GED Preparation in Greensboro - Reading Connections - Program helps adults age 18 and over to prepare for the GED exam. The GED tests must be taken at Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC). Both one-to-one and small group classes are offered. Students and tutors meet once per week for an hour and a half in a public place. Students and tutors must provide their own transportation to the site and provide their own childcare during the session. The Greensboro office also has a computer-based program that students can use to study for the GED at their own pace. Locations for classes vary, but are always held in a public place such as a library.

Website: www.readingconnections.org
Email: info@readingconnections.org
Eligibility: Adults age 18 and over who want to work toward a GED and who are unable to attend GED classes at GTCC. Potential students call the main office to arrange an orientation and assessment appointment. No program fees.
Physical Address: 919 Phillips Avenue
Suite 107
High Point, North Carolina 27262
Phone: 336-404-3474
HP ESC: 336-882-4141
Fax: 336-882-4142
Hours of Operation: Class times vary. Groups can meet in the evenings and weekends at off-site locations. Call for more information.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: Reading Connections provides services in English to students from any language background.

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GED Preparation in High Point - Reading Connections - Program helps adults age 18 and over to prepare for the GED exam. The GED tests must be taken at Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC). Both one-to-one and small group classes are offered. Students and tutors meet once per week for an hour and a half in a public place. The Greensboro office also has a computer-based program that students can use to study for the GED at their own pace. Locations for classes vary, but are always held in a public place such as a library.

Website: www.readingconnections.org
Email: cdixon@readingconnections.org or info@readingconnections.org
Contact: Claire Dixon, Program Coordinator
Eligibility: Adults age 18 and over who want to work toward a GED and who are unable to attend GED classes at GTCC. Potential students call the main office to arrange an orientation and assessment appointment. No program fees. Students and tutors must provide their own transportation to the site and provide their own childcare during the session.
Physical Address: Self-Help Center
122 North Elm Street, Suite 520
Greensboro, North Carolina  27401
Phone: 336-230-2223
Fax: 336-230-2203
Hours of Operation: Class times vary. Groups can meet in the evenings and weekends at off-site locations. Call for more information.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: Reading Connections provides services in English to students from any language background.

Basic Education Reading Program - Piedmont Baptist Association - Reading assistance is given on a one-on-one basis to adults.

Website: www.piedmontbaptist.org
Email: pbagso@piedmontbaptist.org
Eligibility: Adult for reading; needy or homeless for Crisis Center. No fees charged, except for cost of materials. Call for intake or appointment.
Physical Address: 2009 Sharpe Road
Greensboro, North Carolina  27406
Phone: 336-275-7651
Fax: 336-275-7391
Hours of Operation: Meeting times worked out between student and teacher.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Portuguese

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Reading Connections – Reading instruction is given to adults on an one-on-one and group basis to adults.

Website: www.readingconnections.org
Eligibility: Any individual over 18 years of age who either lives or works in Guilford County. No fees charged . Call for an appointment.
Physical Address: 122 N. Elm St.
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English, ESOL

Beloved Community Center Hospitality House - Day shelter for homeless people, offers job referral and counseling for the homeless and unemployed.

Website: www.belovedcommunitycenter.org/workinggroups.php
Eligibility: Homeless, unemployed, low income. Call or write. No fees charged.
Physical Address: 437 Arlington Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27406
Phone: 336- 230-0001
Fax: 336-230-2428
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 875
Greensboro, North Carolina 27402
Hours of Operation: Call for hours.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English

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Counseling and Consulting Services Clinic - Provides various types of counseling services, such as relationship, family, and vocational, to individuals, couples, and groups.

Website: www.uncg.edu/ced/clinic/
Email: cedclinic@uncg.edu
Eligibility: Based on need. $10.00 with scholarships available. Call for appointment.
Physical Address: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1000 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27402
Hours of Operation: By appointment.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English

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Employment Works Self Sufficiency Center - Offers classes in resume preparation, interviewing, and job search techniques, as well as network center with telephones and job postings.

Website: www.triadgoodwill.org
Email: cthomas@goodwill-cnc.org
Eligibility: 16 years old or older; currently looking for employment. No fees charged.
Physical Address: 1235 South Eugene Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27406
Phone: 336- 275-9801
Fax: 336-544-5273
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Languages Served: Yes

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Welfare Reform Liaison Project - The objectives are to provide services that will enable families to secure employment and become economically self-sufficient by providing job training, work experience, group training, job readiness, job development, mentoring, and basic life skills. Partnered with United Way of Greater Greensboro, the Welfare Reform Liaison Project will house and handle the distribution process for large quantity donations. Individuals enrolled in a program learn the skills necessary to work in a warehouse and receive assistance in overcoming barriers such as transportation and childcare that have kept them from succeeding at previous jobs. They also receive assistance in securing employment and case management services.

Website: N/A
Contact Person: Fred Newman
Email: fredn@wrlp.net
Eligibility: 18 years or older. Must have High School Diploma or GED. Call for information, show need. No fees charged.
Physical Address: 950 Revolution Mill Drive
Greensboro, NC 27405
Phone: 336-691-5780
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English

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Women’s Resource Center - Women's Resource Center of Greensboro provides community resource counseling, job training, free attorney hotline, and educational workshops that promote self-esteem and healthy lifestyles for community women.

Website: www.womenscentergso.org
Email: info@womenscentergso.org
Eligibility: Women over the age of 18. No fees charged. Call for appointment.
Physical Address: 628 Summit Avenue
Greensboro, North Carolina 27405
Phone: 336-275-6090
Fax: 336-275-7069
Hours of Operation: Monday, Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; closed Friday.
Handicap Accessible: Yes.
Languages Served: English. Spanish available on request.

Delancy Street Foundation - Two-year residential facility helping men and women ex-addicts, alcoholics, and ex-convicts ages 18-68 rebuild their lives. Operates business training programs, such as a moving company, landscaping, and sells Christmas trees during the holidays to generate income. Accepts no government funds and charges no one a fee for help.

Website: www.delanceystreetfoundation.org
Eligibility: Age 18-68; ex-addict, ex-alcoholic, or ex-offender. No convicted sex offenders or arsonists
Contact: Cathlene Cole and Eric Christou
Physical Address: 811 North Elm Street
Greensboro, North Carolina  27401
Phone: 336-379-8477
Fax: 336-379-9449
Hours of Operation: Monday-Sunday, 8am-11pm.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English

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Destiny House - Provides mental health services to adults who are pursuing vocational, social, and life skills which can help them incorporate themselves back into the community. Day program offers educational classes, on-the-job training on-site, computer literacy assistance and more.

Website: www.mhahp.org
Eligibility: Adults with mental illness. Call for intake or appointment. Accepts Medicaid.
Physical Address: 910 Mill Avenue
High Point, North Carolina  27260
Phone: 336-883-7480
Fax: 336-883-4013
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 5693
High Point, North Carolina  27262

Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English, Spanish, and American Sign Language

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Goodwill - Offers vocational evaluation, work adjustment training, sheltered employment, job placement, and coaching. Also offers computer and clerical skills training, retail sales, and food service training. Provides educational training and employment services to disabled/ disadvantaged people.

Website: www.triadgoodwill.org
Eligibility: Must have physical, mental, or emotional disability, or disadvantaging condition; third party sponsorship needed. No fees charged if Vocation Rehabilitation referred; fees for all others. Job preparedness classes open to anyone in the community. Call for intake appointment.
Physical Address: 1235 South Eugene Street
Greensboro, North Carolina  27406
Phone: 336-275-9801
Fax: 336-274-1352
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Store and collection center hours vary
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English

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Guilford County Veterans Service - Greensboro and High Point - Specializes in VA benefits to veterans and their dependents. Interviews and takes claims for all types of VA benefits, pension, compensation, scholarships, hospitalization, etc. Only files claims, does not adjudicate the claims. Also offers assistance in obtaining education and training, medical services, Home loans, insurance, burial payments, and military records.

Website: www.co.guilford.nc.us/government
Eligibility: Anyone who served in the active military and was honorably discharged and their dependents. No fees charged.
Physical Address: 7325 West Friendly Avenue, Suite B
Greensboro, North Carolina  27410
Phone: 336-294-1222
Fax: 336-294-1230
Mailing Address: 505 East Green Drive
High Point, North Carolina  27260
Phone: 336-845-7929
Fax: 336- 845-5587
Hours of Operation: Tuesday, Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English.

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Handy Capable - Offers training in and access to computer technology to people who are disabled or economically and/or socially challenged; assists organizations in the setup of Computer Learning Centers in Guilford, Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, and Rockingham Counties. These learning centers provide training and access to people with a wide array of disabilities. Handy Capable is a Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher.

Website: www.handycapable.org
Email: info@handycapable.org
Eligibility: Persons who are disabled or economically/socially challenged. No fees are charged but donations are accepted. Call or visit website for information on Computer Learning Centers.
Physical Address: 2134 Lawndale Drive
Greensboro, North Carolina 27408
Phone: 336-209-7360
Fax: N/A
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 29193
Greensboro, North Carolina 27429
Hours of Operation: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.; other days by appointment.
Handicap Accessible: Yes

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JobLink Career Center - Greensboro - Federally funded job training program providing assessment, counseling, case management, assistance with skills training, job search, support services, and follow up to economically disadvantaged citizens and dislocated workers in Guilford county.

Website: www.guilfordjoblink.com
Eligibility: There are no eligibility requirements to use JobLink services. For access to the WIA Program, you must be a Guilford County resident and an unemployed, underemployed, or dislocated worker. There are no fees charged. Appointment required.
Physical Address: 303 North Raleigh Street
Greensboro, North Carolina  27401
Phone: 336- 373-5922
Fax: 336- 373-5840
Hours of Operation: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 8:30am-5:30pm; Wednesday, 8:30am-8pm; Friday, 8:30am-Noon.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English

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Servant House - Servant House provides transitional housing for 25 homeless men. Psychological, vocational, financial, family, spiritual, and substance abuse counseling provided.

Website: www.theservantcenter.org
Email: info@servantcenter.org
Eligibility: Homeless men who are disabled. Referrals from hospitals, Mental Health, THP, Physicians, and clinics. No fees charged.
Physical Address: 1312 Lexington Avenue
Greensboro, North Carolina 27403
Phone: 336-275-8585
Fax: 336-370-1540
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; 24-hour staff at Servant House.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English

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Welfare Reform Liaison Project - The objectives are to provide services that will enable families to secure employment and become economically self-sufficient by providing job training, work experience, group training, job readiness, job development, mentoring, and basic life skills. Partnered with United Way of Greater Greensboro, the Welfare Reform Liaison Project will house and handle the distribution process for large quantity donations. Individuals enrolled in a program learn the skills necessary to work in a warehouse and receive assistance in overcoming barriers such as transportation and childcare that have kept them from succeeding at previous jobs. They also receive assistance in securing employment and case management services.

Website: N/A
Contact Person: Fred Newman
Email: fredn@wrlp.net
Eligibility: 18 years or older. Must have High School Diploma or GED. Call for information, show need. No fees charged.
Physical Address: 950 Revolution Mill Drive
Greensboro, NC 27405
Phone: 336-691-5780
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English

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Work First Employment Services Greensboro - Public employment job training, assessment, referral and placements. Targeted populations are recipients of public assistance, Work First Family Cash assistance. Eligible services also include daycare subsidy and transportation for residents of Guilford County who can not meet those needs themselves. Other offices are located at 315 West Lindsay Street, Greensboro, and 300 South Centennial Street, High Point.

Website: www.co.guilford.nc.us/government/socservices/
Email: vsmith@co.guilford.nc.us
Contact: Vanessa Smith, Program Manager
Eligibility: Public Assistance Eligibility Requirements. By appointment and through intake for volunteers. No fees charged.
Physical Address: 1203 Maple Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27405
Phone:336-641-3000 or 641-7844
Fax: 336-641-6067
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English

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Workforce Development Reading Connections - Program is centered on small group classes that help adults improve their reading, writing, math, communication and interviewing skills for the job setting. To participate in this class, adults must be reading at least at a 4th grade level. Students reading below that level will be matched with a one-to-one tutor to improve their basic literacy skills.

Website: www.readingconnections.org
Email: info@readingconnections.org
Eligibility: Adults age 18 and over who wish to improve their reading, writing, math, communication and interviewing skills for the job setting. Must read at a 4th grade level. Contact the office to be put on a waiting list for the next class. First class session will be an orientation and skills assessment meeting. No fees charged.
Physical Address: Self-Help Center
122 North Elm Street, Suite 520
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401
Phone: 336-230-2223
Fax: 336-230-2203
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm unless specified.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: Provides services in English to students from any language background.

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Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Greensboro - Designed to assist persons with impairments toward gainful employment. Services include: evaluation, job placement, training, counseling, and services toward obtaining employment. Technology and rehabilitation engineering services provided for individuals with severe physical impairments. Independent living services are provided for individuals with severe physical impairments to improve dependent living and reduce institutional care. (Independent living services are provided to the entire county. Provides services to youthful & adult ex-offenders with disabilities.)

Website: N/A
Eligibility: Person with physical or mental impairment who requires vocational rehab services.
Physical Address: 3401 West Wendover Avenue, Suite A
Greensboro, North Carolina 27407
Phone: 336-299-7337 or 299-9298
Fax: 336-299-9281
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. No program fees charged.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Languages Served: English