Agencies

AGENCY PARTICIPATION

Please participate in Take the Step – A Job Skills Event organized by the Jacksonville Economic Development Council (JEDCO) and the Cherokee County Human Needs Network! The event takes place on Wednesday, May 16 from 10 am to 2 pm, at the Norman Activity Center.

The event provides practical information and resources to individuals who face barriers to employment. A brief intake, assessment, and referral process will be utilized to identify each individual’s barriers and have them meet with agencies like yours that are able to assist them.

We are inviting agencies that provide services to help remove barriers broadly defined as:

Personal and financial
Emotional and physical
Career decision-making and planning
Job-seeking knowledge
Training and education

Additional detail on Employment Barriers.

Making it accessible:

It is difficult for us to anticipate the number of participants, but we are developing a comprehensive plan to make the event accessible to our target audience. This plan includes access to transportation to and from the event.

YOUR AGENCY

You are asked to do what you do best, establish a relationship, assess needs, provide guidance and resources, and make a follow-up appointment.

If you are interested in being a part of the second annual Take the Step – A Job Skills Event, please complete the Agency Participation Form linked below before Friday, May 3rd.

If you need additional information or cannot attend, please email susan@ethnn.org.

Agency Participation Form

ETHNN

ETHNN will provide marketing materials, website listing and links, tables, chairs, access to electricity and Wi-Fi, and a hospitality room for agency staff and volunteers.

ETHNN and partner agencies will follow-up with willing event participants in order to measure outcome indicators.

Setup will take place from 8:30-10 AM on May 16.

Agency staff and volunteers will participate in a walk-through and orientation at 9:30 AM.

Door open at 10 AM and close at 2 PM.

Breakdown will take place from 2-3 PM.

PARTICIPANTS

Each participant will receive a folder with:

copies of their intake and assessment*,
an event guide and referral form,
an informative directory of agencies,
a flash drive for resumes' and other information you could download for them, and
a bag to keep everything in one place.

*In order to protect the privacy of each participant, a single intake and assessment will be conducted as they enter the event.

Each participant will receive multiple copies of their completed intake and assessment document to give to each agency they visit. This will ensure that questions of a personal nature are not asked where others can listen.