September What's New Archive

Project Hire Announces Extended Dates (9/24/09)

Submission of Project HIRE event dates has been extended to December 15, 2009. The activities/events can be held from September 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. Project HIRE policy and documents to reflect this change will be coming soon. To view the link to the ODJFS Project HIRE web page click here. If you have any questions regarding the new deadline dates or Project HIRE in general, please contact Sue McKitrick at 614-644-5996 or by email at Sue.McKitrick@development.ohio.gov.

Executive Notice: Discontinuation of WIA Capitalization Waiver (09/24/09)

ODJFS receives notification from USDOL that waiver permitting WIA funds for capitalization of small businesses will not be renewed as of September 30, 2009. Click here to view the notice:

OhioRED: Saving Data (9/24/09)

If you enter information into OhioRED.gov, click here to see the memo from ODJFS on using the "blue door" function so data does not disappear.

One-Stop Best Practice Award Goes to Clark County (9/17/09)

Clark County won the 2009 Workforce Development One-Stop Best Practice Award. Clark County's Rise Above program is an innovative program that provides intensive job preparation and placement services to job seekers. Congratulations to Clark County for this achievement! Click here to read the article.

Statement Regarding JFS County Hours (9/18/09)

ODJFS Director, Douglas Lumpkin, released a letter regarding County Job and Family Service hours of operation guidance. The current budgetary challenges in counties created by dwindling funds has created the need to develop strategies that include daily hours of operations. To view Director Lumpkin’s letter click here.

CAAs Available Again (9/18/09)

Career Advancement Accounts (CAA) are available again in the amount of $6,000 for training dislocated workers affected by WARN mass layoffs or domestic automotive layoffs. As a result, Executive Director John Trott has re-issued Administrative Guideline AG-506. View the AG by clicking here or visiting the Policy & AGs section of the Area 7 website.

ODJFS Issues Warning of URL Closings (9/10/09)

After September 16 at 9:00 am, users accessing the below listed URL's will get the HTTP 404 page not found error, instead. Anyone that may still be using these links as a favorite or bookmark will need to update their favorites/bookmarks to reflect the new URL.

Beginning next Wed (9/16), at 9:00 am the following URL's will no longer be available:

• www.scoti.ohio.gov
• www.discoverer.scoti.ohio.gov
• www.reports.scoti.ohio.gov

These URL's currently redirect the user to: https://ohiomeansjobs.com

NOTE: THERE WILL NOT BE ANY INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE ON THE OHIOMEANSJOBS.COM WEBSITE OR SCOTI/OMJ APPLICATIONS.

Monitoring Guide Available (9/10/09)

The Area 7 ARRA Adult & Dislocated Worker Monitoring Guide is available. To view the guide, click here.

NonProfit Training Session Added (9/9/09)

A new session has been added for Gazelle, 'Gazelle: Fund Source and Line Item Category Administration'. Any counties that are still working on these tasks or would like to validate their configuration are recommended to attend. There are 2 time slots for this class: September 9th at 1:00 PM EST and September 16th at 1:00 PM EST.This session is scheduled for 1.5 hours. Registration information is included on page 11. To view the updated training plan click here.

Rapid Response Training (9/3/09)

ODJFS is hosting Rapid Response training for those who did not get to attend the June RR training. It will be held at the Air Center (Room M146) on September 15 from 9a-3:30p. ODJFS is allowing one person from each One-Stop in Area 7 to attend. This will be to add to your system's capacity; you do not need to attend if you already attended the two-day training in June. Send the name and e-mail address of your One-Stop’s representative to Mark Birnbrich by September 8.

Upcoming Events (9/3/09)

Please view the Area 7 calendar to see upcoming events, including expos, job fairs, and monitoring schedules. The calendar will be updated as more events area planned.

Tracking System FAQs Updated (9/3/09)

NonProfit Technologies updated the list of FAQs pertaining to Gazelle and SwipeIt. To view, click heremm.