WIA - Workforce Investment Act

We accept funding from WIA Work Force Investment Act and other programs provided by Unemployment Offices.

This is a federal funded program available in every state in the U.S. We are approved through the Georgia Workforce System in the State of Georgia under the East Central Georgia Consortium. This can be verified by going to www.careeronestop.org Our provider number is 329. It is legally called the WIA/Title I Adult/Dislocated Worker Program Vendor Agreement 13-03-ADW-329.

You can also visit http://www.gcic.edu/gawia/EPL_map.htm and click the Northwest GA region and click Training Providers to verify we are on the Provider List.

This is a program for individuals who are in a career change due to lay offs, etc, or low income, who desire to be "retrained" by attending a school and then be placed in employment in your area so you can give back to the community as a means of supporting the residents there.

Each state is divided up into regions, and each region is designed to make their own rules and regulations depending on their needs in the community.

Where are the WIA offices? Contact your local region by calling or visiting your local Department of Labor office also known as the Unemployment Office.

There you will go through several interviews to see if you are eligible for the funding. Then you will be asked to choose the school you would like to attend.

Our school is not listed in every region in every state of the U.S., but if someone has been approved in your region before you, the paperwork will not be very complicated.

If no one in your region has ever applied to attend a horseshoeing school, then, that office should contact our office about completing the necessary applications.

This can take up to 6 months according to how efficient your region and the personnel are.

TIP: Being a professionals farrier you are self-employed. Many of these WIA funding regions will not fund self-employed individuals, only those who can be "placed" in a job with a specific employer in your area.

Some WIA offices we are approved through

Please check with your local office for approval

Veterans Administration

First, you will need to visit your local VA office and complete form 22-1990 or form 22-1995. You can call 1-888-442-4551 or go online to www.gibill.va.gov.

Call our office for the next available opening for the 6 or 12 week course. Once you are approved on your end, we will submit form 22-1999 on the day you arrive. You should be able to pay your tuition fee to us and the VA will reimburse you monthly. It normally takes 45 days from your arrival date at school to begin receiving your payments. You will need to take our school brochure with the application listing the tuitions, tools and certification costs. As of 2003, the payment were $985.00 per month. Our institution code is 25008911.

Additional websites to review for possible financial assistance:

www.dodvets.com

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