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"I am proud of the outstanding work that the state's One-Stop Career Centers do every day, and it brings us great satisfaction to support the centers in their work with Veterans," said Joanne F. Goldstein, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development. "Our Veterans have given great service to their country, and upon returning home, they can count on the Patrick- Murray administration to make Veteran re-employment a top priority."
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Alice Sweeney, Acting Director of DCS announced the recipients at a recent meeting of the state's  Career Centers cheap new orleans hotels and partners: "This year JVSG Incentive cheap new orleans hotels Awards have been presented to: FutureWorks cheap new orleans hotels located Springfield, MA; Workforce Central Career Centers in Worcester, Southbridge and Milford, MA; and, Franklin Hampshire Career Centers located in Greenfield and Northampton, MA."
FutureWorks Career Center is the recipient of the Jobs for Veteran State Grant (JVSG) Gold Award in the amount of $10,500 for:  Innovative Approaches to Engaging the Business Community on behalf of Veteran Jobseekers such as the following: FutureWorks CC was instrumental in the creation, marketing and execution of the first Western Massachusetts Employer Summit, a collaboration of the City of Springfield, the Veteran s Administration, Franklin-Hampshire Career Center, Mass Latino, Chamber of Commerce, Springfield College,  and Western cheap new orleans hotels New England University.  The summit was designed to educate the business cheap new orleans hotels community on the technical and leadership skills that Veterans possess.
Workforce Central Career Centers in Worcester, cheap new orleans hotels Southbridge and Milford are the recipients of the Jobs for Veteran State Grant (JVSG) Silver Award in the amount of $8,250 for:  their unified approach to engaging community partners and employers to better serve our Veteran customers. This is the second consecutive year that the Workforce Central Career Centers have won a JVSG incentive award. Workforce Central is consistently among the top three career centers within the state when it comes to the sheer volume of Veterans that seek services at their career centers. Their services to Veterans demonstrate both teamwork and a holistic approach, recognizing cheap new orleans hotels the many factors affecting a veteran's return to work.  Their accomplishments included planning two significant veteran-oriented job fairs to salute area Veterans that included cheap new orleans hotels collaboration with the local hockey team, the Worcester Sharks.
Franklin/Hampshire Career Centers in Northampton is the recipient of the Jobs for Veteran State Grant (JVSG) Bronze Award in the amount of $6,125 for: innovation in addressing issues of Homeless Veterans and those at risk for homelessness. Franklin/ Hampshire Career Center (FHCC), Northampton office, provides outreach and employability services for homeless and recovering Veterans residing at the Soldier On facility located at the VA Medical Center in Leeds, MA, and in the VA sponsored Cherry Street Transitional Residence in Northampton.   FHCC recognized that some Veterans were falling through the cracks, unaware of the wide range of resources available to them within the community.  The Career Center saw the immediate need to better connect these Veteran customers with all the Veteran service agencies and to that end, the FHCC created the Pioneer Valley Veteran Employment Partnership (PVVEP).  This partnership consisting of community based Veteran Service Agency representatives works together to harness resources, programs and events offering quality services that together meet their Veteran customers' individual needs.
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