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Addendum #3 II CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING GENERAL TRAINING NARRATIVE PROGRALLt SUNWARY The CET Training Design — Comprehensive, InteVwed Training Accessible to All Center for Employment Training (CET) is a private nonprofit corporation which operates one of the nation's largest networks of community -based tanning schools. CET directly manages 23 training centers in California and six centers in New Yodc Maryland, Virginia, Mmois. Nevada and Florida. It also provides technical assis7 = to other corporations which operate CET traiaiag centers. CET employs over 350 staff and manages the program from its training and adminisuaiion faaiity in San Jose. California. • Founded in 1 967, CET was established to train those who are not well served by mainstream edurvonal insdurticas -- people whose language, reading and math skMs are so limited they can't get into or have dropped out of public schools or who have left those schools without maxtesable skills. In order to help these students overcome their multiple barriers, CFI' provides a aompreheusive vocational training program which integrates English language and basic stalls instruction with and in the cunt= of vocational training. Unlike almost all other public and private schools and training program operators, CET does not require basic stalls entry prerequisites for its courses. Bec=se each student's amtr=onal plan is customized to correspond with Ids or her needs and abilities, most readily gain the skills needed to obtain a job in their chosen occupational field CE rs program is a practical and effective model for training the labor force of the '90s. PRGGRA�IM PLAN The CET Training Design -- Comprehensive, Iategrsted Training Accessible to All CET designed its training program specifically to serve those who fan multiple and severe barriers to gamin, self- soffilciency Consequently, it otTers a eve set of services geamufly not found is a single emplavmear training prograat Ice addition, it ides services in such a way as to make training more effideat and effective. Services iaddudo: • Vocational Training • Basic Skills Remediation • English as a Second Language Iastnaction • GED Instruction • Vocational Guidance and Support Advising • Pre- employmem and Work Matmrity Training • Support Services Referral and Advocacy • Job Developmeat • Follow -up Servicer Training Accessible to All — No Entry PreregWsiw or Creaming CET admits students withcw requiring that they meet prerequisites. It does not screen out applicants who are weak in math+ reading or English — ingead it ocLChes these skills along with a vocational skill. Everyone who applies to CET and mars funding source guidelines can get in — even those who do not speak English or are illiterate in their =five language.