(WICHITA, Kan.) — United Way of the Plains is taking calls Nov. 15 - 19 to set up appointments for the Laid-Off Workers Center’s December session.
To set up an appointment, you must call United Way’s information number by dialing 2 1 1 between eight in the morning and five in the afternoon. The deadline to call for an appointment for the December session is Friday, Nov. 19. The center will be open on a monthly basis as needed beyond December.
To qualify for help through the Laid-Off Workers Center, laid-off workers must:
- Pre-register to set up an appointment by calling United Way’s information number 2-1-1;
- Have been laid off and approved for unemployment compensation sometime since October 1, 2008 (not fired, quit, or on medical leave);
- Show that they have emergency financial needs and have insufficient personal resources to adequately provide food, clothing and/or shelter; and
- Have been laid off from a job in Sedgwick, Butler or Sumner counties, or lived in those counties at the time of the layoff, between Oct. 1, 2008, and the present.
Services at the Laid-Off Workers Center include:
