A few months ago, I was informed that if you are unemployed, there is a way to earn/be granted a grant from the US Federal government and if you are a citizen, you can qualify for what is called a WIA Grant. The WIA program, aka WorkForce Initiative Act, allows people who are unemployed to seek federal grant funding from as much as $5000 to as much as $8000 dollars for specific courses to go back to schools, whether college or a technical school of your choice.
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How does one get this grant from the government? Well it's not easy, but there is a way to qualify.
1) Locate your local WorkForce/WorkNet office board via the internet. By doing this search, they will locate the nearest office to your area.
2) Go there to register or call them to find out when the next available appointment to come in and register as some offices might be busy.
3) Once there, you can sign in, and there they will inform you what programs are available at the WorkForce office. They can assist with helping you find work, programs that might be also available if you qualify for other assistance, and they will have info on how you can take to a WorkForce counselor on how you can apply for a WorkForce Grant.
4) Now, here comes the hard part. If you do want to qualify, you are going to have to go through some hurdles, but they are not difficult to do, if you are willing to put the work in. You're going to need to bring in some documents, things like your Social Security Card, birth certificate to show you are a natural born citizen or registered citizen, documents of your schooling like high school diploma/GED or college degree, proof of residency, paystubs from past six months of previous work from other job/jobs, and if you have family like spouse/children, you'll need to bring in their SS cards as well along with other documents they will require you to bring in. And you will have to bring in ALL of it, so this is an important step.
5) Once that is done, you are registered into the system and from here you will need to attend workshops that they have available to show that you are complying with what the WorkForce/WorkNet offices are asking you to do. Some of these will be like attending a resume seminar, interview seminar, and other seminars like attending Job Club and other training seminars. Another important seminar will be an ITA seminar, where they will explain what further steps you will need to do to work on figuring out what grant you would like to go for. From here, you NEED to know what particular area of study you want to become trained in. For example, say you want to learn to become a Network Administrator/Programmer for Cisco systems, or a working with learning to become a Database Admin. You'll need to do the research ahead of time to find out more about the program, the schools that offer such programs, etc. In the ITA seminar, they will go over what you need to do on how to research this, what you will need to know about your choice, what schools should you consider, and how to go about getting this research done. And when the seminar is done, they will go over and give you even MORE PAPERWORK that you are required to fill out to explain why you made your choice, what schools are available in your field, if your field is a viable one to invest in, etc.
6) Once you have completed all of the ITA paperwork, bring it back to your WorkForce/WorkNet counselor. This is most likely going to be the hardest part of the task to getting your grant but it's one you MUST complete, or you will not qualify. Some of the paperwork can be tedious, but they do this to weed out people to see if they are sincere in their goal to seeking retraining/reeducation. But if you are sincere, you have to complete all of the paperwork they ask for you to do. Once you've completed all of the paperwork, your counselor will go over all of it to help you make sure it's completed properly so it can be submitted to a supervisor who will review it all. From there it will take a couple of weeks to determine if your choice is good or not.
7) The final step, will be a review. If they approve, you will not get money, but what is called a Federal Grant Voucher, which will be presented to your school of choice. Once your school has received your grant voucher, your school will register you into classes. Now, it is your job to complete all of the classes presented that you submitted the grant voucher for. If you don't, you cannot gain that money back. It's a ONE TIME DEAL, but if you complete your courses, from there you can work with that school to help you find location assistance to help place you in the field of your training so that they can locate you a job. Also, your WorkForce/WorkNet office will also help provide further assistance to help place you in a job that you've trained for, one of the nice benefits of enrolling in this program.
Well that's the info I have for you! If you found this helpful, I would be willing to take a simple $1 dollar donation to help me out, since I've done the advanced work to run through this entire program and this gives you an idea of what to expect on your end. If you found this information helpful, please donate $1 dollar here below:
