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About Us

Located in Covington, KY at the heart of Northern Kentucky, the Life Learning Center (LLC) is a United Way funded, not-for-profit organization that works with multiple local community partners and progressive employers.  Together we take individuals who demonstrate a commitment to stable employment and help prepare them for productive, sustainable careers. We do that through education, job search training, and life coaching. Our strategy is focused solely on employment enhancement, and is supplemented by four intertwined themes: foundation for success, personal life skills, education and/or skills advancement, and community involvement.

Our Core Program

Our employment education program helps you to discover your strengths, skills and abilities and how to best express them to potential employers. Our week-long course, offered the second week of each month, instructs you on the proper way to complete an application, write resumes and cover letters, and lets you practice successful interview techniques.  Following the basic one week course our Job Coaches then help you plan your job search and help you focus on the jobs that meet your interests and you are best suited for. This is an interactive class where the Members have an opportunity to work with each other to practice the skills taught during the course. 

Every Thursday evening we offer follow-up sessions that build on the basic class and offer not only job training but life skills education as well.  It is our goal to see Members develop a career, not just get a job. To this end, the Life Learning Center team works with and provides support for our Members for a minimum of one year after completion of the training. 

This is a FREE job search and employment education program that really works…if you are willing to really put forth the effort and work it.

Our History

In 1998 a group of established and passionate entrepreneurs, leaders and key contributors to the NKY area began having conversations about a “missing link” in the social services/non-profit arena.  They recognized that there were many reputable organizations having a solid impact on a specific service area.  However, there was not an organization that was really addressing the “root cause” of poverty, that being lack of financial resources due to the cycle of undereducated and underemployed individuals in our community.  After much research on best practices and services nationally, that were making a lasting impact on the entire community, the vision for the Life Learning Center was born.  In June of 2006 the Life Learning Center opened with the hiring of the first Executive Director, George Kent PhD.  The first class was offered in October 2006.

 Our Mission Statement

The Life Learning Center prepares individuals in the Northern Kentucky Region for sustainable, living-wage careers through personalized education, training and life coaching.

Our Vision

The Life Learning Center will be the premier non-profit organization in Northern Kentucky, known for its collaborative, holistic approach to helping low income clients achieve their highest potential in all aspects of life.

Organizational Overview

The Life Learning Center is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on serving the under- and unemployed individuals in Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati. Through education, training and life coaching we assist individuals who demonstrate a commitment to stable employment, and help prepare them for productive, sustainable careers. LLC's "Cycle of Impact" centers on the components of Education, Empowerment, Employees, and Employers.  Through education and training, LLC Members transition to skilled employees, employers hire skilled employees, tax revenues expand; Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati's economic base is created and sustained.

LLC offers innovative programs and aligns itself with Regional Initiatives while partnering with many other local service agencies.

We will be entering our fourth year and have served over 505 (thru February 2010), individuals working towards a career and a better life by getting, retaining or advancing in employment.  We utilize a high quality and individualized approach, focusing on a uniquely customized amount of individuals per year.  This approach sets the stage for us the have the opportunity to make a deeper impact with the goal of sustaining our members for LIFE as viable contributors to their community.  We offer monthly classes with sizes optimally set at 16 Members a class per month with annual target of 176 Members served. This exclusive design allows for personalized Life Coaching for each Member along with support for at least the first year of employment. The Life Learning Center’s “Working Toward a Better Life” program is accredited through Gateway Community and Technical College.  Upon graduation from the Life Learning Center Members earn a certificate that is transferable for 3 credit hours at Gateway.

Community Need

One of the major driving agents for economic growth in the Northern Kentucky community is an educated and committed work force.  Even in today’s economy, there is a demand for motivated people who can fill entry level positions, who can advance into the semi-skilled and lower management positions, and who have the transferable skills needed to move into higher positions of responsibility.

Local employers have shared with us that it is not the lack of knowledge that causes most of their employees to be unsuccessful in jobs, but that they need better personal and attitudinal skills.  The skills addressed through our “Working Toward A Better Life Program” include everything from time management training to improved customer service now-how, from a lack of sensitivity of the company’s informal work rules to what appears to be lack of ambition.