The program identifies the Department of Administration to work with department and agency directors to identify laid-off workers and bring them voluntarily into the program.
The program will offer services to assist laid-off workers to enter the private sector workforce by providing skills assessment, career counseling, résumé development, job-placement training, stress management, mental health services, and temporary financial assistance, to name a few.
The program will also assist laid-off workers to start a small business. The Guam Department of Labor will partner with the Small Business Development Center, the Guam Economic Development Authority and the Veterans Affairs Office on ways to assist displaced workers to start a small business.
Laid-off workers will also have the opportunity to attend college, part-time or full-time, at Guam Community College, the University of Guam, or enroll in an allied health training and certification program. The Workforce Investment Act will subsidize tuition costs for one year.
Calvo said the program is the first step in the process and expressed his “regret” that he must cut the workforce.
The governor encourages all displaced workers to enroll in the program.
