Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange Offers Help with Coverage
During the COVID-19 State of Emergency, individuals who need special health coverage should contact one of our Navigators. This coverage is temporary and ends two months after the application month, unless you submit an application for regular Medicaid. Our Navigators can help you and your family submit an application for temporary Medicaid over the phone […]
Who’s Hiring? An Updated List of Employers Needing Immediate Help
The Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center staff is working with employers looking for talent due to surges experienced with COVID-19. Our team is working with Kentucky’s Workforce and Education Cabinet and Career Centers across the state to identify talent currently experiencing job loss due to COVID-19. Click the link below to see Who’s Hiring! The list […]
COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Support Positions Available in Kentucky
Team Kentucky has partnered with a number of companies across the state to deploy Contact Tracers, Social Support Connectors, and Disease Investigators related to COVID-19. To learn more about these positions and the vendors who are hiring, download this document: https://cumberlandsworkforce.com/https://cumberlandsworkforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/contacttracingemployment.pdf Job summary and qualifications for these positions are available in the first three links of […]
Job Corps Career Training Available for Low Income Youth
Job Corps is the largest nationwide residential career training program and has been in operation since 1964. The program helps eligible, low-income young people ages 16 through 24 complete their high school education, earn a driver’s license, and receive hands-on career training at their own pace. Job Corps also offers tuition-free housing, meals, basic health […]
UPDATED: Complete Info for Filing for Unemployment Insurance
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Unemployment Insurance Benefits Expanded Due to COVID-19 to include: INDIVIDUALS TYPICALLY NOT COVERED BY UI (List includes but is not limited to these groups) Self-employed Independent contractors Freelance workers Substitute teachers Childcare workers employed by religious-affiliated organizations and non-profits LEAVING EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF COVID-19 Reasonable risk of exposure (self-quarantine) Caring for a family […]
How to File Unemployment Insurance Claims – Physical Offices Closed
SPECIAL INFORMATION REGARDING FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DURING THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kentucky Career Center – Cumberlands will not be providing in-person services until further notice. Below is the information you need about filing Unemployment Insurance claims. Are You Eligible?If you are laid off due to the Coronavirus outbreak, […]
Transformational Employment Roundtable Held in Somerset
Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center Employment Specialists Ashley McCarty (foreground) and Sonia Osman presented personal stories and highlights from the Kentucky Chamber’s recent report “Opioid Abuse in Kentucky: The Business Community’s Perspective.” A roundtable meeting of business leaders and owners, human resource professionals, judicial officials, and workforce personnel met on Friday, February 21, 2020, to discuss […]
Unemployment Insurance Customer Service Expands, Thousands in Workers Compensation Fund Overpayment Being Recovered
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 19, 2020) — Today, at the state Capitol, Gov. Andy Beshear announced his administration is working to speed up unemployment insurance claims and is recovering thousands overpaid to deceased workers compensation fund beneficiaries. Both actions improve operations so that state government better serves Kentucky families. Dedicated unemployment insurance staff at career centersGov. Beshear […]
Local Jails’ Reentry Programs Providing Job Success for Former Inmates
Wayne County Judge-Executive Mike Anderson (left) and Cumberlands Workforce Development Board (CWDB) Chairman Sam Brown recently signed an agreement for Wayne County Detention Center’s participation in the Pre-Release Employment Program. Wayne County joins Russell and Pulaski counties in the regional effort to create pathways for inmates and low-income individuals to rebuild their lives by equipping […]
Russell County Pre-Release Program Completes Its Third Class
The Russell County Detention Center recently hosted its third Pre-Release class to inmates with upcoming release dates. Russell County’s Pre-Release Program aims to reduce recidivism among released prisoners. The Pre-Release initiative is a response to the Bureau of Justice Statistics found within five years of release, about 76% of released prisoners were rearrested. In an […]