Support services include financial assistance, childcare, transportation, referrals to community partners, and the ability to get paid while training
The Culinary Academy of Las Vegas is serving as a national model by pulling people out of unemployment through support services. The academy says it's making it so anybody interested in the hospitality sector can take that next big step in their career.
She had the benefit of getting paid while receiving training. It's something she says is necessary to raise her daughter.Ana Puljic, director of programs & outreach at the institute, says they started offering support services in 2019. Puljic says those community partners are 37 properties on the Strip. With the support services, she says their employment rate is up to 93%.
Puljic says she recommends other programs across the country be present in the community and form great partnerships to help students get hired.
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