Monthly Archives May 2021

KRA Monthly Spotlight!

May 28, 2021 | No Comments

Another Customer-Intern Success Leads to KRA Career Path Shawnda Walker, Christine Washington, and Nikia Washington (no relation) have much in common: they are extremely Knowledgeable, Responsible, and Achievement-oriented young women, and they were outstanding customers, whose KRA qualities led to their employment with the company. Also, they share an integral connection to the KRA Job Readiness Program (JRP), a requirement of which is a Work Experience (WEX) Internship, usually developed through partnerships with local private- and public-sector organizations. However, these particular JRP participants were selected to serve their Internships with KRA. Shawnda is currently the WEX Program Supervisor, as well
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Through KRA, Customer Emerges from Her Darkest Times

May 24, 2021 | No Comments

KRA operates the PGWorks Employment & Training Program for the Prince George’s County Department of Social Services (DSS)…the last place Dawn Quinn, a community-college student, gainfully employed for 20+ years, imagined she would be visiting. “After high school, I worked at odd jobs until I found a career I enjoyed, as a school-bus driver. Then, in 2019, I injured my back and wrist and was unable to return to work. Unexpectedly, my employer’s WC Insurance Provider denied my claim, and 1 month later, I was unemployed.” In January 2020, after applying for TCA, SSDI, and SNAP, Ms. Quinn received a DSS
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KRA Shares Expertise in Industry Resilience

May 21, 2021 | No Comments

“KRA is passionate about the partnerships that we have been able to cultivate over the last 40 years. Creating resiliency in partnerships during a pandemic is possible.” WORKCON 2021, the California Workforce Association Annual Spring Conference, has added another do-not-miss KRA presentation to its impressive line-up of industry representatives. On May 25, 2021 at 11:30am (PST) – 2:30pm (EST), a powerhouse KRA team— Dr. Kordilia Noble, Director, Partnerships & Market Development; Joseph L. Seymour, Corporate Training & Development Coordinator; and Maxine Suka, Director of Workforce Operations—will present Passion & Partnerships: Cultivating Resiliency in Workforce Development, highlighting KRA’s successful collaborative relationships in
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KRA Staff Present at WORKCON 2021!

May 17, 2021 | No Comments

An Equitable Recovery Maxine Suka and Jonathan Overall and Holly Childs will share their well-earned knowledge and expertise at the California Workforce Association (CWA) Annual Spring Conference. As a long-time provider of WIA/WIOA Career and Business Services for multiple Counties and Cities under California’s WDB system, KRA supports the CWA/WORKCON 2021 statement, “Inequity has been the number one challenge of this economic recession. Low-wage workers are experiencing a bigger burden, including greater risks to their health, and higher unemployment rates. We have also seen labor market declines being concentrated among communities of color and women.” On May 26, (10:30am –
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KRA/MedCerts Present at NAWDP!

May 13, 2021 | No Comments

In February 2020, we reported KRA/EPG/MedCerts Collaboration Celebrates CMAA Graduation, an event made possible when representatives from KRA, MedCerts, and Employ Prince George’s (EPG) discovered a shared objective: providing sustainable, industry-driven occupational-skills training (OST) for Prince George’s County TANF and SNAP jobseekers. The chance meeting, at the 2019 Annual NAWDP Conference, evolved into an innovative, successful collaborative pilot program that was to be featured through Blended Learning for Jobseekers with Barriers to Employment at the 2020 Annual NAWDP Conference in Orlando, which was cancelled due to COVID-19. On May 19, 10:00am (PDT), Melody Daniel, KRA/PGWorks Program Manager, and Sandy Mead, MedCerts National
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