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On May 1, 2019, the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) posted a blog, announcing that six more students from the KRA Hartford AJC Knowledge 2 Career (K2C) Academy had graduated CCAT’s Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) program. The article started with, “Six students apart of the Knowledge 2 Careers Academy Program completed 18-hour hands on training at CCAT’s Advanced Manufacturing Center and graduated the program last week. The Knowledge 2 Careers Program was established by the KRA Corporation through Capital Workforce Partners in partnership with the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. for Tooling U and on the job
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The KRA Knowledge2Career (K2C) Academy, a proprietary program operated as a WIOA One-Stop Center for California’s Orange County Development Board, serves the unique career-development needs of young adults, 17 to 24, disconnected from both school and the workforce. K2C, which links academic and occupational development to employment-related services, recently hosted its 2018 End of the Year Summer Extravaganza.  Attended by 40 percent of enrolled K2C Academy participants, the multi-activity event included engaging demonstrations, presentations, and workshops provided by several key K2C community partners and stakeholders, including: Michele Worth, presented Self-Care Through Art, representative of her award-winning Worth Visual Arts Program that helps at-risk teens and young adults learn
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The KRA Knowledge2Career (K2C) Academy, funded by The Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network, offers Out-of-School Youth, 17-21, a wide range of customized workforce-development services, two of which are Occupational Skills Training, linked directly to industry-recognized credentialing, and paid work experience (PWE) opportunities with area partner-employers. One such industry sector—Hotel and Tourism—celebrated its best year ever in 2017, as a major employer and contributor to the City of Long Beach economy, and recently expanded its pool of trained professionals when four KRA/K2C Academy customers were credentialed by the American Hotel & Lodging Association as Certified Front-Desk Representatives. Sheila Perhacs, one of the young
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Recently, the Long Beach City News website reported, “On Tuesday, June 6, Mayor Robert Garcia, in partnership with the Long Beach Business Journal, presented an update on new development within the City and major construction projects underway that are ready to break ground over the next few years.” Long Beach is “home” to KRA’s first Knowedge2Career (K2C) Academy—a proprietary workforce-services program for young adults disconnected from school and the workplace—and the K2C Team, especially Joanie Sonnet, KRA Business Liaison, was more than a little excited to learn about the City’s new-development plans. Robert Garcia, Long Beach Mayor was joined by
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According to the Trauma Informed Care Project, trauma-informed care (TIC) is “an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma [and] emphasizes physical, psychological and emotional safety for both consumers and providers, and helps survivors rebuild a sense of control and empowerment.” In addition to supporting KRA’s corporate-wide 2016 Community Care Campaign, part of which focused on youth suffering from PTSD-type challenges, KRA/Long Beach Knowledge2Career Academy staff participated in local TIC-training events on practices that can assist individuals in coping with trauma-related obstacles to achieving personal and professional goals. Project Director
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Supported by KRA Knowledge2Career Academy (K2C) co-workers, Dedra Berry, Intake and QA Specialist, and Joanie Sonnet, Career Navigator, spearheaded a targeted hiring event to assist area businesses in filling immediate, specific job openings. KRA collaborated with local businesses to assist job-ready K2C participants enter the workforce. Also, the Long Beach City Department of Health and Human Services provided Pocket Resource Guides to connect the young-adult jobseekers with free and low-cost community services. Berry reports, “Eight Certified Microsoft Office Specialists and four Licensed Forklift Operators, all of whom completed occupational-skills training through KRA/K2C, interviewed for positions with area employers, including Associate Management
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Shawna Wright, KRA/Knowledge2Career Academy, was selected for the 27th class of the Leadership Long Beach Institute, “an intensive 10-month program for community leaders wishing to improve their understanding of the opportunities and challenges of the Long Beach community.” Participants learn about Long Beach’s (California’s 7th largest city) diverse communities, concerns, and issues, collaborating with other area leaders to design and implement projects that address community needs, while finding more opportunities to serve Long Beach. A few of the projects have included a MLK Day of Service: Planting a Community Learning Garden; a Youth Foundations Retreat; Project in Progress: Bringing a Farmer’s Market
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