Adelante:
Clients: targeted towards low-income, limited English speaking Latinos
Training in: computer skills
Services: employment information and job placement, ESL, GED. On-site computer for Berkeley’s One-Stop Career Center Community Internet Access (East Bay Works).
M-F: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
830 Bancroft Way (@ 6th St.)
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 549-0232
E-mail

Asians for Job Opportunities in the Bay Area (AJOB):
Clients: targeted towards Asian and other limited English-speaking communities
Training in: building maintenance, clerical, computer skills
Services: job counseling, health, mental health, tutorial, interpretation, and translation, Vocational ESL. On-site computer for Berkeley’s One-Stop Career Center Community Internet Access (East Bay Works).
M-F: 8:30 - 4:30 p.m.
1911 Addison St. (@ MLK Jr. Way)
Berkeley, CA 94704-1101
(510) 548-6700
FAX (510) 548-9300

Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS):
Clients: homeless, low- and no-income people
Services: crisis counseling, employment and substance abuse counseling, transitional housing, mental health and housing advocacy, emergency shelters (Berkeley, Oakland, Hayward), paralegal assistance, mail/message/ telephone use
M/W/F: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Tu/Th: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
( Multi-Agency Service Center)
1931 Center Street (@ MLK Jr. Way) basement side gate
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 843-3700 (Multi-Agency Service Center)
FAX (510) 843-3781
(510) 834-2231 (Employment Program)
(510) 525-4908 (Adult Education Program)
(510) 559-8547 (Children’s Learning Center)
E-mail

Berkeley Adult School:
Clients: East Bay resident, age 18 and older
Training in: Job preparation, medical clerical, general clerical, word processing, computerized accounting, warehouse/forklift, restaurant occupations, certified nurse’s assistant/home health aide
Services: career assessment, job training and job placement assistance, college financial aid information, GED, adult basic education, high school classes, literacy improvement
M-F: 8:30 - 4:30 p.m. Summer Hours -- M-Th: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
1222 University Avenue (@ Bonar)
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 644-6660 Main Office
(510) 644-8970 Career Center
E-mail

Center for Independent Living (CIL):
Clients: serves disabled and deaf people
Training in: independent living skills
Services: attendant referral, benefits and peer counseling, housing referral and access modification, blind and deaf services, legal clinic, employment assistance, support groups. On-site computer for Berkeley’s One-Stop Career Center Community Internet Access (East Bay Works).
M-F: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
2539 Telegraph Avenue (@ Blake)
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 841-4776
FAX (510) 841-6168
E-mail

Inter-City Services Inc.:
Clients: low- and moderate-income East and West Bay residents, age 21 and older
Training in: computer applications and repair
Services: GED, job placement assistance, on-site computer for Berkeley’s One-Stop Career Center Community Internet Access (East Bay Works).
M-F: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
3269 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 655-3552
E-mail

Jobs Consortium:
Clients: Alameda County homeless
Services: job counseling, job preparation workshops, drug/alcohol counseling, support groups, clothes for interviews, bus tickets, identification fees, HELP Program (Homeless Employment Through Literacy Program), tutoring. On-site computer for Berkeley’s One-Stop Career Center Community Internet Access (East Bay Works).
M-F: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
2807 Telegraph Ave. (@ Stuart)
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 549-8820
E-mail

South Berkeley Neighborhood Development Corporation:
Clients: South Berkeley residents
Services: encouragement of economic revitalization, affordable housing, and community service projects and programs.
1767 Alcatraz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 653-1491
FAX (510) 653-6230

Turning Point Career Center:
Clients: Adult job seekers/career changers
Services: career center with job listings, resource library, career counseling & testing, individual self-assessment, Internet access, brown bag career talks.
M, W, TH, F: 9-4; T: 1-8
Berkeley YWCA
2600 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 848-6370
FAX (510) 848-6375

Vallecitos C.E.T. - Title II.:
Clients: youth and adult aged 16 and up, high school drop out or graduate, low income
Training in: data entry, word processing, electronics, secretary/receptionist, shipping and receiving, custodial
Services: GED prep
M-F: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m
3264 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 547-8550

Vista Community College:
Clients: Over 18 (or in high school with proper courses)
Services: academic and career counseling, financial aid information, tutoring, veterans services, disabled, students program, extended opportunity program and services
M-F: Call for hours
2020 Milvia St. (@ Addison)
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 841-8431
FAX (510) 841-7333
www.peralta.cc.ca.us

Women’s Alliance:
Clients: Women
Training: in the building trades, arts, and computers toward employment or starting your own business
Services: life skills and post-employment groups.
812 Page Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 525-7775
FAX: (510) 525-0855

Women’s Employment Resources Corporation (WERC):
Clients: targeted towards low-income women, men, youth, single parents and welfare-to-work participants.
Training in: How to find and keep a job, job search preparation.
Services: Holistic skills assessment and counseling. Mentoring, peer support groups, access to resource and information network, direct job development and placement with Bay Area employers. Tutoring and preparation for apprenticeship jobs. On-site computer for Berkeley’s One-Stop Career Center Community Internet Access (East Bay Works).
M-Th: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
3362 Adeline Street (@ 63rd St.)
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 652-5484
FAX (510) 652-4184
E-mail