{"id":61770,"date":"2025-11-20T08:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/61770\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T08:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:26:14","slug":"long-beach-launches-employment-and-job-training-program-for-fire-survivors-long-beach-post-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/61770\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach launches employment and job training program for fire survivors \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was <a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/long-beach-launches-employment-and-job-training-program-for-fire-survivors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">originally published by LAist<\/a> on Nov. 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Topline: The city of Long Beach has launched a new jobs program to help people affected by January\u2019s wildfires in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Who is it for?\u00a0The initiative will provide paid career opportunities and financial assistance to people looking for a fresh start in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>To start, 10 people will get up to 300 hours of paid work experience with local employers. Another five people will also get training scholarships of up to $7,500 in high-demand fields like health care and information technology.<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s paying for it?\u00a0The initiative is funded by a $130,000 federal act called the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.<\/p>\n<p>How to apply:\u00a0Anyone interested in applying can contact Nakawa Shepherd, Career Center manager, Economic Development and Opportunity, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#b7f9d6dcd6c0d699e4dfd2c7dfd2c5d3f7dbd8d9d0d5d2d6d4df99d0d8c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0or visit the LBWIN Adult Career Services Center.<\/p>\n<p>How to participate:\u00a0Long Beach\u2019s Economic Development and Opportunity office also is looking for local employers to provide on-the-job training for applicants.<\/p>\n<p>Interested businesses can contact Courtney Chatterson, business engagement officer, EDO, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#71321e0403051f14085f32191005051403021e1f311d1e1f1613141012195f161e07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article was originally published by LAist on Nov. 18, 2025. Topline: The city of Long Beach has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-61770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61770","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=61770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}