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KRA/SC Works Spreads Good Will to Youth in Tri-County Area

December 19, 2011 | No Comments

On December 9, 2011, KRA staff from each adult and youth SC Works program in the Waccamaw Region of South Carolina visited a group home or independent living facility for youth, in the County in which the KRA office is located. The visits were part of KRA’s company-wide Community Care Day Initiative, a day of volunteerism to celebrate the joy of giving and sharing good works with neighbors in the communities KRA serves. To obtain gifts for the youth, all offices staged drives to solicit donations from staff and from KRA partner-businesses and organizations in the three communities. Contributions and
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Richmond Mayor and Councilwoman to Speak at KRA/RWC Event

October 17, 2011 | No Comments

On Saturday, October 29, 2011, the Imani Community Development Corporation (ICDC) and the Greater Richmond Urban League will be sponsoring a Meet & Greet Workforce Resource Fair. The KRA/RESOURCE Workforce Center (RWC) Program will serve as co-host for the event, which is the brain child of Lydia Brown, KRA Career Agent, who’s been planning the agenda for the past several months. In addition to several other dignitaries, Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones and Councilwoman Ellen Robertson have agreed to attend and welcome the participants. When asked how the idea for the community-outreach event came to be, Ms. Brown stated, “Sonji Rollins Tucker,
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KRA Monthly Spotlight!

September 30, 2011 | No Comments

Eric Juliano is a conscientious young man with a wife, 4-month-old baby, and now thanks to the KRA/ Resource Workforce Center, a much brighter future for him and his family. Realizing that vocational training can be a valuable key for opening the doors of employment opportunities, he enrolled in Job Corps and graduated as an electrician pre-apprentice. However, after several months of unsuccessful job searching, Mr. Juliano turned to KRA/Resource for intensive, targeted job placement assistance. At the time of his enrollment, he learned from KRA Business Services Representative, Sara Sullivan, that KRA/Resource had partnered with Richmond’s Job Creation Pipeline
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KRA & American Infrastructure… A Promising Partnership

August 17, 2010 | No Comments

Bob Capps, Director of Recruiting, Retention, and Career Development for American Infrastructure (AI), was surfing “Norfolkworkforcedevelopment.com” and read about the work that KRA Corporation does in the community and for the City of Norfolk. Impressed, he contacted Don Scott, KRA Senior Vice President for Workforce Operations, and the two scheduled a meeting to discuss how a KRA/AI partnership could be mutually beneficial. Capps met with Scott and Ninette Adams, Employment Specialist, at KRA’s Norfolk office. Founded in 1939, AI is a family-owned “heavy civil construction company and material supplier” that began as a hauling company in Philadelphia. Today, their network
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