New Mexico Works Career
Centers
San Juan College Career Centers were
established in 1998 by a Human Services
grant. SJC Career
Centers are the service provider for the
New Mexico
Works program to assist welfare recipients
in acquiring the necessary skills to get
a job, keep a job, and advance in a job.
It
is the mission of the Centers to help
individuals receiving TANF and
Food Stamp Assistance to meet the challenge
of moving from welfare into meaningful
employment.
The
Career Centers are under the direction
of San Juan College, which is contracted
by the State of New Mexico Human Services
Department, to provide
services to the Welfare Reform Program.
SJC
Career Centers are located in the following
counties:
Programs and Services
Click the links below to visit
our Past, Present, and Future
programs:
| "You
gain strength, courage, & confidence
in every experience in
which you really stop to
look fear in the face." |
--Eleanor
Roosevelt
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"Knowledge
gives us the confidence
to explore new horizons."
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--Anonymous
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"A
commitment to quality
guides us to great achievements."
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--Anonymous
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Successes
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Placed approximately 1,508 participants in volunteer
activites at non-profit agencies
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Placed over 333 participants in on-site G.E.D. classes
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266 participants have graduated from Success Skills since 1998 |
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From February 1998 through December 2002, over 1,865 participants
found full-time or part-time employment
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9 participants received cars through the Wheels to Work program |
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