King County Community Response Team

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#996699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="08e467d1erlcll.png"> <div> <B>Worker Center, AFL-CIO</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Worker Center, AFLCIO"><U>Home Page</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Our Partners</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/"><U><B><IMG SRC="0f5483e0.png" border=0 width="72" height="62" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/"><U><B>Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wa.gov/esd/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wa.gov/esd/"><U><B><IMG SRC="11e77690.png" border=0 width="119" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wa.gov/esd/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wa.gov/esd/"><U><B>Washington State Employment Security Department</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.metrokc.gov/dchs/csd/WorkTraining/dislocated.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.metrokc.gov/dchs/csd/WorkTrai"><U><B><IMG SRC="1159c290.png" border=0 width="156" height="41" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.metrokc.gov/dchs/csd/WorkTraining/dislocated.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.metrokc.gov/dchs/csd/WorkTrai"><U><B>King County Dislocated Worker Program</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.worksourceskc.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.worksourceskc.org/"><U><B><IMG SRC="12f92260.png" border=0 width="146" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.worksourceskc.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.worksourceskc.org/"><U><B>Work</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.worksourceskc.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.worksourceskc.org/"><U><I><B>Source</B></I></U></A><A HREF="http://www.worksourceskc.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.worksourceskc.org/"><U><B> Seattle/King County</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Seattle-King County Community Response Team</B></div> <div> <B>Assistance for businesses and workers experiencing plant closures and other worker dislocation</B></div> <bR> <div> Organized in 1989, the backbone of King County's Rapid Response system to worker dislocation is an innovative team made up of representatives from the King County Dislocated Worker Program/Work<I>Source</I>, the Employment Security Department, the State Board of Community & Technical Colleges AND organized labor through the Worker Center, AFL-CIO. The <I>Seattle-King County Community Response Team </I>is the locally coordinated, community based partnership which acts as a portable one-stop center, taking the integrated services of WorkSource Washington and a wide variety of community partners on-site to companies and workers in the midst of layoffs.</div> <bR> <div> Team members travel to affected workplaces to help the company establish an on-site Reemployment Committee made up of management, union representatives and affected workers who then identify services and organize to deliver assistance before the final layoff date.  Services often include pre-layoff orientations, early intervention services, reemployment surveys, direct unemployment referrals, NAFTA and TAA petitions, Workforce Investment Act application sessions, customized job-related activities such as resume writing, interviewing techniques, cover letters, and workshops, and other related employment and training activities.</div> <bR> <div> Rapid Response services in Seattle-King County are effective, well known and highly valued in the community.  In fact, the United State Department of Labor has repeatedly recognized our local effort as a “best practice”. </div> <bR> <div> For more information on the <I>Seattle-King County Community Response Team </I> or services for businesses and workers experiencing a plant closure, mass layoff, or significant workforce reduction please contact our Reemployment Support Center at (206)461-3220 or <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:cbest@wc-kclc.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:cbest@wc-kclc.org"><U><U>cbest@wc-kclc.org</U></U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>