On February 7, 2024, 1:15pm – 2:15pm PST, a KRA team will present The Possibility Project – A “No Walls” Approach to Youth Engagement and Development, reflective of the Summit’s theme, Expanding Horizons. Terrance Bowens, KRA Program Manager, will lead a team that includes Karla Johnson, KRA Young Adult Career Coach, and Bill Dobson, Interim Director, Motivated Youth (MY) Academy,  KRA client-partner for the operation of a California public-charter school offering programs for families and students seeking individualized curriculum, personalized teacher support, and scheduling flexibility.     With KRA since 2010, Bowens—an accomplished workshop facilitator and trainer, including presentations for
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Almost a year ago to the day, on December 23, 2022, KRA reported on the Grand Opening of our Reno-based American Job Center of Nevada (AJCN), operated for Nevadaworks since October 12, 2018, as an EmployNV Business/Career HUB. Then-Governor Stephen Sisolak officiated, sharing his thoughts regarding the critical role of HUB operations in the economic success of the Region.  When he was Clark County Commissioner, Sisolak had served as Master of Ceremony for the AJCN’s original October 12, 2018 opening. At the time, Terrance Bowens, KRA Program Manager, commented, “KRA is excited about the EmployNV re-brand! It has given our
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There are 593 local and 53 state and territorial Workforce Development Boards (WDB), each playing a pivotal role in shaping the employment landscape of the communities they serve by fostering sustainable diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) environments, focusing on jobseeker- and employer-customers’ real-life workplace experiences to uncover and address systemic inequities. KRA is fortunate to support its WDB-partners that champion fairness and equal opportunity, trusting our Career- and Business-Services specialists to provide exceptional hiring-support solutions—innovative recruitment, screening, training, and placement opportunities—to assist our minority-owned business customers in sustaining current operations and attaining long-term expansion goals. As a Black-owned enterprise with 42
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