Denver 360 Program Info

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Preparing for Employment in Three Key Steps
Eligibility Criteria
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Preparing for Employment in Three Key Steps

Step 1: Getting Ready
An individual and group training course in a classroom setting that prepares individuals for the job market by emphasizing job-readiness skills, computer knowledge and how to effectively conduct an independent job search.

Typical Duration*: 3 days - 2 weeks
Participation Hours and Requirements: 35 hours per week. Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm, at the Welton St. Training Center.

Step 2: Getting Started
Hands-on learning that emphasizes career exploration and gaining real-world work experience. Customers work at community-based training (CBT) sites that match their skills and interests and add to their job-search portfolio. Customers have the option to suggest a new CBT site based on their career goals or use an already established CBT site.

Typical Duration*: 90 days
Participation Hours and Requirements: 35 hours per week. Various days and times and various locations, depending on CBT sites.

Step 3: Employment&Training
Support and assistance for our customers to help them reach their goal of employment. They have a completed portfolio, demonstrated interviewing and personal presentation skills and relevant work experience.

Typical Duration*: 60 - 90 days
Participation Hours and Requirements: 35 hours per week, including up to 2 days of job search. Various days and times and various locations.

*Limited participation can be arranged on an individual basis in all three steps of the program.

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Eligibility Criteria

All clients must

  • Be enrolled in TANF.
  • Be referred by a business development associate (BDA) or TANF case manager.
  • Have stable housing, child care and transportation.
  • Participate in a telephone interview with our intake specialist.
  • Be at Job Readiness Level 1-2-3.
  • Have a current Individual Responsibility Contract (IRC), Status Update Referral Form (SURF) and Work Readiness Profile (WRP) on file at Denver Options 360º before they can begin the program.
  • Attend orientation and intake.

Eligibility will be determined by a customer’s business development associate and our intake specialist. We will accept individuals with felony and other criminal backgrounds, with special needs and who may need assistance with academic functioning.

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Make a Referral

Referrals accepted only from business development associates (BDAs) or TANF case managers.

Limited space is available. Referrals are accepted until a specific orientation and intake start date is full, at which point BDAs and case managers will be notified via email when a start date is closing. If the start date has not already been closed due to capacity, then no referrals will be accepted for a particular start date past noon on the Friday before that start date is to occur.

Orientation and intake start dates land on the first business day of each week.

Referral Contact: Leila Gillespie
Email: lgillespie@denveroptions.org
Phone: (720) 587-2807
Fax: (720) 587-2777

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