Hours:
Monday-Thursday:
8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Address & Phone:
50 Claiborne Street
Rocky Mount, VA 24151
Phone: 540.483.0179
Fax: 540.483.1297
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The Franklin Center: Rocky Mount
The Franklin Center for Advanced Learning and Enterprise is a cooperative effort to integrate services of many partners into a seamless experience for individual and business customers. Individuals can search for job openings, prepare resumes, ...
Opened in August 2007, the 31,000 square-foot facility provides workforce services, eduation and retraining opportunities. The Center offers classrooms, lecture halls, computer and medical training labs, conference rooms, office space with high-speed wireless internet and video conference capability.
The Center provides all basic core services, as well as intensive services and training for those needing additional assistance and meeting specific eligibility criteria. A number of special programs are available for veterans, low income individuals, older Americans, young people and others. You can access more than a dozen partner agencies either on site or through a community referral system. This network of organizations seeks to meet all the needs of individuals to ensure they will become or remain active, productive members of the community.
The Center's resource room includes computers, printers, fax, copier, and other resources for preparing resumes, searching for jobs, and applying for openings. Resource room staff provide assistance to those interested in investigating job opportunities and planning careers.
Partners
- County of Franklin
- Ferrum College
- Franklin County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism
- Franklin County Department of Social Services
- Franklin County Public Schools Adult Education Center
- Franklin County Workforce Development Consortium
- Goodwill Industries of the Valleys, Inc.
- Patrick Henry Community College
- Southern Agency on Aging
- Support to Eliminate Poverty (STEP) Inc.
- Total Action Against Poverty
- Town of Rocky Mount
- Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services
- Virginia Employment Commission, Covington & Roanoke Offices
- Virginia Western Community College
- West Piedmont Regional Adult Education Center
