Monthly Archives January 2017

KRA Podcast Program – An Innovative Workforce-Services Solution

January 27, 2017 | No Comments

In April 2016, we reported the launch of Searching in San Diego, the official blog of the San Diego Metro Centers—operated by KRA for the San Diego Workforce Partnership—that provides on-demand access to the most up-to-date workforce information and resources of interest to both jobseekers and employers. Diana Saldivar, KRA Social Media Coordinator & Trainer, who also moderates the podcasts, has indicated that they are essential to “our continuing objective to stay connected to our career-seekers, business partners, and other Metro Region workforce-development stakeholders.” In the past 9 month, KRA/San Diego has aired 24 podcasts, some of the most recent featuring A
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KRA Clients Support Walmart Foundation Grant Initiative

January 23, 2017 | No Comments

In March 2016, the Chicago Tribune announced that the Walmart Foundation had funded the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership—KRA client for the operation of the Garfield One Stop Center—to select 10 WDBs, from a field of 550 nationwide, seeking funding for innovative retail job-training services. In September 2016, the San Diego Metro Region Career Centers, operated by KRA for the San Diego Workforce Partnership, hosted a Grant and Program Announcement ceremony, during which Angela M. Wilson, San Diego Regional Manager of Walmart Stores, presented a $400,000 check to SDWP for the operation of a Walmart Foundation Retail Grant for customized incumbent-worker
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KRA Celebrates Workforce Development Week

January 20, 2017 | No Comments

A nationwide effort spearheaded by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Workforce Development Council—of which KRA President & CEO Knowlton R. Atterbeary is a member—Workforce Development Week (WDW), January 23-27, promotes the invaluable services offered through Workforce Development Boards across the country. To maximize impact, the Workforce Development Council’s Target Population Communications Task Group suggests several WDW activities that program administrators and communications professionals can implement to advocate for their special-needs customers. The Task Group recommends a coordinated, nationwide campaign, utilizing some of the ideas below, in addition to your own creative WDW plans: Use WDW to connect with local, regional, and state officials.
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KRA Services Youth Challenged by Trauma

January 9, 2017 | No Comments

It is both appropriate and timely that KRA chose its 2016 Community Care Campaign (CCC) to focus on two devastating consequences of neighborhood violence…PTSD in youth and young ex-offenders returning to the community seeking education, job-training and/or employment opportunities. A September 2016 Washington Post article stated, “As a number of major American cities are reporting more homicides this year than last year, the overall number of killings in the country’s biggest cities has increased in 2016, with one city accounting for nearly half of the total spike. Chicago has experienced almost half of the overall increase in homicides…along with Washington
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KRA Brightens Holiday for Prison Fellowship Family

January 9, 2017 | No Comments

Through the Angel Tree® Prison Fellowship Program, the KRA San Diego Metro Region Centers, operated for the San Diego Workforce Partnership, “adopted” a family—a mother; children, 5 and 7; and a father…who was incarcerated. Career Agent Catherine McLean, reports, “As part of our 2016 Community Care Campaign, KRA/San Diego staff donated both time and money to provide some Holiday cheer for our adopted family. Gifts were given to the children as if they were from their parents, with each receiving toys from their Angel Tree wish lists, as well as books, clothes, and a Holiday stocking filled with more goodies.
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