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Schedule & Workshop Details

4:30–5:45 pm  Registration, Career Training Resource Fair, and light dinner

    For a list of resource fair exhibitors, see the dropdown link below.

4:30–8:00 pm  Onsite Approval of Advancement Grants for nondegree programs or training

A grant is basically free money, and VSAC has grants to help pay for training and other job programs. Sit down with a VSAC grants representative at the event to complete an application for VSAC’s Advancement Grant.

5:45–6:45 pm  First Info Session

Navigating Your Way to a Better Job Through Short-Term Training—Feeling stuck in your job but not sure how to move on? Interested in gaining new marketable skills, but need to earn a living at the same time? Come hear about short-term training programs with high returns on investment for helping you advance your career, including apprenticeships, certificates, and opportunities to earn while you learn.

Panel: Stafford Technical Center, Department of Labor Apprenticeships, Community College of Vermont, Vermont Adult Learning

7:00–8:00 pm  Second Info Session

Funding Your Certificate or Technical Training Program—Learn about free resources that can help you pay for training programs, provide one-on-one support, and help you figure out how to cover all your life expenses (transportation, childcare, health insurance, household bills, etc.) while you take classes.

Panel: Educational Opportunity Center, VocRehab, Department of Labor

Career Training Resource Fair Exhibitors

VSAC grants, loans, scholarships, & 529 plans
VSAC loan rehabilitation for defaulted loans
Castleton University
Community College of Vermont
Stafford Technical Center ATE
Registered Apprenticeships
Burlington Code Academy
Vermont Adult Learning
Vermont Department of Labor—American Job Center Services
VocRehab Vermont
Vermont Department of Libraries
Vermont 2-1-1 and Help Me Grow VT
Vermont Air Guard
Vermont Army National Guard

Directions

Castleton University: Check in at the Campus Center between 4:30–5:30 pm. 

Click on the solid green bars below for information.

Schedule & Workshop Details

4:30–5:45 pm  Registration, Career Training Resource Fair, and light dinner

    For a list of resource fair exhibitors, see the dropdown link below.

4:30–8:00 pm  Onsite Approval of Advancement Grants for nondegree programs or training

A grant is basically free money, and VSAC has grants to help pay for training and other job programs. Sit down with a VSAC grants representative at the event to complete an application for VSAC’s Advancement Grant.

5:45–6:45 pm  First Info Session

Navigating Your Way to a Better Job Through Short-Term Training—Feeling stuck in your job but not sure how to move on? Interested in gaining new marketable skills, but need to earn a living at the same time? Come hear about short-term training programs with high returns on investment for helping you advance your career, including apprenticeships, certificates, and opportunities to earn while you learn.

Panel: River Valley Technical Center, Community College of Vermont, Vermont Technical College Continuing Education & Workforce Development, Pipelines & Pathways Program, Vermont Department of Labor

7:00–8:00 pm  Second Info Session

Funding Your Certificate or Technical Training Program—Learn about free resources that can help you pay for training programs, provide one-on-one support, and help you figure out how to cover all your life expenses (transportation, childcare, health insurance, household bills, etc.) while you take classes.

Panel: Educational Opportunity Center, VocRehab, Department of Labor

Career Training Resource Fair Exhibitors

VSAC grants, loans, scholarships, & 529 plans
VSAC loan rehabilitation for defaulted loans
Landmark College
Community College of Vermont 
Vermont Technical College Continuing Education & Workforce Development 
River Valley Technical Center
Vermont Adult Learning
Vermont Department of Labor
VocRehab
Pipelines & Pathways Program
Vermont Department of Libraries
Vermont 2-1-1 and Help Me Grow VT
Vermont Air Guard
Vermont Army National Guard

Directions

Landmark College: Check in at the Strauch Family Student Center between 4:30–5:30 pm. 

Click on the solid green bars below for information.

Schedule & Workshop Details

4:30–5:45 pm  Registration, Career Training Resource Fair, and light dinner

    For a list of resource fair exhibitors, see the dropdown link below.

4:30–8:00 pm  Onsite Approval of Advancement Grants for nondegree programs or training

A grant is basically free money, and VSAC has grants to help pay for training and other job programs. Sit down with a VSAC grants representative at the event to complete an application for VSAC’s Advancement Grant.

5:45–6:45 pm  First Info Session

Navigating Your Way to a Better Job Through Short-Term Training—Feeling stuck in your job but not sure how to move on? Interested in gaining new marketable skills, but need to earn a living at the same time? Come hear about short-term training programs with high returns on investment for helping you advance your career, including apprenticeships, certificates, and opportunities to earn while you learn.

Panel: Burlington Technical Center, Department of Labor Apprenticeships, Community College of Vermont, Vermont Technical College Continuing Education & Workforce Development 

7:00–8:00 pm  Second Info Session

Funding Your Certificate or Technical Training Program—Learn about free resources that can help you pay for training programs, provide one-on-one support, and help you figure out how to cover all your life expenses (transportation, childcare, health insurance, household bills, etc.) while you take classes.

Panel: Educational Opportunity Center, VocRehab, Department of Labor

Career Training Resource Fair Exhibitors

VSAC grants, loans, scholarships, & 529 plans
VSAC loan rehabilitation for defaulted loans
Saint Michael's College
Community College of Vermont
Vermont Tech Continuing Education & Workforce Development 
Burlington Technical Center
Registered Apprenticeships
Vermont Works for Women
Burlington Code Academy
Vermont Adult Learning
Vermont Department of Labor Workforce Development Division
VocRehab
Vermont Department of Libraries
Vermont 2-1-1 and Help Me Grow VT
Vermont Air Guard
Vermont Army National Guard
Gap Year Association

Directions

Saint Michael's College: Check in at the Ross Sports Center between 4:30–5:30 pm.  .

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Schedule & Workshop Details

4:30–5:15 pm  Registration and Career & Training Resource Fair

    For a list of resource fair exhibitors, see the dropdown link below.

4:30–8:00 pm  Onsite Approval of Advancement Grants for nondegree programs or training

A grant is basically free money, and VSAC has grants to help pay for training and other job programs. Sit down with a VSAC grants representative at the event to complete an application for VSAC’s Advancement Grant.

5:15–6:00 pm  First Info Session

Navigating Your Way to a Better Job Through Short-Term Training—Feeling stuck in your job but not sure how to move on? Interested in gaining new marketable skills, but need to earn a living at the same time? Come hear about short-term training programs with high returns on investment for helping you advance your career, including apprenticeships, certificates, and opportunities to earn while you learn.

Panel: St. Johnsbury Academy Adult Education, Department of Labor Apprenticeships, Community College of Vermont, White Mountains Community College, Vermont Technical College Continuing Education & Workforce Development 

6:15–7:00 pm  Second Info Session

Funding Your Certificate or Technical Training Program—Learn about free resources that can help you pay for training programs, provide one-on-one support, and help you figure out how to cover all your life expenses (transportation, childcare, health insurance, household bills, etc.) while you take classes.

Panel: Educational Opportunity Center, VocRehab, Department of Labor

7:00–8:00 pm  Northeast Kingdom College Fair
  Talk to admissions representatives from more than 100 colleges and universities from New England and across the U.S.

Career Training Resource Fair Exhibitors

VSAC grants, loans, scholarships, & 529 plans
VSAC loan rehabilitation for defaulted loans
Northern Vermont University
Community College of Vermont 
Vermont Tech Continuing Education & Workforce Development 
St. Johnsbury Academy Adult Education
White Mountains Community College
Registered Apprenticeships
Burlington Code Academy
Northeast Kingdom Learning Services (NEKLS)
Vermont Department of Labor
VocRehab
Vermont Department of Libraries
Vermont 2-1-1 and Help Me Grow VT
Vermont Air Guard
Vermont Army National Guard

Directions

Northern VT University–Lyndon: Check in at the Alexander Twilight Theatre Lobby between 4:30–5:15 pm. 

Sit down with a VSAC grants representative at the event to complete an application for VSAC’s Advancement Grant (previously, the Vermont Nondegree Grant). A grant is basically free money that doesn’t need to be repaid, so if you’re eligible, you’ll get approved on the spot for free money that can help you pay for a qualified non-degree course or training program.

To be eligible

You must: 

• be a Vermont resident and have lived in the State of Vermont for at least one year before to the start of the class you want to take
• be enrolling (or already be enrolled) in a non-degree program that starts between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020
• be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen (see box on left
• have financial need as determined by the VSAC Grant Program
• not have already received 6 terms of the Vermont Advancement Grant
• not be receiving a Vermont Incentive Grant (for full-time study) or a Vermont Part-Time Grant for the same semester, or for two semesters during the 2019–2020 academic year
• have a high school diploma or G.E.D. If you don’t have either of these, you must not have been enrolled as a high school student within the past 3 months
• not have previously received a Vermont Non-Degree Grant for the same course for which you’re now applying
• not be in default on an education loan
• not be enrolled in a correspondence, self-improvement, recreational, peer review, or testing preparatory course
   

If you want to participate in onsite approval

Please bring:

• your Social Security number
• your school or program and enrollment term (summer, fall, winter, spring)
• the name of the course you’re taking, plus course cost information and course starting date
• the source and amount of other aid you’re receiving
• financial information (yours, yours and your spouse/civil union partner’s, or your parents’ depending on your responses to specific questions in the application, including:
• yearly amount of child support (only the amount paid)
• 2017 federal income tax return (if filed); please bring a copy that you can leave with the grants representative, not your original
• untaxed income (income not included on tax return)
• assets—including savings and checking accounts, value and any debt for your current assets (home, farm, and/or business), and other real estate/investment equity

If you don’t already have a MyVSAC account, it’ll be helpful to create one at MyVSAC before the event. Please remember or write down your username and password so you can access your account at the event.

What is an "eligible non-citizen"?

Generally, you’re an eligible non-citizen if you are: 

• a permanent U.S. resident with a Permanent Resident Card (l-551); or 
• a conditional permanent resident with a Conditional Green Card (l-551C); or
• the holder of an Arrival-Departure Record (l-94) from the Department of Homeland Security, showing any one of the following designations: Refugee, Asylum Granted, Parolee (l-94 confirms paroled for a minimum of 1 year and
• status has not expired), Cuban-Haitian Entrant, victim of human trafficking, or T-visa holder (T-1, T-2, T-3, etc.)