To recognize the importance of our partners, each month SCAP will Spotlight a different organization that has demonstrated a strong commitment to working with our employment services graduates.
August 2012 - Kingsway Community September 2012 - Maplewood Manor October 2012 - Capital Living and Rehabilitation Centres December 2012 - Baptist Health System January 2013 - Ellis Medical February 2013 - Visiting Nurse Service of Schenectady and Saratoga Counties March 2013 - Eddy Village Green at Cohoes

Learn more about how you can have a career in the healthcare field. View the class schedule through 2013. HPOG is a five-year grant for $11.2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human services to train individuals for careers in the healthcare industry. The grant is implemented in partnership with SCAP, Albany Community Action Program and Schenectady County Community College (SCCC).

Career Readiness

SCAP’s Career Readiness program, also known as the Displaced Homemaker Program (DHP), offers classroom training and formal job search assistance that is geared to help individuals learn the skills they need to become gainfully employed and succeed in the workplace. Classes meet Monday-Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Currently, SCAP operates two Displaced Homemaker Program Centers in New York State:

• Career Readiness
  913 Albany Street, Schenectady, NY 12307
• Project LIFT
  Fulton Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY 12095

Schenectady Community Action Program (SCAP) is committed to alleviating the symptoms and eradicating the causes of poverty by helping people help themselves when they are in economic, educational or social need.  Keeping with the spirit of this commitment the Career Readiness Program, one of the many services offered by SCAP, strives to assist individuals gain the technical and soft skills needed to land gainful employment and succeed in the workplace.

For more information contact SCAP:

(518) 374-9181

Project LIFT

(518) 736-3622

Ext. 8974, 8971 or 8980

Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.  Wednesday until 6:30 p.m.

Download SCAP Employment Services Publications

Brochure

Fact Sheet

Do You Want To Be A C.N.A.

Do You Want To Be A D.S.P.

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