Options to pay for schooling

[kahlana]

Okay someone pointed out to me that I could look some other options for help with my training besides being contracted to a company for a year or 2....
One suggestion was WIA.. does anyone know whats all involved? Who do i need to talk to? What information would they need from me? Is it like unemployment? Any and ALL information is welcome

[GMAN]

I believe it is through your local state unemployment office. If you go to a community college or state vocational school the cost will be less and financial aide should be available. You could also get an extra job and use all that money to pay for your schooling without any debt. Good luck.

[kahlana]

thanks Gman... will definitely start checking it out.

[golfhobo]

Kahlana: I used WIA to pay for my schooling. Are you currently gettting unemployment? If so, (in my state at least,) you can continue to collect it AND get your schooling paid for by WIA. Go to your local Employment office and ask about it... OR

Google Workforce Investment Act "and" [your state]

[kahlana]

Kahlana: I used WIA to pay for my schooling. Are you currently gettting unemployment? If so, (in my state at least,) you can continue to collect it AND get your schooling paid for by WIA. Go to your local Employment office and ask about it... OR

Google Workforce Investment Act "and" [your state]

GOLFIE!!! I missed your wit and wisdom.... really... wish i had seen your post before i spent the last hour researching it myself... i found out pretty much what you just told me... so i will apply for UI ASAP and go from there...

[golfhobo]

Kahlana: I used WIA to pay for my schooling. Are you currently gettting unemployment? If so, (in my state at least,) you can continue to collect it AND get your schooling paid for by WIA. Go to your local Employment office and ask about it... OR

Google Workforce Investment Act "and" [your state]

GOLFIE!!! I missed your wit and wisdom.... really... wish i had seen your post before i spent the last hour researching it myself... i found out pretty much what you just told me... so i will apply for UI ASAP and go from there...

Sorry! Had to go do the Christmas dinner thingie with the folks! Won't be around much tomorrow morning either. Gotta go play golf with the Trinity! You know.... the Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Guess you know what part that leaves for ME to play! :wink:

I don't know your situation, so I don't know if you qualify for Unemployment Insurance. But, you don't HAVE to be collecting UI to qualify for WIA.

In MY state, they paid for school (about 5 grand) and the school included hotel accomodations.

Funds can be limited at times though, so you might have to wait awhile. Good luck!

[kahlana]

ah cool about the not having to neccessarily be on UI to get help... i'm not sure if i qualify or for that or not but no harm in applying for it. Thankfully it's not like i have anything better to do right now except for apply for stuff and wait around... ah the "hurry up and wait" phase of any new undertaking... LOL

[terrylamar]

ah cool about the not having to neccessarily be on UI to get help... i'm not sure if i qualify or for that or not but no harm in applying for it. Thankfully it's not like i have anything better to do right now except for apply for stuff and wait around... ah the "hurry up and wait" phase of any new undertaking... LOL

Hurry up and wait, mostly wait, when the government is involved.

[DD60]

Goverment grants usually take 6 weeks to get approved. Depending on credit you may be able to get approved for financing and than get tuition reimbursement from the company you get hired on with. That way there is no contract to the company and if you quit driving for them they just stop paying the tuition payments. It wouldn't be a good idea to have more than one job within a year anyway though.

[kahlana]

wow been a while since i was on here. being busy working and taking care fo family will do that to a person though. Anyway... im working for Goodwill now and they have a program where i can go to school for my CDL and they will reimburse me if i drive for them. So im waiting on the full information from my Team Leader. If they will pay for my school i will drive locally for them until my daughter graduates and then i will move to an OTR position with them.

[GMAN]

Good luck with the schooling, Kahlana. Keep us posted.

[wsclinger]

Did you ever find out any more about the Workforce Investment program????

Thanks

[ohiomohawk]

I was in tool and die for 5 years and was doing great but the manufacturing industry went to hell here in Ohio from 2000-2005 and I was laid off for the 3rd and final time.

The job center classified me as a"dislocated worker" due to off shore outsourcing and I was qualified for funding to go to school.

I applied for WIA and they paid $4,000 for me to go to a local community college to get my CDL.

Tool and die was a good paying trade with lots of employment opportunity in the 1980's and 1990's but it collapsed in 2000 and the state lost over a quarter million jobs.

[wsclinger]

OhioMohawk,
When you applied were you on a L/O status? I am thinking about trying to get my CDL by attending weekend classes at SSCC so I can continue to work and get paid while getting my license. By doing it that way, I have a feeling that I wouldn't be able to qualify for anything, but also don't want to have to incurr the expense in full myself either...


Delaware, OH Guy

[ohiomohawk]

OhioMohawk,
When you applied were you on a L/O status? I am thinking about trying to get my CDL by attending weekend classes at SSCC so I can continue to work and get paid while getting my license. By doing it that way, I have a feeling that I wouldn't be able to qualify for anything, but also don't want to have to incurr the expense in full myself either...


Delaware, OH Guy

No, I was actually working some peanut jobs at Walmart and Target when I recieved WIA.

[kahlana]

I will still try for WIA as i work just across the street from the Center so can head over there after work on Monday. At this point i need to do something cus things are getting shook up at my job and im not sure they are going to pay for school now.. which seriously sucks... ill find out more after work on Monday though

[GMAN]

OhioMohawk,
When you applied were you on a L/O status? I am thinking about trying to get my CDL by attending weekend classes at SSCC so I can continue to work and get paid while getting my license. By doing it that way, I have a feeling that I wouldn't be able to qualify for anything, but also don't want to have to incurr the expense in full myself either...


Delaware, OH Guy

If you don't want to incur the expense of training yourself, you can always go with one of the training carriers. The down side is that you will have a very expensive obligation to repay unless you stay with them for the duration of your contract, which is usually about a year. The pay will be a bit lower if you go through their training program as opposed to paying for your own schooling.