Employment & Career Services - Big Stone Gap, Senior Community Service Employment Program, Mountain Empire Older Citizens
Offers a twenty hour per week subsidized training or work experience placement with the goal of locating unsubsidized employment for the older worker. Provides specialized training and classes to upgrade or learn new job skills. Offers counseling and instruction on job search skills, public benefits, etc. Provides assistance with the purchase of items needed to prepare the individual for gainful employment.
Physical Address
1501 3rd Avenue East, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
Hours
Monday: 08:30 AM - 04:30 PM; Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 04:30 PM; Thursday: 08:30 AM - 04:30 PM; Friday: 08:30 AM - 04:30 PM
Voice
Fax
(276) 523-4208
Fax
(276) 523-4208
Voice
Website
Application process
Call for information
Service area
Norton City, VA
Agency info
Mountain Empire Older Citizens
MEOC is the area agency on aging and public transit provider for Lee, Wise and Scott Counties and the City of Norton in the southwestern tip of Virginia. MEOC also operates Mountain Empire PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), directs the Southwest Virginia Children's Advocacy Center and Mountain Laurel Cancer Support and Resource Center, and serves as the aging and disability resource center for its service area.