{"id":59596,"date":"2025-11-19T02:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/59596\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:19:12","slug":"long-beach-launches-employment-and-job-training-program-for-fire-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/59596\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach launches employment and job training program for fire survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topline:<\/p>\n

The city of Long Beach has launched a new jobs program to help people affected by January\u2019s fires.<\/p>\n

Who is it for? The initiative will provide paid career opportunities and financial assistance to people looking for a fresh start in Long Beach.<\/p>\n

To start, 10 people will get up to 300 hours of paid work experience with local employers. Another five people also will get training scholarships of up to $7,500 in high-demand fields like health care and information technology.<\/p>\n

Who’s paying for it? The initiative is funded by a $130,000 federal act called the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.<\/p>\n

How to apply: Anyone interested in applying can contact Nakawa Shepherd, Career Center manager, Economic Development and Opportunity, at Nakawa.Shepherd@longbeach.gov<\/a> or visit the LBWIN Adult Career Services Center.<\/p>\n

How to participate: Long Beach\u2019s Economic Development and Opportunity office also is looking for local employers to provide on-the-job training for applicants.<\/p>\n

Interested businesses can contact Courtney Chatterson, business engagement officer, EDO, at Courtney.Chatterson@longbeach.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline: The city of Long Beach has launched a new jobs program to help people affected by January\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[36258,131,36256,36257,133,132],"class_list":["post-59596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-jobs-programs-for-california-fire-survivors","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-economic-development-and-opportunity","tag-long-beach-fire-survivors-jobs-program","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}