
Helped individuals improve their standard of living
- In-school youth had opportunities to earn $1100+ through part- time summer work experiences and aver-aged earning $615 in school-based grade incentives
- Older youth program completers saw their annual wages increase by more than $1,000 each
- Adults and Dislocated Workers completing training programs will collectively earn more than $3,200,000 in their first year after program completion
