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.
Participating businesses include:
Accustaff
ADDICTION CENTER OF BROOME COUNTY (ACBC)
Arnot Health
Big Fox WYDC
Broome-Tioga BOCES
Care Compass Network
Cayuga Medical
Chase Memorial Nursing Home and Rehab
City of Oneonta
Conifer Realty
Cornell University
Corning Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare
Crime Victims Assistance Center
Delaware County
Delhi Campus Child Care Center
Education and Training Resources
Empowering People's Independence
Glove House Inc
Guthrie
J.M. Murray Center, Inc.
Lakeview Health Services
Lalor Family Dental
Leonard Bus Sales, Inc.
New York state Department of Civil Service
New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision
New York State Police
New York State Veterans' Home at Oxford
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
NYS Office of Children & Family Services
NYS Office of Mental Health
Otsego County
Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES
Pathfinder Village
Pathways, Inc
Pro Action of Steuben and Yates, Inc
Roscoe Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Springbrook
Stafkings Healthcare
The Arc Allegany Steuben
The ARC of Chemung-Schuyler Counties Chapter NYSAR
The Children's Home
The Family Resource Network, Inc
The William George Agency
WBNG
About the author
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.