Guilford Works PY2021-22 Annual Report

IDENTI FYING NEEDS Systemi c Bar r i ers Taskforce Created This year, the Integrated Leadership Team of GuilfordWorks and NCWorks managers serving Guilford County created a special taskforce to address barriers that people who reside in socially and economically impacted communities’ experience. The COVID-19 pandemic spurred up to 24 percent unemployment in some areas of Guilford County. The 2021 Community Conversations series identified barriers to self sufficiency. Those included lack of awareness of local resources and services and lack of access to technology, transportation, and childcare. The taskforce created a plan to increase educational, training, and employment services. It includes improved awareness of what GuilfordWorks can offer job seekers and additional events in the highly impacted areas of Guilford County.

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