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Welcome to Workforce Education

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College Tuition and Education & Career Planning.

 

Why Workforce Education (WE)?

 

Our programs help people get the skills they need throughout Bellevue College's Professional-Technical programs to enter or re-enter the workforce.

 

  • WE offers High-touch Advising and College Navigation.
  • WE programs provide "jump start" funding and assistance with the application for federal financial aid resources to sustain their educational plan.
  • Our advisors coordinate with DSHS and Employment Security in order to support students to keep their benefits while in training.

 

Funding Programs:

 

  • BFET (Basic Foods Employment & Training) - for people receiving federal Food Stamps from DSHS
  • Opportunity Grant - for people with limited income and limited college credits
  • Worker Retraining - for people who are on Unemployment Insurance (UI), exhausted the UI in last 24 months, displaced homemaker, honorably discharged veteran in last 24 months.
  • WorkFirst - for parents who are receiving TANF(Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)