Texoma Workforce Solutions highlighting local programs to help job-seekers

SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) – As more growth brings more job competition, Texoma Workforce Solutions is working to promote local programs to help job-seekers.

April Martin with Texoma Workforce Solutions said that everything they do is to help people get employment.

One of the programs that she focuses on is the Vocational Rehabilitation Program.

“Vocational rehabilitation targets people who have disabilities or barriers to employment,” Martin said. “What we do is we look at what would they like to do, what are their needs, and then they will fill in services.”

The non-profit Motivation Education & Training, Inc. also helps with things like employment training which helps both local workers and local organizations.

The Sherman soup kitchen Grand Central Station mostly relies on donations and volunteers but with the help of some of these programs, they can find qualified workers who can help out while still earning a paycheck.

“It’s always been great with the MET program because they place people here and they actually get a paycheck,” food pantry coordinator Sabrena Keathly said. “But we get the benefit of their work.”

Carolyn Odom was actually hired through the MET program.

“I had volunteered in the past because, well, I was a client,” Odom said. “Then I decided to come back and help and now I get a paycheck.”

Student programs like Summer Earn and Learn also help younger generations graduate with the tools to succeed.

“They will be entering the workforce very soon, and a lot of them have a lot of difficulties to overcome, but they have a job coach that helps give them confidence,” Keathly said.

For Odom, getting involved with these programs was well worth it.

“It’s very rewarding,” Odom said. “There are there are new people coming in every day to volunteer and it’s a good program.”

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