Monthly Archives October 2015

The KRA/San Diego Metro Region Career Centers, operated for the San Diego Workforce Partnership, has established a partnership with the YMCA of San Diego County to provide employment opportunities for customers participating in the Welfare-to-Work Expanded Subsidized Employment [ESE] Program. Deona Dorsey, KRA Operations Manager-Special Projects,  reports, “Whoever first said ‘timing is everything’ was so right!  We approached Joshua Law, Human Resources Office Administrator III, just when the organization was recruiting to fill several  positions for the new Copley-Price YMCA. Our relationship with the ‘Y’ is thriving!  Not only have five ESE customers been hired in Member Services positions, they are also receiving
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Even before KRA announced that disability employment was the focus of its 2015 Community Care Campaign, the KRA Knowledge2Career (K2C) Academy had already developed two successful partnerships dedicated to expanding its workforce services to include youth with disabilities. KRA Program Manager, Shawna Wright, also K2C Project Director, reports, “We were excited to learn that our corporate 2015 Campaign was focused on raising awareness around the issue of employment for individuals with disabilities. K2C and the Long Beach Unified School District’s Youth Employment Network have been collaborating, whereby we serve as the resource for their youth with disabilities to gain the support and training needed to
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Vanessa E. Atterbeary, Esq. has been appointed to serve on the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board by Michael Busch, Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates, and Dereck Davis, Chair of the Economic Matters Committee. Delegate Atterbeary, who represents District 13, commented, ” I am truly honored by the trust that Speaker Busch  and Chairman Davis have invested in me with this appointment.  My first meeting is a week from today, and I am very excited to begin working with Mike DiGiacomo, Executive Director, and all the other dedicated Board members, including Governor Hogan and Lt. Governor Rutherford! My parents have dedicated their professional
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“Mayor Kevin Faulconer came by to congratulate us on a job well done!” reports Deona Dorsey, KRA Operations Manager-Special Projects. That “job” was a mega Community Career Fair, a collaboration with key local partners–the San Diego Workforce Partnership, KRA client; the San Diego American Job Center network; local Welfare To Work agencies; and venue provider, the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation. More than 50 private- and public-sector employers interviewed on-the-spot, selected candidates for initial and follow-up offsite interviews, and expressed extreme satisfaction with the event, offering comments such as, “This is one of the best job fairs I have participated
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As reported previously, the KRA Knowledge2Career Academy (K2C) is a comprehensive workforce development program for Out-of-School Youth (OSY), 17-24, operated for the Pacific Gateway Workforce Development Board (PGWDB), in collaboration with the City of Long Beach and other key public- and private-sector partners. Shawna Wright, KRA Program Manager and K2C Project Director, reports, “To combat a local youth-unemployment rate twice the national average, Mr. JP Elma, WIA/WIOA Program Coordinator, PGWDB; Racquel Welch-Kitchen, College/Career Coordinator, Educational Partnership High School (EPHS); and I have been strategically planning K2C expansion and promotion.” Subsequently, K2C has evolved into a results-oriented pathway to successful employment,  re-connecting OSY with academics,
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In August, we reported on Chloe Shearer, a customer who was hired as a Receptionist by the KRA/Camden Job Skills Training Directly Related to Employment Program, subsequent to her successful participation in a State-sponsored OJT Program. KRA client, the Camden County [NJ] Workforce Investment Board (WIB), read Chloe’s Story, took a great interest in her, and included a version of the KRA article in their 2014 – 2015 PY Annual Report! Last month, the WIB invited Chloe to its quarterly meeting, as its guest speaker, to share her success story.  She addressed the Board on the many challenges she, and other customers, face
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