As we celebrate National Older Workers Month, we wanted to share a story about one of our Senior Job Training and Employment participants, named Bettina Horton. Bettina Horton, a 66-year-old, does not consider herself as a “Senior “citizen but a “Seasoned” citizen. Read more about Bettina’s experience from her personal point of view by clicking here!
Read MoreOne of Meritan’s host agencies recognized and celebrated Ms. Arzella Warren (Meritan’s Senior Employment Participant) as an outstanding Woman of the Month. Learn more about Arzella Warren by reading our blog.
Read MoreMeritan is excited to announce we were awarded a grant of $5,000.00 from the Union Pacific Community Ties Giving Program for our Older Workers Program. The Older Workers program is an employment skills, placement, retention skills, and community service opportunity for low-income older adults. Job seekers in the Older Worker program have experienced barriers to entering or reentering the workforce. The program seeks to help them overcome those barriers and ready themselves to find unsubsidized full-time employment through training and a paid part-time position at a local non-profit or government agency. All participants are at least 55 and over and live in a household with income no more than 125 percent of the federal poverty level.
Read MoreRead about Mrs. Debbie Smith’s Senior Employment Success Story. She had worked at a job for seventeen years as a bill collector with no computer skills. It was all data entry, so I was lost until my counselor at the Memphis Career Center told me about the Meritan program for people 55 and older who wanted an opportunity to learn new skills and get a fresh start. Learn about her success here!
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