QUESTION
How does the Mayor's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations (OASO) assist with employment for asylum seekers?
1:09:41
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The Mayor's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations (OASO) assists with employment by collaborating with Small Business Services (SBS) and referring individuals to state work programs.
- OASO refers individuals with work authorizations to SBS and the state work program.
- They collaborate with the state and SBS to conduct job skills assessments.
- OASO connects individuals to available jobs.
- The process involves following up with individuals who have applied for work.
Rita Joseph
1:09:41
DO YOU ALSO HELP THEM TO FINE EMPLOYMENT?
Molly Schaeffer
1:09:43
SO WE WORK WITH SBS AND WE refer anybody who's applied for work or has work authorization, we refer them to SBS and the workforce one send and we refer them to the state work program.
1:09:57
And then we work with the state and our SBS partners to call people back, do some job skills assessment, and then connect them to jobs as available.