KRA Represents Employment Sector on Reentry Coalition Executive Committee
Based in Chambersburg, PA, the Knowledge2Career (K2C) Academy, a proprietary KRA program operated for the South Central PA Works WIB, serves the unique career-development needs of young adults, 17 to 24, who are disconnected from both school and the job market, by linking academic and vocational training services to achieve workforce-related success. Recently, Amien “Tim” Hodge, KRA/K2C Operations Manager, received an invitation from […]
KRA Selected to Support Office of Family Assistance TANF Webinar
On August 22, 2018, from 1:00 -2:30pm (ET), Anthony Featherstone, KRA Director of Workforce Operations, and Sylvelt Walker, KRA Education & Business Services Manager, DC TANF Employment Program, will serve as panelists for the OFA Peer TA Webinar on Developing Stable Employer Partnerships. Recognizing that strong partnerships between TANF programs and employers can lead to […]
KRA Convenes Workforce Development Extravaganza for Out-of-School Youth
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 […]
Congress Passes Perkins CTE Act Reauthorization
A reprint from the USCM Workforce Development Council July 30 Washington Update newsletter. On Wednesday, July 25, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353) passed the House, two days after being approved by the Senate. The legislation reauthorizes and revamps the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act and […]
KRA Staff Put the “Work” in Networking
In November 2017, Iain Tapscott, 22, enrolled in YouthWorks!, a career-development program for Out-of-School Youth and young adults, 18-24, operated by KRA for the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation. James LeBlanc, KRA Program Manager, reported, “Even though Iain completed our Career Exploration Workshop, he made it clear from the start that he has not been interested in […]
KRA MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT!
KRA Supports CSI Credentialing Program – Recently, Noozhawk, “the freshest news in Santa Barbara”, reported that the Career Skills Institute of the Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) School of Extended Learning offered one of its most popular, tuition-free certificates in June at the Santa Barbara office of the California Employment Development Department. Local jobseekers completed three […]
KRA Gets “Fiscal” at NAWDP 2018 Conference
Zaskia Ruiz, Contract and Budget Services Manager, and Queenie Galvez-Ramiro, Senior Budget Analyst, co-presented Let’s Get Fiscal! to a packed-house, providing important fiscal information, which included critical topics, such as: What are Grants; Where Funding Comes From (Federal, State, and Local/Subrecipient Sources); What’s Required; Types of Costs (Direct, Shared, Indirect); What’s Allowable/What’s Never Allowable; Who Checks/What’s Needed for Compliance; What Went Wrong/Consequences for Noncompliance; and How […]
KRA Gets “Social” at NAWDP 2018 Conference
For nearly 30 years, the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) Annual Conferences have supported industry stakeholders to enhance and maintain their skills through continuing education; network with peers, mentors, and leaders; share ideas, experiences, and metrics about promising practices; and discover new and innovative programs, products, and services. NAWDP 2018, Making Your Workforce […]
KRA Supports Annual Lompoc Career Event
In January, the heavy rains that spawned massive mudslides in Southern California left a path of death and destruction in Santa Barbara County, including the city of Montecito, whose 2010-census count of 8,965 included Ellen DeGeneres, Rob Lowe, Oprah Winfrey, and other celebrities. KRA laments the loss of life and property suffered by anyone affected […]
KRA Monthly Spotlight!
KRA Supports National OSY Cohort Challenge – Launched in November 2017, by the Innovation and Opportunity Network Community of Practice, the OSY Cohort Challenge was “to unpack out-of-school youth (OSY) engagement and retention, and develop solutions that the field will want.” To achieve its goals, Cohort Teams examined and developed resources in three areas: Empowering Youth […]