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Daniel and Mayo to Present at 2023 CWA/WORKCON

May 23, 2023 | No Comments

Melody Daniel, Program Director, with KRA since 2015, and Gina Brotherton Mayo, Career Readiness Facilitator, in her 5th year with the company, will co-present Victory in the Valley: Maximizing Career Success While Navigating Real-life Trials, Traumas, and Tragedies at CWA WORKCON: CLARITY THROUGH ACTION! May 31 – June 2, 2023. Melody reports, “Through a roundtable discussion, we will examine the role resilience plays in our career accomplishments as Workforce Development Professionals. We will achieve insight and clarity, dissect the essential building blocks of resilience, and discuss navigating the highs and lows of our personal lives, while maintaining motivation, focus,
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KRA Presents at NAWDP Annual Conference…Again!

April 20, 2023 | No Comments

The National Association of Workforce Development Professionals Annual Conference in-person event is sold out! However, check out the NAWDP website to register for the virtual event and to view the current schedule, which includes four do-not-miss KRA presenters’ workshops! May 8th, 9:00-10:00 AM, Joseph L. Seymour, Managing Director, Operational Excellence and 1st VP, Southeastern Training Association, will present Super Session Can I Say That? Dynamic Leadership for a Diverse Workplace. “With DEIBA being such a hot topic, we all know the…continue Can I Say That? Gina Brotherton Mayo, Career Readiness Facilitator & Special Projects and SNAP Program Coordinator, and
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Mayo and Williams-Brown Co-Presented at CWA Youth Symposium 2023

January 20, 2023 | No Comments

Gina Brotherton Mayo, Career Readiness Facilitator & Special Projects Coordinator, and Michael Williams-Brown, Youth Career Coach—both staff of the KRA PGWorks Employment & Training Program—co-presented two “Resilience for Success” Workshops: The Snap-Back: A Youth-Focused Guide to Developing Resilience for Success at the Gateway of Your Future demonstrated the importance that resilience plays in the success of our Youth, and included guidance on how to navigate the pitfalls of life, while maintaining motivation and focus. Ms. Mayo discussed the “7 C’s”, the essential building blocks of resilience; mapping out a Personal Resilience Plan; and explored Best Practices on how and
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KRA Leaders Presented at NAWDP 38th Annual Conference

May 11, 2022 | No Comments

NAWDP’s 38th Annual Conference, sponsored by KRA, convened May 16-18, 2022, in Las Vegas, with both corporate and program leaders facilitating exciting workshops that focused on different types of “care” and COVID-related workforce development issues. On the Program Administration and Management track, Joseph L. Seymour, KRA Managing Director, Operational Excellence, and SETA 1st VP-elect, presented one of only six submissions selected as a Super Session: Trauma-Informed Care for Workforce Development Professionals. He stated, “Trauma-informed care is an approach that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms, discussing the role that trauma may play in the lives of our program participants, various
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KRA Monthly Spotlight!

July 31, 2021 | No Comments

In early 2017, William Vinson, homeless and unemployed, “depressed”, and at his “personal rock bottom”, suppressed his innate sense of pride and applied for SNAP benefits through the Prince George’s County Department of Social Services (DSS), for which KRA operates the PGWorks Employment & Training Program. SNAP-participation required enrollment in the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Program, which included attending KRA Job Readiness Academy (JRA) Workshops. After completing the required sessions, Mr. Vinson’s appetite for more knowledge was not satisfied; thus, he continued to study, averaging forty-eight 2-hour sessions annually for the next 3 years! Mr. Vinson approached Mrs. Gina
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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 Staff Present at National, Regional, and State WD Training Events

March 6, 2020 | No Comments

Last year around this time, Latest News posted March Madness – The KRA Way—and the beat goes on! During the next 3 months, several KRA staff members will be hitting the road to conduct presentations and facilitate workshops; however, here we highlight the upcoming March events. On the 10th, for the Southeastern Employment and Training Association (March 8-11, Myrtle Beach, SC), Joseph L. Seymour III, Corporate Training and Development Coordinator, will present The Art of 3-D Presentations: Develop, Design and Deliver. The description in the conference agenda reads, in part, “The ability to engage, educate, and empower others through well-developed, meticulously designed, and masterfully
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KRA Monthly Spotlight!

February 28, 2020 | No Comments

KRA/EPG/MedCerts Collaboration Celebrates CMAA Graduation On January 9, 2020, KRA Latest News reported on an innovative 3-partner collaboration that continues to produce incredibly successful results for recipients of TANF and SNAP benefits in Prince George’s County, MD, through PGWorks, operated by KRA for the Department of Social Services. KRA, MedCerts, and Employ Prince George’s, Inc. collaborated to create a pilot program after Melody Daniel, KRA Program Manager, and Sandy Mead, MedCerts National Director of Workforce Development, met at the 2019 NAWDP Conference and discussed a shared objective of providing sustainable occupational-skills development for PG County jobseekers. Mead introduced Daniel to
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KRA Pivotal to Success of Innovative 3-Way Collaboration

January 9, 2020 | No Comments

Jobseekers applying for, or already receiving, TANF or SNAP benefits in Prince George’s County, MD, have a one-stop resource—PGWorks, operated by KRA for the Department of Social Services—for receiving comprehensive education, training, and employment services. A program—piloted by KRA, MedCerts, and Employ Prince George’s, Inc.—actually took root at the May 2019 NAWDP Annual Conference where Melody Daniel, KRA Program Manager, met Sandy Mead, National Director of Workforce Development, MedCerts. “We discussed our mutual desire to provide meaningful occupational-skills training for PG County jobseekers, to substantially increase their viability in today’s competitive workplace.” Mead mentioned an existing partnership with Walter Simmons,
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