Success and Changes: 2000 - 2016Ģ000 - Career Path Services receives Workforce Investment Act funding from the Spokane Area Workforce Development Council to serve youth, adults and dislocated workers.Ģ001 - Career Path Services celebrates its 30th anniversary. Washington, occupying more than 10,000 square feet of office space. Spokane office moves to the 3rd floor of the Broadview Dairy Building at 905 N. Career Path Services becomes certified as a WorkSource Affiliate Site. The Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce nominates Career Path Services as a finalist for the AGORA award for business excellence.ġ999 - WorkForce Investment Act (WIA) signed by President Bill Clinton replaces JTPA as the country’s major workforce development legislation. The Spokane Area Workforce Development Council awards Career Path Services $481,000 in Welfare to Work funding.
KREM-2 News begins broadcasting daily job listings in partnership with Career Path Services.ġ998 - Career Path Services receives award from Washington State Community, Trade and Economic Development to provide Community Jobs in Spokane, Colville and Omak. Career Path Services launches its first website.
She has been on Career Path Services' Board of Directors ever since.ġ997 - The National Association of Counties (NACo) awards Career Path Services' JTPA IIA Adult Program its National Award for Excellence. Job developer Kikie Kramer becomes the agency's first retiree after 15 years with the agency.
Spokane Housing Authority (SHA) awards Career Path Services a contract to fund the Independent Family Futures program. All Career Path Services locations have at least one computer! Expansion: 1990-1999ġ992 - Omak office opens with 3 employees serving 12 supported employment customers.ġ993 - Career Path Services creates its first computer network.The Washington State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation contracts with vendors across the state to provide vocational rehabilitation services.ġ995 - Career Path Services' staff totals 37 - 19 in Spokane and 18 in the branch offices. Career Path Services receives certification as a vocational rehabilitation facility by DVR. Spokane County awards us our first contract to provide employment services to persons with developmental disabilities.ġ989 - The Colville office opens with 3 employees serving 16 people in supported employment and 7 senior citizens with developmental disabilities. The agency known as CETA Participant Services (CPS Employment and Training) incorporates as Career Path Services, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in the State of Washington.ġ983 - Career Path Services receives its first funding award under The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).ġ986 - Career Path Services receives its first contract from the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to provide basic education services to welfare recipients.ġ988 - The Spokane office opens an Education Center, funded through the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to provide basic education, GED and high school re-entry services. To apply for JTPA funds required a change from an unincorporated entity to something more formal. PIC’s (Private Industry Councils) allocated funds at the local level. Growth: 1980 - 1989ġ982 - President Ronald Regan signed The Job Training Partnership Act, creating a more comprehensive job training program with increased responsibility delegated to states and localities. Agency opens with 15 employees, funded by the Manpower Development and Training Act.ġ973 - President Jimmy Carter created the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to train workers and provide them with jobs in public service, and CETA Participant Services was born.ġ974 - Agency receives its first funding award under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Kennedy signed into law on March 15, 1962. This program served disadvantaged individuals with funds provided by the 1962 Manpower Development and Training Act, which President John F. Scroll through our timeline to learn more about how we've grown over the years! Humble Beginnings: 1971 - 1979ġ971 - In the city of Spokane, Washington, there was a small job training program affiliated with the American Indian Community Center. Career Path Services has been providing employment and training services since 1971.
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