CDO Workforce coordinates and focuses employment, training and education development resources across three counties, providing service to employed people, unemployed people and employers alike. Our goal is to improve the long-term growth and development of the work force.
Afton Adult & Continuing Education Program
29 Academy Street, PO Box 5
Afton, New York 13730
Phone: (607) 639-2811/1-800-792-2145
www.nysl.nysed.gov/tbbl/talk_2.htm
Services: Tutoring, study skills and drop-out prevention services. Offers free adult basic education and High School Equivalency preparation classes at many locations throughout Delaware, Otsego and Chenango Counties. For youth 21 years of age and over, provides a program that you can do from home (GRASP Program).
Literacy Volunteers
155 Main Street, Suite E
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: (607) 441-3093
https://lvodc.org/
Services: Tutoring, study skills and drop-out prevention services. Literacy Volunteers of Otsego and Delaware Counties identifies, trains, and matches volunteer tutors with adults seeking individual instruction in basic literacy, English for speakers of other languages, and basic math. Services are free, voluntary, and confidential.
DCMO BOCES- Harold Campus
270 BOCES Drive
Sidney Center, New York 13839
Phone: (607) 865-2500
https://www.dcmoboces.com/
Services: Tutoring, study skills and drop-out prevention services .Where do you envision yourself, a new career, earning your high school diploma, learning new skills for career advancement, exploring hobbies and areas of interest? DCMO BOCES has exciting continuing education opportunities to help you reach your goals.
ONC BOCES
2020 Jump Brook Rd.
Roxbury, NY 12474
Phone: 607-588-6291
www.oncboces.org
Services: Hosts a wide range of Career and Technical Education courses for high school juniors and seniors to prepare them for careers or further educational opportunities.
Oneonta Job Corps Academy
21 Homer Folks Ave
Oneonta, NY 13820
Office:
https://oneonta.jobcorps.gov/
Services: Vocational training, High School Equivalency for youth 16 to 24.
SUNY - DELHI
454 Delhi Drive,
Delhi, NY 13753
Phone: 607-746-4000
www.delhi.edu
Services: Offers 2-year and 4-year degree education
Our goal is to help job seekers not just find a job, but develop and manage a career. That means helping them when they have a job and when they are looking. We also strive to help employers find the workers they need quickly and the resources to improve training, workforce retention and workforce restructuring.
A DRC is a Disability Resource Coordinator, someone who helps individuals with disabilities find employment.
High School Equivalency (HSE/GED) A high school equivalency or GED/HSE is a recognized alternative to a high school diploma.
Work-Based Learning (WBL) provides students and job seekers with real-life work experience that compliments their academic studies. Typically they include job shadowing, mentoring, internships, and apprenticeships.
A Team Helper is anyone who is the lead support person to the job seeker with disabilities along their career journey. It can be a family member, friend, employment counselor, Disability Resource Coordinator (DRC), or case manager.
A stop-gap job is temporary employment until something better or more permanent can be obtained.
Basic needs refers to the goods and services necessary for a minimum standard of living. This includes access to food, safe shelter, clothing, and sanitation. Reliable transportation and education can also be considered a basic need.
A safe space is intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.
Competitive integrated employment (CIE) is work performed by a person with an impairment or health-related disability (health impairment) within an integrated setting. Wages are at least minimum wage or higher and at a rate comparable to non-disabled workers performing the same tasks.
For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education.