CEDO, City of Burlington

CEDO's Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Plus Workforce Training program is taking applications! Our next 2025 cohort will be starting classes on May 27th. Click on the link to learn more! bit.ly/4hJoSaB The PCA Plus Workforce Training program combines coursework and lab skills training over 5 weeks. At the end of the 5 weeks, students who complete the training and earn their completion certificate are eligible to receive a $300 training incentive. Childcare and transportation requests will be carefully evaluated and accommodated to the extent possible.

Last Monday, seven students arrived at TLC Home Care?to kick off the PCA Plus Workforce Training Program! With Age Well's help, this FREE program aims to fill home health vacancies by training members from BTV's underserved communities. Sign up & be part of our May 26 cohort: https://bit.ly/4hJoSaB

The City of Burlington will be operating the Extreme Cold Weather Shelter (ECWS) from 5pm on March 2 - 8am on March 3. Transportation WILL BE provided from two pick-up points at 5pm and 6pm: - COTS Daystation @ 95 North Ave - Fletcher Free Library ?5pm - 8am ??130 Gosse Ct ??211 or 802-829-6326 Many thanks to our partners at CVOEO and the VT Agency of Human Services

The City of Burlington will be operating the Extreme Cold Weather Shelter (ECWS) from 5pm on February 17 - 8am on February 18. Transportation WILL BE provided from two pick-up points at 5pm and 6pm: - Community Resource Center/Feeding Champlain Valley - Fletcher Free Library ?5pm - 8am ??130 Gosse Ct ??211 or 802-829-6326 Many thanks to our partners at CVOEO and the VT Agency of Human Services

The Burlington Lead Program offers FREE IRC classes, once a month at Burlington City Hall from 1-4pm. We are offering classes on: ?? February 20 ?? March 13 ?? April 17 If you are a rental property owner or Child Care facility operator, you are required to file your IRC (Inspection, Repair and Cleaning) practices statement every year. For more information on the class schedules and the Burlington Lead Program’s mission to reduce lead paint hazards in Burlington and Winooski, please visit our web page: https://lnkd.in/d_J_evBF

Our Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Plus Workforce Training program is now taking applications! Our first 2025 cohort will be starting classes on February 24th. Click on the link to learn more! bit.ly/4hJoSaB The PCA Plus Workforce Training program combines coursework and lab skills training over 5 weeks. At the end of the 5 weeks, students who complete the training and earn their completion certificate are eligible to receive a $300 training incentive. Childcare and transportation requests will be carefully evaluated and accommodated to the extent possible. This Program aims to train people from Burlington's underserved (low-income, unemployed, underemployed, women and persons of color, including immigrants and refugees) communities to become PCAs, to fill the scores of vacancies in home health and to function as personal care aides. PCAs, also known as care givers, are professionals who provide care and assistance at home health agencies, or in a home care environment.

The City of Burlington will be operating the extreme cold weather shelter (ECWS) from 5pm on February 1st - 8am on February 2nd. Transportation WILL BE provided from two pick-up points at 5pm and 6pm: - Community Resource Center/Feeding Champlain Valley - Fletcher Free Library ??: Saturday, February 1 ?5pm - 8am ??130 Gosse Ct ??211 or 802-829-6326 Many thanks to our partners at CVOEO and the VT Agency of Human Services

A core component of our Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Plus Training Program is Personal Professional Development (PPD) in which our trainees learn vital skills to help them thrive in their future workplaces. Our most recent group of PCA Plus graduates were presented with their PPD certificates by our very own Barbara Shaw-Dorso last Wednesday, January 15! Designed and led by the City’s Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO) and funded by a competitive grant from the National League of Cities (NLC), the six-week workforce training program utilized AI-powered technology to provide real-time translation and captions to deliver the PCA Plus training to underserved Arabic-speaking residents. Read more about the grant that helped this happen here: https://bit.ly/40ESsID

Join our friends from the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center for a special program honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr! Mayor of Selma, Alabama, James Perkins Jr, will be the keynote speaker. Get your FREE tickets @fletcherfree and @citymarketcoop ??: Sunday, January 19th ?: 3:00pm ??: Contois Auditorium, 149 Church St ??: 802-657-4219

Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak announced that the City of Burlington, Vermont will open a cold weather emergency shelter at the Miller Center at 130 Gosse Court this weekend. Hours of operation will be Saturday, December 21 and Sunday, December 22 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 AM. The National Weather Service is currently forecasting evening temperatures diving below zero with windchill on Saturday, December 21, and Sunday, December 22. The State of Vermont defines an extreme cold weather emergency using a threshold of –20 degrees Fahrenheit with the windchill factor. The City is acting to open additional shelter this weekend based on a number of factors, including: current estimates indicate upwards of 250 people are sleeping unsheltered in the region, with many rough sleeping; efforts to stand up additional low barrier shelter have been delayed until after the New Year; the State motel program is at capacity with upwards of 350 eligible households unable to get a room. While the City is leading this effort, it would not be possible without the partnership of the?CVOEO?or the funding support of the Vermont Agency of Human Services. For more shelter information: Call 211 or VT Economic Services at 1-800-479-615 Please reach out to Sarah Russell, Special Assistant to End Homelessness at 802-829-6326 or srussell@burlingtonvt.gov