Nearly 300 Tour Success Xpress During Hazard's Black Gold Festival 

[October 2008] "During Hazard's 2008 Black Gold Festival, nearly 300 people climbed aboard and toured Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc.’s (EKCEP) Success Xpress, a specially modified mobile mining training facility built into a 53-foot truck trailer ..." Click here to read more.

 

Event Draws 161 People Seeking Jobs With Jackson Co. Manufacturers 

[September 2008] "About 161 residents of Jackson and Clay counties submitted applications and spoke to employers at a job fair hosted by the Clay County JobSight workforce center and Daniel Boone Community Action Agency (Daniel Boone CAA) in partnership with the Jackson County Board of Education’s Transition Unit ..." Click here to read more.

 

Perry JobSight Job Fairs Draw Hundreds Seeking Underground Mining Jobs

[September 2008] "The Perry County JobSight workforce center has proven itself an effective matchmaker in bringing both of those sides together for several key members of the area’s coal industry. Since April, about 450 applicants have attended job fairs hosted by JobSight for several local coal companies ..." Click here to read more.

 

Tax-Preparation Effort Brings More Than $3M in Refunds Back to Taxpayers

[September 2008] "Intense interest in federal economic stimulus checks helped boost local economies by pumping more than $3 million in refund dollars back into the region after an unprecedented number of taxpayers in seven counties took advantage of a an annual free tax preparation effort offered by the Eastern Kentucky Asset Building Collaboration (EKABC) ..." Click here to read more.

 

Training Supplemented by EKCEP Helping Combat EMT Shortage

[August 2008] "In the battle to save lives after an accident or sudden illness, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are the front-line soldiers. Riding on ambulances, stabilizing and providing basic first aid to patients, the EMT is likely to provide the first and sometimes most important medical care a patient receives. Unfortunately, the Big Sandy area is experiencing a shortage of these critical personnel ..." Click here to read more.

 

WIA Helps Open Door to Nursing Career for Myra Whisman 

[August 2008] "A life-changing inspiration can strike at any time or place. For Myra Whisman, it happened in 1995 in the middle of a Morgan County laundromat during an especially decisive laundry day. “It hit me that I needed to go back to school,” Myra said ..." Click here to read more.

 

Bell-Whitley WIA Youth Program's New Murals Beautify Downtown Pineville

[August 2008] "Some Bell County teens are spending their summer bringing a bit of color and a window to a world of natural beauty to downtown Pineville. The teens are helping paint a 700-square-foot nature scene on the side of the building that houses the Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Program ..." Click here to read more.

 

Ronald McDonald House Gets Custom Playhouse Thanks to Bell Teens

[August 2008] "Teens participating in the Bell-Whitley Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Program recently got a chance to help provide a little happiness to children and their families during a time they could definitely use it. As a summer project, four youth program participants helped build a playhouse to be used by children visiting the Ronald McDonald House in Lexington ... " Click here to read more.

 

New PLC Training Units Make Success Xpress More Effective for Mines

[July 2008] "Most every major automated operation at a coal mine, tipple, or preparation plant relies upon the use of Programmable Logic Controllers, or PLCs. Now, eastern Kentucky miners can safely train to program PLCs and perform these essential technical tasks thanks to the Success Xpress, a mobile training facility built into a 53-foot truck trailer ... " Click here to read more.

 

EKCEP, JobSight Helping Longtime Bell Co. Business Fund Key Training

[July 2008] "During four generations of family ownership, Middlesboro-based J.R. Hoe and Sons has secured the placement of its foundry and metal fabrication products in locations around the nation. With help from EKCEP, the company is training employees to use cutting-edge new equipment that will help it continue to thrive in the global marketplace for a second century ... " Click here to read more.

WIA Helps Tabitha Miller Secure Job at Prestigious Breathitt Bank

[July 2008] "A When Tabitha Miller showed up to prepare for her job interview at a prestigious Breathitt County bank, her Workforce Investment Act (WIA) career adviser noticed something new and unnerving about her appearance. A pierced nose ... " Click here to read more.

 

EKCEP Mourns the Loss of WIB Member Finley Begley

[July 2008] "Finley F. Begley, a longtime member of the EKCEP Workforce Investment Board (WIB), died Wednesday, July 9, at the Hazard ARH Hospital. He was 78 ... " Click here to read more.

 

Training Collaboration Assists Floyd Telecommunications Company

[July 2008] "A collaborative training program supplemented by the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP) has brought needed training to one of the region’s largest telecommunications companies that officials credit with reducing turnover, improving customer service, and building a more committed workforce ... " Click here to read more.

 

Big Sandy Employers Pleased With Triple-Digit Turnout at JobSight Job Fair

[June 2008] "Employers and event organizers said Monday’s job fair at the Pike County JobSight workforce center exceeded all expectations by attracting nearly 200 people seeking jobs with 26 of the Big Sandy region’s top employers ... " Click here to read more.