For anyone looking in Cincinnati:

They are very helpful in getting you set up in the WIA / dislocated worker programs, you have to attend a career seminar at the careers office where you get assigned a career co-ordinator. After the seminar you arrange a time to meet one-on-one with your co-ordinator and fill in the relevant paperwork, after this is completed we looked up relevant schools and courses on an internal (i think) website and then it's a waiting game.

My outcome was not as I'd hoped for. I was told that while I was eligible for up to $5000 in WIA funding, they would not pay for a type rating. This was apparently out of the hands of my co-ordinator and he said that I'd got to the final hurdle and then it got dismissed by 'the boss'.

I have been trying to talk to them again recently, four months later, to see if there are any other opportunities to progress with my case. So far no luck.


General question:
What is stopping you going to another state to get the WIA funding as it is a federal program? Do you have to prove residency? It is my understanding now that you can only apply in the county where you live and the county your company was/is based in, is this correct? It seems strange that a federal program would count so many people out simply because one county agrees with a training method and another doesn't, any thoughts?