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KRA Supports Baltimore Mayor’s Back-to-School Rally

September 16, 2013 | No Comments

The invitation, sent to Elizabeth Smith, KRA/Baltimore* Operations Manager, read, “Good afternoon Ms. Smith: We would like to thank you and your organization, KRA Corporation, for partnering with Mayor Rawlings-Blake to help students get started on the right track to begin the school year. This year’s rally will be held at War Memorial Plaza, in front of City Hall. Last year, 3,000 students received backpacks, school supplies and valuable resources. Because this year’s rally will be held on a weekend and many families are still facing financial hardships, we expect an even larger turnout. Per your conversation with Marva Williams, Event
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KRA Supports Community Golf Tournament for Youth

September 9, 2013 | No Comments

Recently, KRA/Baltimore*and 17 other teams teed off at the Forrest Park Golf Course for the Baltimore City Department of Social Services 3rd Annual Golf Tournament for a truly worthy cause: to raise awareness on behalf of some of Baltimore City’s finest young citizens… teens living in foster care…of which there are 4,141 over the age of 14. The teams consisted of three players, with a fourth player being a Baltimore City Youth-in-Care for the entire 18-hole course. Individual participants and groups of players from local business, community, and public organizations “hit the links” for some friendly competition, as well as to
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KRA Monthly Spotlight!

August 30, 2013 | No Comments

This month’s Spotlight! is shining brightly on the contribution made by the KRA Corporation Baltimore Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services Program* to a massive recruitment/hiring effort spearheaded by Walters Relocations, Inc. (WRI), a valued KRA/Baltimore business customer. Sponsored and hosted by John Walters, Founder, CEO, and President of WRI**—which has specialized in commercial and residential relocation services for more than 25 years, the Summer Employment Appreciation Event celebrated WRI’s hiring of 70 employees! According to Yvette Clark, “Mr. Walters, a long-established, recognized leader in our community, felt there was more he could do to promote workforce development throughout the Greater Baltimore City area.
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KRA’s Clark Elected to BCCC Board of Directors!

August 26, 2013 | No Comments

Yvette Clark, Lead Job Developer for KRA/Baltimore*, was nominated for the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce (BCCC) Board of Directors by John Walters, former BCCC Board Chair and Owner of Walters Relocations, Inc. (WRI), a valued KRA workforce partner in the Baltimore business community. Clark, who has been a member of the BCCC since 2012, won the election and was welcomed onto the Board during its July Executive Board Meeting. Clark joined the KRA/Baltimore team as a Job Developer in January 2012, and due to exceptional and demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities in the job-development arena, was promoted to Lead
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Workforce Development and Job Creation Get Nod from President Obama in Baltimore

May 31, 2013 | No Comments

Baltimore’s workforce development initiatives were given a shot in the arm recently with the brief visit of President Barack Obama to the Charm City. Looking primarily to promote economic development through job creation, according to the White House, the purpose of the President’s second Jobs and Opportunity Tour is to address three areas of need: jobs, skills, and opportunity. As the operator of the Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services Program, a workforce development program for public-assistance recipients in Baltimore County, KRA Corporation applauds the President’s efforts in taking this opportunity to recognize the need to address job creation and
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Chamber of Commerce Honors KRA

April 1, 2013 | No Comments

The Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce is currently featuring KRA on the Homepage of its website in its Member Spotlight. As the operator of the Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services Program, funded by the Baltimore City Department of Social Services, KRA works every day, with businesses and other community partners, to offer Baltimore City jobseeker-customers, who receive TCA (Temporary Cash Assistance) benefits, a wide range of workforce development services. As an integral part of the Baltimore City community, KRA provides intensive job-readiness/placement services including assessment, Community Work Experience, training, and job development. The Program also provides occupation-specific skills training, to benefit
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KRA Monthly Spotlight!

January 31, 2013 | No Comments

KRA’s Spotlight! continues to shine on a series of articles related to the Power of Partnership. As much as they’d like, KRA programs cannot be all things to all jobseeker-customers. Whatever the program…youth or adult, and whatever the funding…WIA or TANF, the firm’s foremost responsibility is to provide workforce development services resulting in quality education and/or training that leads to meaningful and sustainable employment. Since customers do not come to KRA with single and solitary needs, the development of strategic community partnerships expand the impact of KRA operations by providing critical, employment-enhancing auxiliary services. This month, the KRA Work Participation,
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High-Ranking Maryland Executive Addresses KRA Leaders

January 28, 2013 | No Comments

KRA remains committed to hiring the best people and investing heavily in professional development to deliver the highest caliber Program Management Team. As part of this commitment, in August 2010, KRA launched a formal leadership development program, the Leadership Edge. As KRA continues its planned expansion into new regions, the over-arching goals of the program are to (1) leverage best practices and lessons learned through cross-functional interactions, (2) improve company systems and processes that increase program effectiveness, and (3) fine-tune the decision-making and problem-solving skills necessary for company leaders to respond effectively to changing and challenging situations. Planned by staff
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KRA/Baltimore Supports “Komen Maryland”

November 26, 2012 | No Comments

On October 22, 2012, it was reported that Knowlton R. Atterbeary, KRA President & CEO, had officially launched the 2012 Community Care Day Campaign (CCDC), a company-wide initiative that celebrates the joy of giving and sharing good works with customers and neighbors in the community, and that a Support Our Troops Drive was the focus of the 2012 effort. However, KRA staff across the country do not simply wait for the annual CCDC to do good works in the communities they serve. In fact, since October 15th, reports have been published about the ongoing success of the KRA/CTWorks effort to raise money for
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From KRA Customer to KRA Career Agent

October 15, 2012 | No Comments

On October 15, 2012, Ernestine Chambers began working for the Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services Program as a KRA Career Agent. In and of itself, this is not a newsworthy accomplishment. However, how she got the job is. Chambers, who is 29, single, and the mother of three, enrolled with the KRA Orientation program as a condition of receiving Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) benefits through the Baltimore Department of Social Services (DSS), KRA’s client agency. According to Christin Coleman, KRA Career Agent, “Ernestine had been unemployed for more than 2 years, and had come to realize just how difficult
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