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Last year, tens of thousands of people turned to JVS SoCal for help. With your support, we directly assisted over 30,000 clients, with thousands of additional individuals accessing our job training and career services. We are building better lives, one job at a time, by empowering individuals to achieve sustainable employment and financial independence.


Veteran Services
We assist all military Veterans with a special focus on women veterans and post-9/11 veterans by providing professional career coaching, assessments to identify transferable skills, training in high growth career sectors, plus job search skills and job placement assistance.
No cost career training programs
Launch your professional career in the growing banking, healthcare and apartment management industries. In partnership with local and national employers, our career training programs – BankWork$, HealthWorks, ApartmentWorks and CareerWork$ Medical – prepare graduates for their first step on a career ladder that offers extraordinary potential. Class sizes are limited. Apply now!


Job & WorkSource Centers
We partner with LA City & County to operate several America’s Job Centers of California (AJCC) / WorkSource Centers, where we provide employment and training services to job seekers at no cost.
We connect job seekers to employers and trainers and provide access to Veteran transition services, a career resource library, workshops, on-site interviews with local employers, job leads, resource referrals and access to computers and other office equipment.
Scholarship Program
In partnership with private donors, the JVS Scholarship Program provides qualified Jewish students whose primary residence is in the Greater Los Angeles area with need-based financial aid, in the belief that education represents the first step to career success. The JVS Scholarship has distributed over $14.3 million to more than 6,200 students.


Mentoring for Women
Our innovative six-month career development program offers women with defined career objectives the unique opportunity to be paired with a mentor who has an established career in the participant’s chosen field.
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