Congratulations Eva Woods!

10668693_971012162915588_2144013881934105944_oCongratulations to Eva Woods, SNAP Career Manager at our CareerSource Gulf Coast Job Center. Eva, a Royal American Management employee, was named one of 24 winners of the Workforce Professional Champion Award Friday November 3rd at a statewide workforce summit.
Eva Woods has experience working with Workforce Programs for over 15 years and she is committed making a difference in other’s lives every day. Eva started her career in 1999 as a Receptionist working with the WIA & Welfare Transition Program which led to other opportunities, such as an Intake Specialist & Career Manager for the Youth Employment Service Program (Y.E.S.), then a Welfare Transition Operations Assistant, and during the last 3 years Eva has been a Career Manager with the SNAP Employment and Training Program. In addition to offering the SNAP employment and training opportunities, our region was the first to receive the (ERS) Employment Retention Pilot Program. Eva was instrumental in successfully launching the program throughout the region. The program offers employment related reimbursements for up to 90 days of securing employment. The ERS reimbursements are helping her customers retain employment and helping her customers reach self-sufficiency. Eva takes a special interest in each of her customers to ensure they have a successful outcome in obtaining and retaining employment.

Eva is extremely resourceful and is a real contributor to the success of the One on One programs. She has sponsored many different short-term training opportunities, but really shined when it came to taking the initiative to organize and plan a successful Nursing Assistant training course. She works very hard at coordinating the training on a regular basis due to the community demand. She sets up job shadowing opportunities for her customers with area nursing facilities, so her customers can explore the career field before they enroll into the training. Over the last 3 years Eva has enrolled over 250 customers into the CNA course so that One on One’s program customers can receive job specific skills and be prepared to obtain a Certified Nursing Assistant certification.

 

Eva believes in the workforce programs offered and recognizes the benefits to offering such services in the community. Eva has changed hundreds of lives through offering outstanding career guidance and ongoing support with her customers. Join us in giving her a round of applause! Way to Go!

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