All adult education programs provide participants with workforce preparation services. Workforce preparation includes activities, programs or services designed to help an individual acquire a combination of basic academic skills, critical thinking skills, digital literacy skills and self-management skills, including competencies in utilizing resources, using information, working with others, understanding systems and obtaining skills necessary for successful transition into and completion of postsecondary education or training, or employment. Workforce preparation services provide participants with the opportunity to increase and enhance their job readiness.
DEW offices and SC Works centers will be closed on Monday, January 20 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. While the agency processes claims over the weekend, payments may be delayed due to your bank's holiday schedule.
The Hartsville SC Works Center will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 21-22. Florence SC Works will be temporarily relocated at the Connection Point in the Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library (509 South Dargan Street, Florence, SC 29506) from Friday, January 17, to Wednesday, January 22. The Greenwood SC Works Center is closed for the foreseeable future, but staff will be at the United Way of Lakelands office at 929 Phoenix St. from 9 am - 4 pm., Mondays through Fridays.