AADAP | Employment Access Unit

The Employment Access Unit implements the agency’s comprehensive job training and employment programs. We prepare the current and future workforce by offering a variety of services such as vocational assessments, career counseling, labor market resources, basic computer training, short-term vocational training, job readiness training, paid/unpaid job placement services, job retention, supportive and follow-up services. We collaborate with our partners to provide community day school and after school programs. We also provide employers services such as labor market information, setting up of job placements, and connecting them with agencies for other business services.

Employment Access Unit implements the following programs:

1. Veterans’ Employment Assistance-Related Program - is a comprehensive training and employment program for veterans and their eligible spouses. This VEAP program is designed to provide a broad array of services to veterans facing barriers in transitioning into employment and career advancement. The employment-related support services include but are not limited to transportation assistance, work-related tools, fees to obtain certification of training, licenses required for job opening, short-term vocational training, short-term housing, and other allowable services. The California Employment Development Department (EDD) funds the VEAP.

2. Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult Program - is a comprehensive training and employment program for special needs populations, low-income adults 18 years or older, which face multiple barriers to employment. These individuals include the recovering drug addicts, homeless individuals, and offenders. The Los Angeles County Department of Community And Senior Services funds the WIA Adult Program.

3. Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Program - is a comprehensive training and employment program for in-school and out-of-school youth ages 14 to 21 years old. The Los Angeles County Department of Community And Senior Services and the Los Angeles Urban League funds the WIA Youth Program.

4. After-school Program - This program is designed to supplement and support the educational instruction of youth incarcerated in the County of Los Angeles Probation Department’s Youth Camps. The After-school Program is implemented in coordination with the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE).

5. Community Day School – is an alternative and non-traditional education program for high-risk youth. The Community Day School is a 360-minute minimum instructional day includes academic programs tailored to each student’s individual needs, development of pro-social skills, self-esteem and resiliency. The Community Day School is implemented in coordination with the Los Angeles Unified School District.

6. California Access to Recovery Supportive Services - an array of activities, relationships, and services designed to assist a CARE client’s participation in treatment, improve functioning, and support continued recovery. Maximus provides funding for this program.