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SMART Workforce Center highlights local placements, probation referrals and employer partnerships
Summary
SMART Workforce Center staff told the board they placed Trinity County residents in work‑based learning and temporary disaster‑recovery roles, reported 146 referrals under an expanded subsidized employment contract and said 22 participants were served locally last fiscal year. They emphasized partnerships with probation and local employers.
Betsy Ray, program director for the SMART Workforce Center, told the board that SMART continues to deliver workforce services in Trinity County through WIOA grants and supplementary programs. She summarized core grants (adult, dislocated worker, young adult) and specialty funding (HIRE grant for justice‑involved individuals) and described partnerships that funnel referrals and placements.
"We began serving Trinity County in 2008... SMART receives funding under the WIOA program to offer services in our communities," Ray said, noting the center works with Shasta College, county health and human services, and the probation department to connect participants with jobs and training. Heidi Miller, the Trinity County community workforce specialist, described hands‑on work with referrals: resume help, mock interviews, employer outreach and two‑week check‑ins after placements.
Ray gave program figures: 26 individual visits to the Trinity job center in the last fiscal year and 146 referrals to the expanded subsidized employment program since contract origination (the SMART‑Trinity County contract has been in place since 2022). She said 22 participants were served last fiscal year under job‑readiness and subsidized employment and that five justice‑involved participants were enrolled through probation referrals under the HIRE grant. Board members praised the partnerships and asked staff to continue coordination with local employers.
