External Santa Clara County CFET Program

The external CFET program consists of the following groups of providers:

  • The SCC CFET Third-Party Partners listed on the CFET website, 
  • Fresh Success, and
  • CFET State Provider: The Center for Employment Opportunities.

A referral to the external CFET Third-Party and Fresh Success providers may be completed in the CalSAWS referral subsystem at client’s request.

External CFET program components are:

  • Non-Education, Non-Work Components
    • Supervised Job Search,
    • Job Retention.
  • Education Components
    • Career and Technical Education,
    • Adult Basic Education,
    • English Language Acquisition,
    • Integrated Education Training, and
    • Work Readiness Training.
  • Work Components
    • Workfare,
    • Work Experience,
    • Work Activity,
    • Work-Based Learning,
    • Subsidized Employment,
    • Apprenticeships,
    • Pre-Apprenticeships,
    • On-the-Job Training, and
    • Internships.

Reminder: All CF participants may be referred to the CFET Third-Party Partners upon client request. Review the external partner options with the client in order to determine if a referral to an external partner is appropriate. Referrals for GA VS participants to CFET Third-Party Partners will be made by ECs at the VS unit.

The following external partners provide CFET components designed to help participants gain skills, training, or work experience.

Center for Employment Training

CET’s programs are designed to serve hard-to-serve populations. CET provides career services and amployment training that will result in obtaining job skills necessary to stabilize or advance within local industries that offer higher wages and year-round work.

Target population

Individuals with barrier to employment that want to enter or re-enter the workforce.

Components Provided

  • Non-Education, Non-Work Components
    • Supervised Job Search
    • Job Retention
  • Education Components
    • Career and Technical Education

Supportive Service

Supportive services that may be provided to CFET participants at CET include transportation, union dues, work clothes and other services if deemed reasonable and necessary for participation in the program.

Goodwill of Silicon Valley

GWSV will provide qualified job seekers with employment services that will start the participant on a pathway to self-sufficiency. In addition to the employment services, GWSV will offer psychological services to those who may have a psychological condition that prevents employment.

Target Population

Individuals that want to enter or re-enter the workforce that have barriers to employment. Those barriers include, but not limited to, criminal justice system involvement, lack of education, veterans, persons challenged with mental health issues, survivors of violence, and homelessness.

Components Provided

  • Non-Education, Non-Work Components
    • Supervised Job Search,
    • Job Retention.
  • Education Components
    • Vocational Training or Career/Technical Education Programs,
    • A+ Certification,
    • Google IT Support Professional Certification,
    • Network+ Certification,
    • HVAC Certification,
    • Pre-apprenticeship construction training program,
    • Autism Advantage (for careers in Information Technology),
    • Forklift Certification,
    • Safe Serve Certification.
    • ESL.
  • Work Components
    • OJT,
    • Warehouse,
    • Transportation,
    • E-commerce,
    • Mattress Recycling,
    • Administrative.

Support Services

Specific supportive services that may be provided to program participants would include: work tools, safety shoes, uniforms, Union dues up to $500 per person and gas cards and/or other services deemed reasonable and necessary.

JobTrain, Inc.

Through career training, job placement and supportive services, JobTrain empowers individuals to reclaim their lives from poverty and unemployment by preparing them for successful, sustainable careers in high demand and emerging fields.

Target population

Individuals with barrier to employment that want to enter or re-enter the workforce.

Components Provided

  • Non-Education, Non-Work Components
    • Supervised Job Search
    • Job Retention
  • Education Components
    • Vocational Training

Supportive Service

Supportive services that may be provided to CFET participants at JobTrain include client support on drug screening, transportation, union dues, finger printing, work clothes and other services if deemed reasonable and necessary to for participation in the program.

Sacred Heart Community Services

SHCS provides youth and adult education, job search and financial empowerment programs, domestic violence prevention, and free home organic gardening programs that promote long-term economic self-sufficiency.

Target Population

Low-income and homeless individuals, some that use SHCS Food Pantry.

Components Provided

  • Non-Education, Non-Work Components
    • Supervised Job Search
    • Job Retention.
  • Education Components
    • ESL.
  • Work Components
    • Workfare.

Support Services

Specific supportive services that may be provided to program participants would include: Career Closet provides interview-appropriate and first-day-on-the-job clothing, bus tokens to individuals who lack transportation for a job interview, bicycles for newly employed individuals, and Joblink staff collaborate with businesses throughout the community to offer free haircuts, eye exams, dental work, and transportation services and/or other services deemed reasonable and necessary.

Working Partnerships USA

Working Partnerships USA offers the TOP a free course that prepares you to enter a state certified apprenticeship leading to a high demand, high-paying constructions trades' career. The goal of providing these forms of support is to enable participants to successfully enter and retain employment as a State-registered apprentice in any one of more than 24 local construction trades, including: carpenters, sheet metal workers, I-HVAC, plumber/pipefitters, electricians, ironworkers, cement masons, plasterers, operating engineers, commercial painters, glaziers, construction inspectors, and others. The process to apply for and enter a State-registered apprenticeship is often complex and can take 6 to 9 months; for this reason, the program offers job search and job retention services following course completion.

Target Population

Key objective is to connect marginalized and under-represented populations into career pathways in the construction trades. Appropriate for candidates who are ready to work hard, eager to learn new skills and not afraid to get their hands dirty.

Components Provided

  • Non-Education, Non-Work Components
    • Supervised Job Search
    • Job Retention.
  • Work Components
    • Pre-Apprenticeships / Apprenticeships.

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County (CCSCC) CFET program is a free and voluntary program designed to help CalFresh Food recipients build the skills, education, and experience needed to succeed in the workforce. The program is designed to help CalFresh benefit recipients gain marketable skills. Access training and basic education, gain valuable work experience, and work towards securing better jobs and higher wages.

Targeted Populations

Individuals with barriers to employment that want to enter or re-enter the workforce.

Components Provided

  • Non-Education, Non-Work Components:
    • Supervised Job Search,
    • Job Retention.

Support Services

Supportive services that may be provided to CFET participants at CCSCC include transportation and ancillary issuance for interview/work clothing, uniforms, and work tools.

San Jose Conservation Corps + Charter School

San Jose Conservation Corps + Charter School (SJCC+CS) is a workforce development program that prepares young adults for green careers through hands-on experience. SJCC+CS’ E&T program invests in both personal and professional growth, offering industry-recognized training, certifications, environmental stewardship workshops, and post-program job placement. SJCC+CS is also a credit recovery alternative high school, ensuring Corpsmembers have the opportunity to complete their education while building a successful future.

Targeted Populations

Young adults between 17.5 to 27 years of age.

Components Provided

  • Non-Education, Non-Work Components
    • Supervised Job Search,
    • Job Retention
  • Work Components
    • Work-Based Learning

Support Services

Supportive services that may be provided to CFET participants at SJCC+CS include transportation and ancillary issuance for work clothing, uniforms, and work tools.
 

Related Topics

CalFresh Employment & Training