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EXPERIENCE WORKS (formerly Green Thumb Employment & Training)
GAMM, INC.
HIGH HOPE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, INC.
MISSOURI CAREER CENTER-KIRKSVILLE, DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
NORTHEAST MISSOURI AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER (NEMO AHEC)

EXPERIENCE WORKS (formerly Green Thumb Employment & Training)

Address: P.O. Box 414 Buffalo, MO 65622
Telephone: 877-872-4740, 417-345-2792
Fax: 417-345-2998
Description of Services and Other Information:
Provides employment and training opportunities to persons age 55 and over. Call the 800 phone number to be connected to a Employment and Training coordinator in your area.

Counties Served: 104 of Missouri's Counties

Website: www.experienceworks.org

GAMM, INC.

Contact: Pat Meldrum

Address: 2105 East Normal St. Kirksville, MO 63501
Telephone: 660-665-5930 or Toll Free 800-499-0712
Hours: Mon – Fri, 8 – 5
Eligibility Criteria: Youth, unemployed/underemployed adults and dislocated workers

Description of Services and Other Information:
Skill training in vocational training programs, career exploration, vocational testing or counseling, and updating job-search skills, resume writing or updating services, support services for cottage based or micro-businesses. GAMM will provide quality services that will enhance the employability of its customers so that they are able to acquire and maintain long- term, high wage employment.

Counties Served: Adair County and adjacent counties, including but not limited to: Clark, Knox, Lewis, Scotland and Schuyler.

Website: www.mcckirksville.nemowib.org

HIGH HOPE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, INC.

Contact: Kim Kriegel, Executive Director

Address: 611 W. Third, P.O. Box 307 Milan, MO 63556
Telephone: 660-265-4614
Hours: 8 – 5, M-F
Cost: Contact for more information

Eligibility Criteria: Services offered to Vocational Rehabilitation and Department of Mental Health consumers

Description of Services and Other Information:
Provides employment and extended services to people with disabilities.

Employment Office-
Lenore Price, Employment Specialist
611 W. Third St.
Milan, MO 63556
877-205-9002(toll free)

Satellite Office-
Jessica Corrick, QDDP
906 E. Shepherd
Kirksville, MO 63501
660-665-2772

Counties Served: Adair, Linn, Putnam, Schuyler and Sullivan

MISSOURI CAREER CENTER-KIRKSVILLE, DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Contact: Cathy Collop, Supervisior

Address: 2105 East Normal Kirksville, MO 63501
Telephone: 660-785-2400,
Fax: 660-785-2404
Hours: M-F, 8-5
Description of Services and Other Information:
Assisting in obtaining employment, automated job match, resume service, labor market information, Veteran services, W/A Services, CAP Services, OJT Training, vocational/employment counseling, proficiency testing,Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), employer services – job orders, job matching and applicant referrals, Missouri Employer Committee, METP Services, MEC seminars, job fairs, Employment training, Business Services, Take job order information for business, Referral to appropriate agencies such as Job Corps, Carelink, Schools, agencies, etc. Four week reporting for UI Clients, workshops to teach interviewing skills, job search methods, resume writing, job retention, WIA services and CAP trainings.

Website: www.missouricareersource.org

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

Contact: Jim Higgins, District Supervisor

Address: 1612 North Osteopathy, Suite B Kirksville, MO 63501
Telephone: 660-785-2550 or toll free 877-222-8962
Fax: 660-785-2552
Hours: 8-5, M-F
Eligibility Criteria: Must have a disability

Description of Services and Other Information:
A program designed to serve Missouri citizens who have a disability and who want to be employed. They help individuals with physical and or mental impairments obtain employment.

Other Offices:
Chillicothe Office
603 W. Mohawk Road,
660-646-1542
toll free 866-572-4049
Serves: Linn, Mercer, Davies, Carroll, Caldwell, Chariton, Grundy, Harrison and Livingston.

Hannibal Office:
112 Jaycee Dr.
573-248-2410
toll free 877-222-8960
serves, Clark, Knox,Lewis, Scotland, Shelby, Marion, Monroe, Pike and Ralls

Counties Served: Adair, Knox, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland and Sullivan

Website: www.vr.dese.state.mo.us

NORTHEAST MISSOURI AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER (NEMO AHEC)

Contact: Michelle Mollick, Executive Director

Address: 312 S. Elson St. Kirksville, MO 63501
Telephone: 660-665-6404 or 877-303-2938
Fax: 660-665-6439
Hours: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday
Description of Services and Other Information:
Health Professions Education, Recruitment, and Retention through-
Health Career Exploration: Coordinates Missouri AHEC Science and Health camps for middle school students, providing students with a three-day health career exploration opportunity.
Coordinates Youth academic enrichment program which focuses on identifying students interested in primary care health careers. PRIMO includes but is not limited to specific components directed toward young women, including placing young women students with women practitioners for shadowing experiences; lecture programs at academic enrichment camps by women primary care providers on the challenges and benefits of becoming a primary care practitioner.
Clinical Education of Health Professions Students: Facilitates clinical education experiences for health professions students. Housing and learning resources support for students. Student and practitioner workshops on providing healthcare in underserved communities.
Community resources: Coordinate continuing education activities in northeast Missouri for health professionals including physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and mental health professionals. Provide health education material for community health outreach through local health departments.

Counties Served: Adair, Audrain, Chariton, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Sullivan, and Warren

Website: www.nemoahec.org

A healthcare access and delivery system
for uninsured and underinsured
northeast Missourians