Program Description

  WorkSource Montgomery, Inc

WorkSource Montgomery (WSM) is the private non-profit corporation authorized by Council Resolution 18-295 as the County's designated workforce development corporation. WorkSource Montgomery has been designated to implement the County's workforce development policies established by the Workforce Development Board to promote job growth and talent attraction.

The Pathways for All program is designed to offer employment and training services directly to immigrant and refugee residents in Montgomery County. Specifically, the program will promote entrepreneurship and occupational skills to refugee and immigrant adults to help them secure employment as quickly as possible. The program will assist our clients to find employment through employment professional development, vocational training, support services, barrier remediation, and entrepreneurial and occupational skills training.

Summer RISE is an initiative led by the Montgomery County Public Schools' (MCPS) Partnerships Unit in collaboration with corporate and private businesses, educational institutions, faith-based institutions, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Summer RISE is a four week, 40-hour program for rising MCPS juniors and seniors to participate in a live, virtual, or hybrid career-based learning opportunity during the summer. With a hybrid model, MCPS and WSM saw an increase in student program participation as well as an expanded host/employer network with the ability to host multiple students each.

The Dual Track Re-Entry Program provides professional development, career coaching, skills training, case management, and post-release planning programming at the American Job Center (AJC) within the Montgomery County Correctional Facility (MCCF). Alongside a broad scope of employment services for Justice-Impacted individuals, such as professional development, occupational skills training, paid transitional employment, and case management offered at the Empowerment Justice Center (EJC), Maryland's only American Job Center solely dedicated to meeting the needs of formerly incarcerated individuals.

The Federal Workforce Career Center is a specialized initiative designed to support federal employees and contractors in Montgomery County who are impacted by workforce reductions, reorganizations, or contract changes. The center provides tailored career transition services-including unemployment insurance assistance, career coaching, job placement assistance, skills assessments, and connections to local employers and training programs-to help individuals identify their transferable skills and successfully navigate their next career step.