Unemployement office pays you to go to school

The Little Greek · May 12, 2008

In Austin there was a program called WorkSource that assisted people with school and childcare. There were very strict income guidelines though, so spots were reserved for those who were either unemployed or underemployed. I'm not exactly sure how the program worked but I used to see flyers up at ACC all the time. Where are you located in Texas? I'd search "worksource and ????" whatever city you are in and see what comes up. There is a similar program here in Houston too. Again, I'm not sure exactly how it works but it certainly couldn't hurt to call.

editor2rn · May 12, 2008

I have a friend who was laid off in Pennsylvania, and the state helped her pay tuition. There were strict guidelines, and I'm not sure how much of the tuition the state paid, but I know she was really working hard to get approved.

I know we're not Pennsylvania, but perhaps Texas has something like that.

curlysue82 · May 12, 2008

I have heard of the same program referred by The Little Greek. I live in Kerrville and you can pick up information on it at the local texas workforce commission.

NurseBettyICU, ADN, BSN · May 12, 2008

Thanks. I am in Fort Worth (Tarrant County).

I'll search around for some info.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · May 12, 2008

My coworker, who lives in Arlington, got her LVN program tuition paid by the Texas Workforce Commission.

jayann0513 · May 12, 2008

The program is called WIA. From what I understand they don't have any funding this year (thanks to the state of TX), but they are still having orientations on wed mornings at the local workforce offices. In FW the office is off Campus by TCC an I thinks it's at 9-10 am.

horus2001 · May 13, 2008

Is this really true? I have a friend who during the entire time she was in school (pre-reqs and NS) said the unemployment office paid her bills. And she says they will even pay for childcare. Sounds too good to be true to me!!
Anyone know anything about this?

i do know that unemployment is only for six months and after that they cut you off. there may be some kind of job training programs but normal unemployment will cut off at 1/2 a year. also, every time you log in to the website to mark you have been looking for work, you need to answer if you are available to work and have you been in school. if you mark you have been in school during this period, you will be cut off. they want you to work and will not pay for you to go to school. i know this from personal experience for a normal layoff. texas is not the sort of state that offers too much in the way of neo-socialist umemployment programs...

jayann0513 · May 13, 2008

I'm actually going to the orientation on Wed. morning. I'll come back and post any info I find out. The info I posted earlier was straight from the lady who works the desk at the Arlington Workforce Center.

NurseBettyICU, ADN, BSN · May 13, 2008

I'm actually going to the orientation on Wed. morning. I'll come back and post any info I find out. The info I posted earlier was straight from the lady who works the desk at the Arlington Workforce Center.

Cool - I'll be looking forward to you seeing your responce. :)

Fun2, BSN, RN · May 19, 2008

My education was paid for through the Texas Worksource, but it actually r/t a local hospital group's scholarship.

I decided to be employed with another company, so I'll have to pay back the 'scholarship', but it was the only way that I would have been able to go to nursing school at this time.

MzKGoRN · May 19, 2008

I was in the WIA program in Texas, they will pay for your tuition and your books, and reimburse you for gas. I just graduated from the RN program and they and they also paid for my NCLEX review course and they paid for my nclex test. It is a good program