Help Wanted Resources

In recognition of the needs highlighted by the PBS television series "Help Wanted," City12 is providing this list of community resources for job seekers. To learn more about the Help Wanted series, visit: www.helpwantedinteractive.org.

Finding Jobs:

• Rochester Works! Career Center
  255 North Goodman Street
  Rochester, New York 14607
  Phone: 585-258-3500
  Fax: 585-232-3727
• Rochester Works! Career Center
  276 Waring Road Rochester, New York 14609
  Phone: 585-266-7760
  Fax: 585-266-7041 
  Connie Felder
  Deputy Director
  Tele 585.258.3538
  Fax 585.473.6755
  Peter Pecor is the Director
• Catholic Family Center of Rochester
• Project ReDirect (Salvation Army)  
• Veterans Outreach Center Resource Center
  457 South Avenue
  Rochester, New York 14620
  585-546-4250
  585-546-5978 (Fax)
• VESID, Rochester Office:
• Rochester Vocational Assessment and Job Placement Project
  1787 Norton St.
  Rochester, NY 14609
  585.544.5880
  585.544.9070 fax  

Workforce Training 

• Action for a Better Community Employment & Economic Development Programs
  49 Stone Street, Rochester, NY 14604
  (585) 325-5116 
• Urban League of Rochester Employment/Economic Development Programs
  Urban League of Rochester, NY, Inc.
  265 North Clinton Avenue
  Rochester, New York 14605
  585.325.6530
  585.325.4864 (fax)
• OACES: Office of Adult & Career Education Services (Rochester City School District)
  30 Hart Street, Rochester, NY 14605 
  585-467-7683
• Monroe 1 BOCES Adult and Community Education
  41 O'Connor Dr. Fairport, NY 14450 
  585-383-2250
• Monroe 2 BOCES Center for Workforce Development
  http://www.monroe2boces.org/programs.cfm?subsubpage=47&subpage=45
  Westview Commons Business Park
  3545 Buffalo Road
  Rochester NY 14624
  Ph: (585) 349-9100
  Fax: (585) 349-9101  
• Genesee Valley BOCES Adult and Continuing Education 
• Finger Lakes Community College Workforce Training   
• Monroe Community College Workforce Development
• Rochester Institute of Technology Dislocated Workers Program  
• SUNY Rochester Educational Opportunity Center
• Greece Community Education:
  Phone Number: (585) 865.1010 Fax Number: (585) 865.1239
  Address: 71 Maiden Lane, Rochester, NY 14616
• Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES Adult & Continuing Education
  call 315.332.7363
  toll free 1.800.527.1765

Protecting Consumers

• Rochester Credit Education Bureau:  
• Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE)
    

Family Finances and Financial Literacy

• WXXI's Virtual Financial Literacy Workshop:  
• Biz Kid$   
• JumpStart Coalition:
• National Endowment for Financial Education  
• Council for Economic Education:
• FDIC Money Smart Curriculum

Regional Resources: Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming Counties

• (GLOW) Career Center
  Genesee County Career Center
  587 East Main Street Suite 100
  Eastown Plaza
  Batavia, New York 14020
  Phone: 585-344-2042
  Fax: 585-344-3266 

• Office of Workforce Development
  6 Court Street Room 105
  Geneseo, New York 14454
  Phone: 585-243-7047
  Fax: 585-243-7598  

• Ontario-Seneca-Wayne-Yates Counties
  Finger Lakes Works - Geneva
  70 Elizabeth Blackwell Street
  Geneva, New York 14456
  Phone: 315-789-1771
  Fax: 315-781-2289 

• Ontario-Seneca-Wayne-Yates Counties  Resource Room
  Finger Lakes Works - Ontario
  3010 County Complex Drive
  Canandaigua, New York 14424
  Phone: 585-396-4020

• Orleans Center for Workforce Development
  458 West Avenue, Suite 3
  Albion, New York 14411
  Phone: 585-589-5335
  Fax: 585-589-2715
  Email: carol.miller3@dfa.state.ny.us

• Finger Lakes Works - Seneca
  1 DiPronio Drive
  Waterloo, New York 13165
  Phone: 315-539-1905
  Fax: 315-539-3857

• Finger Lakes Works Career Center
  1519 Nye Road
  Suite 601
  Lyons, New York 14489
  Phone: 315-946-7270
  Fax: 315-946-7271 

• Warsaw One Stop
  448 North Main Street
  Warsaw, New York 14569
  Phone: 585-786-3145
  Fax: 585-786-3074
  Email: kathleen.marnell@labor.state.ny.us

• Wyoming County Community Action
  6470 Route 20A
  Perry, New York 14530
  Phone: 585-237-2600
  Fax: 585-237-2696 

• Finger Lakes Works - Yates
  417 Liberty Street Suite 2021
  Penn Yan, New York 14527
  Phone: 315-536-5140
  Fax: 315-531-3226  

BOCES

• Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES, Center for Workforce Development
  3545 Buffalo Road
  Rochester, NY 14624
  (585) 349-9100 or (585)349-9121 
  Mary Ellen Spenacchio-Wagner, Director
  Ginny Rizzo, Literacy Coordinator
• Monroe #1 BOCES
  41 O'Connor Road,
  Fairport 14450 and
  The Depot Plaza
  Irondequoit, 14622
  585-383-2210 
  Joyce Esch, Director
  Arlene Crestuk, Literacy Coordinator
• Genesee Valley BOCES
  27 Lackawanna Avenue
  Mt. Morris, NY 14510
  585-658-7831 
  Keith Kranick, Director

Other Resources

• Greece Community Education- Adult Literacy
  PO Box 300
  North Greece NY 14515
  Classes located at the Greece Ridge Mall
  966-2725 
  Amy Peritsky, Director
  Nicole Viggiano, Literacy Coordinator
• Rochester City School District
  Office of Adult Education
  30 Hart Street
  Rochester, NY 14605
  262-8000 
  Paul Burke, Director
• SUNY Rochester Educational Opportunity Center
  Leslie Locketz
  305 Andrews Street
  Rochester, New York 14604
  232-2730 ext. 217
• Finger Lakes Community College
  4355 Lakeshore Blvd.
  Canandaigua, NY 14424
  394-FLCC, ext. 7431
  Sharon Nedrow, Literacy Coordinator
• Finger Lakes Works/Ontario Co. Workforce Development
  Brian Young, Director
  3010 County Complex Drive
  Canandaigua, NY 14424
  585-396-4024
  fax: 585-396-4028
  brian.young@dfa.state.ny.us