Our Spotlight! is shining brightly on KRA partner, Cathedral Kitchen (CK), and the students enrolled in KRA’s Out-of-School Youth (OSY) Program, funded by the Camden County Workforce Investment Board. Nigel Charles, KRA/Camden Instructor, reports, “In November 2015, during an OSY Workshop session, we discussed a 2014 Census Bureau statistic that close to 40% of the Camden, New Jersey population lives below the federal poverty level. Beginning with the general challenges imposed by living in poverty, the discussion soon evolved into the specific, day-to-day impact, including the lack of enough food, that poverty has on families and their children.” Motivated to
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Monthly Archives January 2016
KRA/Camden Business Partnership Tackles Critical Workforce Issues
Through the Camden County Workforce Investment Board, KRA is addressing two of the County’s most challenging workforce-services concerns–unemployed 16-to-20 year-old TANF Out-of-School Youth and unfilled Certified Nursing Assistant jobs–through a dynamic three-way business partnership. Due to the high demand for healthcare services related to an aging and elderly population, especially those residing in assisted-living and dementia-care facilities and nursing homes, CNA-employment is projected to stay strong, which is driving the cost of training and credentialing programs beyond the reach of many jobseekers. However, with the CCWIB providing tuition-financing, KRA/Camden was able to create the Education, Professionalism, and Entrance Into Certification
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KRA/CTWorks Adopted a Family for Christmas
Eliz Cruz, KRA Career Agent with the Greater Hartford CTWorksAmerican Job Center–operated for Capital Workforce Partners–wrote to her co-workers, “I’d like to express my gratitude and appreciation for the cash and gift-card contributions for our ‘adopted family’.” More than $500 was donated to help fulfill their Christmas wishes!” Eliz was referring to the drive that she and colleague Maritza Morales, KRA Unit Supervisor, organized to support the local Salvation Army’s Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program. On December 21, 2015, the KRA/CTWorks‘ adopted family–a disabled, retired grandmother raising her two granddaughters, 3 and 7, on her own–was presented with individually-wrapped gifts that included bedding, books,
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Community Involvement Company News Workforce & Government KRA Monthly Spotlight!
Our December Spotlight! is shining brightly on…storage containers? Of the many businesses and organizations–e.g. the ARC of San Diego, the Balboa International Group, the YMCA–participating in the KRA/San Diego Expanded Subsidized Employment Program, San Diego Drums & Totes might well be the most unique! Angel Stancer, ESE Business Services Representative for the San Diego Metro Region Career Centers, operated by KRA for the San Diego Workforce Partnership, reports, “Drums & Totes is a major distributor and vendor of barrels, buckets, jugs, plastic and metal drums, IBC [Intermediate Bulk Container] totes, and various other accessories and storage containers, in every color, pattern, shape, and
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KRA/K2C Academy Joins Harbor Association of Industry & Commerce
The Pacific Gateway Workforce Development Board, in partnership with the City of Long Beach, funds the KRA Knowledge2Careers Academy. Recently, Craig Johnson, PGWDB Business Assistance Officer, introduced Shawna Wright, KRA/K2C Project Director, to John Cruikshank, President & CEO, JMC2, and Immediate Past President, Board of Directors, HAIC, “a collective voice and advocate for the harbor business community on important issues pertaining to economic, environmental and public policies.” Shawna, reports “During our meeting, Mr. Cruikshank invited me to speak before the Board to introduce the members to the great resources and services available through K2C, and to solicit their partnership for the benefit
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