WIOA in Baton Rouge: EmployBR Intake, Step by Step

WIOA in Baton Rouge runs through EmployBR. EmployBR is the City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish workforce agency and the local board for the parish. It runs the parish's Business and Career Solutions Center, which is the American Job Center, under the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Louisiana Workforce Commission runs the state program, the HiRE (Louisiana Works) site, and the statewide Eligible Training Provider List. Reference: employbr.com.

The path is this. Sign up on HiRE (Louisiana Works). Visit the EmployBR Business and Career Solutions Center. Finish the eligibility check and an assessment. Pick a program from the Louisiana ETPL. Then you get an Individual Training Account paid to the school directly. The Louisiana guide covers the statewide rules. This page covers Baton Rouge.

EmployBR runs the Business and Career Solutions Center for East Baton Rouge Parish, with intake, assessment, workshops, and training referrals in one place. Surrounding parishes are served by their own regional boards. Confirm hours and the pre-screening form on employbr.com.

Out-of-school youth 16 to 24 are served through EmployBR youth programs rather than adult intake.

• Adult program: 18 or older, able to work legally, and signed up for Selective Service if that applies to you. Training money goes first to people on public assistance, people with low income, and people who need basic skills. Veterans and eligible spouses go ahead of others in every program.
• Dislocated Worker program: laid off or given notice, on unemployment or ran out of it, WARN-affected workers, displaced homemakers, and formerly self-employed workers. Plant turnarounds and contractor layoffs along the river make industrial workers the most common Dislocated Worker applicants in Baton Rouge.
• Youth program: 14 to 24 with at least one barrier to work. Most of the money goes to out-of-school youth 16 to 24.

1. Make your HiRE (Louisiana Works) account at www.louisianaworks.net/hire. It is the statewide job site and the front door to WIOA intake.
2. Visit the EmployBR Business and Career Solutions Center or attend the orientation. Confirm the schedule on employbr.com.
3. Finish the eligibility check. Bring photo ID, your Social Security card, proof you can work, and income or layoff papers. Veterans bring the DD-214.
4. Finish the assessment and the employment plan. Required before a training account is approved.
5. Pick a program from the Louisiana ETPL. Accessed through HiRE, under the LWC Eligible Training Provider Manual. Statewide questions: 1-866-783-5567.
6. Get the Individual Training Account. Paid to the school directly. Usually three to eight weeks from first appointment to a paid seat.

• Industrial construction and petrochemical crafts: welding, pipefitting, electrical, instrumentation, process technology, and NCCER credentials through the ABC Pelican Chapter and community colleges.
• Healthcare: CNA, medical assistant, phlebotomy, LPN, and billing and coding around the Our Lady of the Lake and Baton Rouge General systems.
• Transportation and logistics: CDL Class A and B and forklift credentials.
• Information technology: help desk, CompTIA, and cybersecurity certifications.

No statewide cap; each regional board sets its own. Ask your counselor for the board cap and whether funds remain this program year. Check any exact program against the current Louisiana ETPL with your counselor before enrolling. In-demand lists change yearly.

Louisiana has published Workforce Pell guidance but has not opened applications, per our state tracker. See the state tracker for the current status. A reader in Baton Rouge looking at short training should ask the school whether its program has been submitted. WIOA stays fully working in the meantime. The Workforce Pell application guide explains the two-layer process.