{"id":157911,"date":"2022-09-14T03:50:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T08:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=157911"},"modified":"2022-09-15T03:43:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:43:43","slug":"financial-help-available-for-job-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/09\/14\/financial-help-available-for-job-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial help available for job seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Monday night’s meeting of Van Wert City Council, Mindy Eales, Workforce Development Supervisor with Ohio Means Jobs Van Wert County outlined the assistance that\u2019s available to county residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can help with resume building, we have workshops that deal with problem solving, time management and interviewing if you haven\u2019t had an interview in a long time and you\u2019re nervous we can help you with that,\u201d Eales explained. \u201cWe go over how you fill out an application. Our population today sometimes have issues with the question \u2018do you have a misdemeanor or felony?\u2019 and they don\u2019t always answer it in the right way and it can hinder them so we can work with them on how to best answer that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mindy Eales explains how the local PRC Program can help job seekers with their search. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Eales also noted Ohio Means Jobs Van Wert County has a PRC Program \u2013 Prevention, Retention and Contingency, which helps anyone in the county with a minor child who has fallen on hard times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf they get behind on utilities, they get behind on rent due to job loss or sickness, we can help pay those bills to help get them back on track,\u201d she said. \u201cWe also have a program that can assist with work tools and clothing. If you\u2019ve been out of work for a while and you got a new job and it\u2019s in Delphos and you live in Van Wert, it\u2019s not going to be easy getting back and forth with the cost of gas so we can pay your gas for 30 days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eales also said assistance is available for up to four months for those with lapsed auto insurance, and school incentive programs are also offered as part of the PRC Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, an incentive program is available for eligible people who reduce or eliminate their Ohio Works First or food assistance (SNAP) by gaining or increasing employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey can fill out an application and if they qualify, which most do, just for getting employment they can get $700,\u201d Eales said. \u201cIf they maintain that employment for four months they get $400, eight months is $400 and if they maintain that same employment for one year, they get $1000. The catch to this is we\u2019re not just giving them money, they have to maintain contact with the case manager to talk about any barriers that they might have come across.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe their car broke down or they don\u2019t have a babysitter anymore, they\u2019re not sure how to deal with their new supervisor \u2013 instead of just quitting, we want them to communicate with our case manager and we\u2019re going to help them overcome those barriers,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information about the PRC Program or other job incentives is available at Ohio Means Jobs Van Wert County, 120 E. Main St. in downtown Van Wert or by calling 419.623.4437.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor During Monday night’s meeting of Van Wert City Council, Mindy Eales, Workforce Development Supervisor with Ohio Means Jobs Van Wert County outlined the assistance that\u2019s available to county residents. \u201cWe can help with resume building, we have workshops that deal with problem solving, time management and interviewing if you haven\u2019t had an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 20:11:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157911"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157970,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157911\/revisions\/157970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}