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JOB OPENINGS OPPORTUNITY
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced the launch of "Jobs Express," a new website designed to help New Yorkers who are seeking employment.
The Jobs Express website makes it easier to learn about what jobs are available in the state and to know where to find them.
The site takes over 42,000 job openings and sorts them by region to help job seekers evaluate what industries are growing in their area and find out what opportunities are available in specific companies.
Complete with other helpful features – like video tutorials on resume writing, interview techniques, and transitioning to a new career – use Jobs Express to enhance your job search today.
Click this address to get to the site: http://www.labor.ny.gov/jobs/regional.shtm
2011 HEAP SEASON TO OPEN NOV. 16
The Niagara County Department of Social Services today announced that the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) will begin accepting applications for regular benefits on Wednesday, November 16, for the 2011-12 heating season. Applications for emergency benefits will begin being accepted January 3, 2012.
The maximum regular benefit an eligible household can receive is $500 for homes that heat with oil, kerosene or propane, and $300 for all others.
Last winter, more than 1.4 million households in New York State, including 11,500 households in Niagara County, received HEAP benefits.
To apply for HEAP, contact your local Department of Social Services or Office for the Aging. For more information on HEAP, visit otda.ny.gov/programs/heap. Anyone can check if they may be eligible for HEAP, and an array of other programs, by answering a few, simple questions online at myBenefits.ny.gov.
The local contact numbers in Niagara County for HEAP are:
Niagara Falls Office: (716) 278-8645
Lockport Office: (716) 439-7744
Office for the Aging: (716) 438-4020
Our 2010 foster parent of the year, Evyonne Mack was recently featured in a Buffalo News story:
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/06/06/1072804/foster-parent-leads-by-example.html
In April, Commissioner Anthony J. Restaino addressed the Niagara County Legislature on the present state of assistance in the county. For the story published in the April 25, 2010 edition of the Buffalo News, please go to:
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/04/25/1030469/health-care-changes-hit-home.html
AS SEEN ON T.V. (or heard on the radio): You may be eligible for a FREE cell phone. The link below will take you to a website that will explain how low-income households can receive a free phone.
https://www.safelinkwireless.com/EnrollmentPublic/home.aspx
8,000 Free - TOTALLY FREE - Books: Do your kids need books for reading assignments at school? Do you want to relax with one of the classics? Want to find out what Ishmael wanted to be called? Are they out of your favorites at the local library? If so, there are 8,000 free books online from some 3,500 authors. Just go to http://www.readprint.com/ and browse the racks!
