{"id":62757,"date":"2025-11-20T22:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/62757\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T22:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:48:08","slug":"long-beach-offers-job-support-to-residents-affected-by-southern-california-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/62757\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Offers Job Support To Residents Affected By Southern California Wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 In the wake of the deadly Southern California wildfires earlier this year, Long Beach is offering residents job support, city officials announced. <\/p>\n

The Long Beach Department of Economic Development and Opportunity\u2019s newly launched initiative aims to assist job seekers<\/a> looking to start anew in Long Beach with \u201cpaid career opportunities and financial assistance,\u201d the city said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy providing impacted residents with paid work experience and access to valuable training, we are creating pathways to good jobs and ensuring that Long Beach continues to thrive as a resilient and inclusive city,\u201d Mayor Rex Richardson said in a written statement. <\/p>\n

Spearheaded by the department\u2019s Long Beach Department of Economic Development and Opportunity, “the initiative will provide 10 eligible participants with up to 300 hours of paid, on-the-job work experience with local Long Beach employers,\u201d officials said.<\/p>\n

In addition to job experience, the department\u2019s initiative will also offer \u201cup to five people training scholarships of up to $7,500 each to obtain industry-recognized credentials in high-demand fields such as healthcare, information technology and advanced manufacturing,\u201d the city said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis effort is about more than recovery, it\u2019s about opportunity,\u201d Director Bo Martinez, the department\u2019s director, said. \u201cBy connecting individuals impacted by the wildfires to meaningful work experiences and comprehensive training pathways, we are aiding workers with re-establishing stability while also strengthening Long Beach\u2019s local talent pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials said the initiative is funded by a $130,000 Dislocated Worker Additional Assistance grant under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act<\/a>, \u201ca federal act designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training and support services to succeed in the labor market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interested job seekers looking for more information and would like to apply should contact the department\u2019s career center manager, Nakawa Shepherd, by emailing: Nakawa.Shepherd@longbeach.gov or visiting the department\u2019s adult career services center.<\/p>\n

In addition to job seekers, the department is looking for employers who \u201care interested in hosting a participant to provide on-the-job training while expanding their future workforce,\u201d the city said.<\/p>\n

Interested employers are asked to contact the department\u2019s business engagement officer, Courtney Chatterson, at Courtney.Chatterson@longbeach.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 In the wake of the deadly Southern California wildfires earlier this year, Long Beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-62757","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\/62757","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=62757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}