Workforce Development

Various opportunities for workforce development exist within the region

Community College of Allegheny County
Workforce Training
Byers Hall Room 205
808 Ridge Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(724) 325-6694
www.ccac.edu/wf_train
• The mission of the Community College of Allegheny County Workforce Training & Development Team is to build public/private partnerships that promote economic development and improve the quality of life in the region through education and training.

Goodwill South Side Mini-Center
Contact: Clyde Duffy, Center Administrator
2700 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
(412) 390-2327

Pittsburgh South Job Center Mini-Center
2100 Wharton Street off East Carson
Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1945
(412) 488-6900

City of Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Career Link
425 Sixth Avenue
Regional Enterprise Tower (Old Alcoa Building)
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 552-7100
www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us

Educational Opportunities Center
Buck Union Building
Room Eight
McKeesport, PA 15213
(412) 675-9077/8
• Helps adults ages 19 or older to begin or continue a program of post-secondary education

Duquesne University Small Business Development Center
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
www.Duq.edu/sbdc
(412) 396-6233
• Offers free assistance on how to start your own business

Mon Valley Initiative
Workforce Development
Contact: Jeff Brooks
Mon Valley Initiative
303-305 East 8th Avenue
Homestead, PA 15120
(412) 464-4000
• MVI serves all of the Mon Valley including Hazelwood and is involved in several workforce initiatives including a program that ties workers to the regional Homestead Waterfront businesses.

Manufacturing 2000
Institute for Economic Transformation, Duquesne University
Contact: Megan Grabski
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
(412) 396-1675
www.duq.edu/iet/
• Offers nationally-recognized training in manufacturing and welding