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Conference Information ...... 5 Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance ...... 6-7 Featured Speakers ...... 10-11 Conference Schedule ...... 13-25 PWDA Officers and Board of Directors ...... 26-27 Members ...... 29 Meet the Exhibitors ...... 30-31 Conference Sponsors...... BC

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Exhibit Hall/Networking Visit the Exhibit Hall and meet virtually with providers of cutting-edge products and services in all facets of workforce development. Get your passport stamped by all exhibitors to be entered to win a VISA card from PWDA, two winners will be selected per day. Door prizes will be awarded based on attendance during the Virtual Showcase. All prize winners will be announced the following day. We appreciate the generous support of our door prize sponsors.

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Speakers Bureau Following the conference, PWDA will post the Speakers Bureau on its website at www.pawork.org. The Speakers Bureau is a list of workshop presenters, their organizational affiliation, and contact information.

Conference Evaluation Tell us how we did. PWDA will email an online survey to all registrants. PWDA appreciates your feedback on this year’s conference and ideas for next year. PWDA strives to continuously improve the conference to meet the training needs of the workforce development system and its partners.

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5 Schedule-at-a-Glance

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 • STEM Ecosystems and Workforce Development 10:00 am-11:00 am Partnerships Welcome, Carrie Amann, Executive Director, PWDA • Rejuvenating Reentry - A Look Inside PA Corrections Opening Keynote - Rocky Bleier and Parole – Live Session • Middle School Students + “Future You With the 11:00 am–11:45 am Library” = College and Career Readiness Success Workshops: Round One • Bridging Partnerships to Break Barriers • Policy Grab Bag: Operator, Planning, Credentialing, Performance, Waivers and MORE • Registered Apprenticeship Navigator: An Approach to Expanding the Apprenticeship Ecosystem • Engaging Youth Through Business Education Partnerships • Dispelling Myths and Removing Barriers - Employing Individuals with Disabilities • Expanding Registered Apprenticeship Opportunities Through US DOL Initiatives • Five Trends That Will Change Workforce Development – Live Session • Entrepreneurial Program Elevate or Launch • Workforce System Funding Overview • A Preview of the First PA CareerLink® Cross-training Module • Telling the Whole Story: How Data and Storytelling Support Effective Workforce Development Solutions 1:30 pm-1:45 pm • Turning Business Services Table Talk into Positive Grab a Snack/Wellness Break Employment Outcomes and Partnerships 1:45 pm-2:30 pm • How to Establish a Committee Focused on Workshops Round Three Individuals with Disabilities • Career Ready PA--Meet the PDE Liaisons and Make • Grant Compliance Oversight - How to Meet Grant Career Ready PA Connections Compliance Requirements During COVID • Let’s Talk About Pre-Apprenticeship for Opportunity 11:45 am-12:15 pm Youth – Live Session Lunch Break/Networking & Presenter Q&A • Equity Motivation for Workforce Development Organizations 12:15 pm-12:45 pm • Supporting Workforce: The Need for Child Care Governor’s Employer Awards Access

12:45 pm-1:30 pm • The Power & Potential of Near Completers and Workshops Round Two Comebackers • Virtual Motivation! Motivating Clients Virtually! • Overview of PA Unemployment Compensation • PA SLIP - High Impact to Regional Strategies Benefits Modernization

6 • Telling Your Story – Leveraging Traditional & Digital • Unlocking the Talent of the Hidden Workforce Media to Influence Your Audience • Partnerships with Higher Education: The Secret • YCAL in the Drivers Seat Recipe to Sustainable Workforce Development – Live Session • Participant Motivation and Goal Planning Tools • Business Services: A Response to the COVID0 19 • Secondary CTE Administrators: Critical Partners in Pandemic the Talent Pipeline for the Future of Work • Meet Pennie – Pennsylvania’s New State-Based 2:30 pm-3:30 pm Health Insurance Exchange Virtual Showcase (w/Networking & Presenter Q&A) • Not Your Grandfather’s Strategic Plan Part I

12:15 pm-12:45 pm Thursday, October 22, 2020 Lunch Break/Networking & Presenter Q&A 10:00 am-10:30 am Governor’s Achievement Awards 12:45 pm-1:30 pm Workshops: Round Six 10:30 am-11:15 am • DHS – CAO Meeting – Workshops: Round Four Closed Session • Improving Workplace Skills Using the Foundation Skills • Multi-Gen Workforce Program Model – A Focus on Framework Family Success • Crisis Mitigation: Using Case Management to Support • Career Pathways Model Customers in Crisis • This Takes a Village Too.... • The Impact WIOA’s New Nondiscrimination Rules on • Preparing Youth with Disabilities for the Workforce: A Workforce Development Funding Recipients Creative and Collaborative Approach • Dinosaur vs. Astronaut: Which will you be? • Investing in Youth 12-24 Years Old • Employment First, a Team Effort by DHS Offices, • Incorporating Evidence Based Strategies in OLTL,ODP and OMHSAS Workforce Development – Live Session • Legal Literacy: Working with a Criminal Record • Avoid the Cliff - Child Care and Other Transitional • Not Your Grandfather’s Strategic Plan Part II Benefits for TANF and SNAP Participants – Live Session (must view Part I pre-recorded session • Soft Skills is the Magic Sauce to Your Programs! prior to participating in Part II) • Use Your Strategic Plan to Increase Board 1:30 pm-2:30 pm Engagement and Effectiveness Virtual Showcase (w/Networking & Presenter Q&A) • Innovative Approaches to Out-of-School Youth Engagement

11:15 am-11:30 am Friday, October 23, 2020 Grab a Snack/Wellness Break 9:00 am-10:00 am Pennsylvania Agency Secretary Policy Panel 11:30 am-12:15 pm Workshops: Round Five 10:00 am-11:00 am Closing Keynote – Farai Chideya • How to Implement Trauma-Informed Healing- Centered Programming Within TANF and Workforce 11:00 am-11:15 am Development Closing Remarks – Carrie Amann • PAForward™: Literacy is Power. Libraries Provide the Executive Director, PWDA Fuel

• SNHU Powered by JEVS: How Competency-Based Postsecondary Education Upskills Talent • Reaching Incarcerated Youth: Creating Partnerships to Serve Justice Involved Participants

7 Featured Speakers

Opening Keynote Speaker Pennsylvania Agency Secretary Policy Panel Rocky Bleier Friday, October 23, 2020, 9:00-10:00 am Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Join us for an engaging panel session featuring 10:00-11:00 am state agency secretaries and executive leaders discussing current events and priority matters for Rocky Bleier’s story - a gripping the customers they serve and the system they lead. tale of courage on both the football fields of America and the battle fields of Vietnam - has held audiences in rapt attention , Secretary for years. Yet, the motivational message behind PA Department of Agriculture it, detailing how ordinary people can become extraordinary achievers, defines success in the new Governor nominated American century. Russell Redding to serve as the 26th Secretary of Agriculture With the same optimism, sense of humor and for the Commonwealth of steadfast determination that were his trademarks Pennsylvania He is the former dean of the School as a Pittsburgh Steelers running back, Rocky Bleier of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at takes audiences from his early years through his Delaware Valley University. Redding has spent professional career and talks about the lessons he more than 25 years representing Pennsylvania learned along the way...lessons from which we can agriculture as a public servant in Harrisburg and all benefit. Washington D.C. A native Pennsylvanian, Redding grew up on his family’s dairy farm and now For more than two years, he drove himself. Little operates a general crop farm in Gettysburg with by little he overcame obstacles and fought his way his family. Redding is a graduate of Penn State’s back. He not only made the Pittsburgh Steelers, but College of Agricultural Sciences. also eventually became a starting running back on a team that won four Super Bowls and became the greatest football team of the 20th century. , Secretary PA Department of Community The hard lessons Rocky Bleier learned early in his & Economic Development life that helped him overcome adversity and reach his goals, have paid off after football. These lessons Dennis M. Davin was appointed are seen between the lines in the popular book on by Governor Tom Wolf to serve his life, “Fighting Back” and on stages of speaking as Secretary of the Department appearances around the country. of Community and Economic Development (DCED) In this position, Secretary Davin leads

8 the commonwealth’s efforts to support business advance Governor Wolf’s health innovation and growth, strengthen the workforce, and revitalize workforce development agendas, overseeing the communities across Pennsylvania. Since the successful launch of managed care for long term beginning of the Wolf Administration, Secretary care services, and supporting efforts to address Davin has had the pleasure of visiting more than social determinants of health such as food security 750 businesses to gain a first-hand understanding and housing. Prior to leading DHS, Miller served as of Pennsylvania’s industries and the challenges Pennsylvania’s beginning faced by businesses of all sizes. Under Secretary in January 2015. Before coming to Pennsylvania, Davin’s leadership, DCED launched critical Miller held positions at the federal Centers for economic development initiatives like the PA Medicare and Medicaid Services, where she worked Business One Stop Shop, the Manufacturing PA on implementation of the Affordable Care Act. initiative, and the new branding of Pennsylvania with “Pursue Your Happiness,” and “Work Smart. Live Happy Redevelopment Authority , Secretary PA Department of Labor & Industry George Little Executive Deputy Secretary Before joining the Department PA Department of Corrections of Labor and Industry on Sept. 5, 2017, Secretary Oleksiak most Mr. Little currently has served as recently served as president of the Pennsylvania the Executive Deputy Secretary State Education Association (PSEA) – the largest of Community Corrections professional association in the commonwealth. and Reentry at the Pennsylvania Department of Prior to becoming president in 2015, he served as Corrections (DOC) since September of 2017. Mr. PSEA vice president, treasurer, and as a member Little brings with him over 30 years extensive of the board of directors. Secretary Oleksiak is leadership experience in the public sector, which especially proud of the more than three decades he includes strategic planning, operations, budgeting, spent as a classroom teacher, most of that time as a government regulations and compliance, and special education teacher at the Upper Merion Area formulating policies. School District in King of Prussia. He also served as president of the Upper Merion Area Education Association (UMAEA). Noe Ortega, Acting Secretary PA Department of Education Closing Keynote Speaker Noe Ortega currently serves Farai Chideya as the Acting Secretary at the Friday, October 23, 2020 Pennsylvania Department of 10:00-11:00 am Education (PDE). While most of Noe’s research has focused on postsecondary Farai Chideya has combined access and success for all students, his most recent media, technology, and socio- publications examine how public investment in political analysis during her thirty-year career as higher education shape decision-making at colleges an award-winning author, journalist, professor, and and universities. lecturer. She is the host of the new syndicated public radio show and podcast Our Body Politic, and the former longtime host of NPR’s News & , Secretary Notes. Farai is the author of six books including The PA Department of Human Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age Services of Disruption.

Teresa Miller has served as Secretary of the Department of Human Services (DHS) since August 2017. In her time at DHS, Miller has focused on collaborating across agencies to

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Registered Apprenticeship Navigator: An Approach to Expanding the Apprenticeship Ecosystem 10:00 am-11:00 am The Keystone Development Partnership Welcome – Carrie Amann developed a one-year apprenticeship program Executive Director, PWDA for workforce development intermediaries that help start apprenticeship programs. “Registered Opening Keynote Apprenticeship Navigators” grow the apprenticeship Rocky Bleier ecosystem through creating regional partnerships Sponsored by: and providing technical assistance for apprenticeship sponsors. In partnership with Philadelphia Works, the first cohort of 20 Navigators from Southeast PA started in September 2019 with plans to replicate apprenticeship in Central and Western PA. Come 11:00 am–11:45 am learn about how to expand apprenticeship programs Workshops: Round One in your region. Presenters Sponsored by: Tara Tom, John Paul, and John Tkach, Keystone Development Partnership

Bridging Partnerships to Break Barriers MontcoWorks has built and enhanced a network of partnerships in Montgomery County over the Did you know PWDA offers an past few years that aims to ensure all agencies and resources are represented and available to Individual Membership? our residents. Our Local Management Committee meets quarterly to discuss partner agency View Member Benefits and Join! updates and to brainstorm solutions to common challenges. MontcoWorks also organizes an annual event, “Building Bridges: Workforce Partnerships in Action,” a workforce development event that promotes state and local workforce agency and stakeholder collaboration.

Presenters Jennifer Butler, Terri Jones, and Jane Stein, MontcoWorks

11 12 Dispelling Myths and Removing Barriers - Telling the Whole Story: How Data and Employing Individuals with Disabilities Storytelling Support Effective Workforce This presentation will share research based facts Development Solutions on employment of individuals with disabilities - From delivering insight on the populations we serve such as reduced absenteeism, increased revenue, to evaluating program metrics, data is a powerful and improved safety performance. Attendees tool for public workforce development. However, will also be provided with creative examples of there are times when data paint an incomplete how some businesses have implemented simple picture, or lead us to conclusions that are at odds strategies that make their workplaces more with our knowledge as practitioners. This workshop inclusive and accessible to a diverse workforce - draws from an innovative community-driven examples include adapted communication methods approach to informing workforce development and alternate format employee handbooks and in North Philadelphia and will give you tools to documents, rethinking how job descriptions are leverage metrics by coupling them with storytelling. developed, and making the break room more accessible to all employees. Presenters Meg Shope Koppel, Ph.D., Philadelphia Works, Inc. Presenters Mohona Siddique, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia Nicole Turman and Jennifer Hipps, The Arc of Pennsylvania

Turning Business Services Table Talk into Positive Five Trends That Will Change Workforce Employment Outcomes and Partnerships Development – Live Session Businesses urgently need your help to execute upon Will workforce development look different in a few a sustainable talent pipelining strategy. Yet, often years? You can anticipate changes in response they lack the engagement or perseverance needed to new priorities among federal, state and local to move initiatives along. They seem to want the elected officials and workforce boards. But the main world, with none of their own skin in the game. driver of change will come from forces larger than Workforce Investment Boards and Career Centers workforce and to some extent not in the control of across the country are experiencing this dilemma. government. Among these: Demographic and social Our program seeks to provide participants with a changes, artificial intelligence and new ways of refreshed toolkit to operate more effectively in the work, policy responses to family well-being; as well world of employer partnerships. as more workforce-specific forces such as work- based learning. How might the work of workforce Presenters professionals change? Martie Tlepo and Julie Groft, Manpower

Presenter Robert Knight, Equus Workforce Services How to Establish a Committee Focused on Individuals with Disabilities Labor markets in many PA regions have now Workforce System Funding Overview reached near full-employment. Unfortunately, under/ This training is geared toward local board staff unemployment among working-age individuals and fiscal agents. This training will provide an with disabilities remains dramatically higher than overview of federal and state funding that supports for others. In formulating a strategic response to the workforce system, general requirements for this long-standing disconnect, the Berks County each grant, overview of rules, regulations and WDB established a Working Group on Individuals policies that govern the grants, and general with Disabilities to partner with local employers in workforce procedures. examining the issue to identify best practices and to explore possible linkages with the Governor’s Presenters Employment First policy. Discover the steps Berks Brenda Duppstadt and Michael White took to determine the local need, recruit members, PA Department of Labor and Industry and organize events designed to reach employers.

Presenters John W. Moser, Berks County Workforce Development Board Thomas C. McKeon, Berks County Industrial Development Authority Carol Homolash, PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

13 Grant Compliance Oversight - How to PA SLIP - High impact to Regional Strategies Meet Grant Compliance Requirements Learn about how the PA SLIP program has been During COVID integrated into the north central region’s workforce This workshop will provide the compliance oversight strategy. Hear from employers who have indicated requirements for Subrecipient Monitoring and Audit that this program is a great youth retention Resolution in accordance with Office of Management strategy. Learn about the quality opportunities and Budget 2 CFR Uniform Administrative available to our youth. Students will share Requirements for Federal Awards and discuss some how this program has opened their eyes to the potential challenges in meeting them during COVID opportunities available in the region. And finally, and possible work around solutions. learn about the “Ready, Set, Work” on-line learning tool that has provided work ready education for Presenter our youth. Jackie Sakane, Jackie Sakane Consulting Presenters Susan Snelick and Pam Streich, Workforce Solutions for North Central PA

11:45 am-12:15 pm Lunch Break/Networking & Presenter Q&A STEM Ecosystems and Workforce Development Partnerships STEM Ecosystems are a group of local cross sector 12:15 pm-12:45 pm stakeholders that leverage collective action to Governor’s Employer Awards produce high quality STEM experiences for every learner building knowledge and skills in preparation for careers. Change the Equation states that Sponsored by: PA STEM jobs are projected to grow by eight percent between 2017-2027. STEM Ecosystems with workforce development entities provide an approach for taking advantage of opportunities and addressing career preparation challenges. Dr. Black will cover the development and focus of STEM Ecosystems on career readiness, partnership development, and data collection for decision- 12:45 pm-1:30 pm making including asset mapping. Workshops Round Two Presenter Winnie Black,EdD, PSAYDN

Virtual Motivation! Motivating Clients Virtually! COVID19 has created a phenomenon we call Rejuvenating Reentry - A look inside PA “Disruptive Innovation.” In essence, it forced us Corrections and Parole – Live Session to innovate and explore new ways of doing work Reentry is more than a buzz word in Corrections and life. Workforce Development Organizations and Parole. We want to share the opportunities nationally have been forced to interact with fellow available to inmates and reentrants, both inside staff members and clients in a new and innovative and outside prison. These opportunities benefit way. Our session will provide attendees with tools to employers who can then hire an educated and/ engage and inspire clients and each other virtually. or skilled employee. Come hear success stories We will delve into the importance of face and body directly from reentrants who have used the gestures, using ZOOM instruments like the chat opportunities made available while incarcerated and feature, polls, virtual motivational interviewing, etc. now live productive lives in society. We will teach attendees how to be as motivational online as they were offline. Presenters Dorenda Hamarlund, PA Department of Corrections and Presenter Parole Board Coach D, Darrell Andrews Enterprises Jen Strobel, Flagger Force

14 Middle School Students + “Future You With the Expanding Registered Apprenticeship Library” = College and Career Readiness Success Opportunities through US DOL Initiatives The Office of Commonwealth Libraries in partnership Registered Apprenticeships provide great with the Young Adult Services Association (YALSA) and opportunities for assisting employers in addressing the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) their workforce development needs. This workshop developed a state-wide version of the Institute for provides direct information on two of four USDOL Museum and Library Services-funded “Future Ready RA Initiatives, Cyber Security for Youth and Health with the Library” project. This program, entitled “Future Care for Youth & Adults. Local Areas will be You with the Library” supports small libraries in providing encouraged to partner with both RA Initiatives to college and career readiness services for middle school expand their RA programs in these critical areas. students in their communities, enabling Middle schoolers to engage in valuable career exploration and workforce Presenters preparation experiences. Come hear how three Michael Lawrence, ICF Pennsylvania public libraries – Slippery Rock Community Clare Hines, The net.America Corporation Library, Kreutz Creek Library, and Grundy Library - are developing model programs and tools that can be used by a wide range of communities and libraries. Entrepreneurial Program Elevate or Launch Our research has shown that training future Presenters employees to think and act like entrepreneurs has Karen Pierce, Slippery Rock Community Library a tremendous impact on their engagement levels Jennifer Johnson, Kreutz Creek Library and the quality of the work they produce, therefore Laura Salaiye, The Marger R. Grundy Memorial Library meeting performance levels. Being an entrepreneur Policy Grab Bag: Operator, Planning, is more than starting a business and gaining profits. Credentialing, Performance, Waivers and MORE Having an entrepreneurial spirit means to be a creative, independent problem solver. You see the The Department of Labor & Industry Bureau of bigger picture and believe there’s no limit to what Workforce Development Administration Policy & Planning you can achieve. Applying the entrepreneurial spirit Coordination Services Unit is issuing a cornucopia of to a subject you’re already confident in will allow workforce system policies in 2020. Sit down with unit you to see that subject in a different perspective. staff and learn more about changes to existing policies You will be an instant asset to any company you (system of record, operator, planning, local governance, work for or with. Entrepreneurship education will be etc.) and exciting new ones (policy on policies, waivers, a talking point in every job interview and the skills performance, credentialing, etc.). you will obtain because of these minors will not be something an employer will want to pass up. Presenters Christopher S. Manlove and Michael Branca Presenter PA Department of Labor & Industry Mark Greenberg, BuildED Engaging Youth Through Business Education Partnerships A Preview of the First PA CareerLink® Cross- Workforce Solutions for North Central PA staff will training Module provide the history behind the implementation of This session will introduce and preview the initial the Business Education Partnership (BEP) as well as on-demand PA CareerLink® cross-training module introduce participants to the programs and activities to participants. This online module is the first in (including virtual programs) offered to secondary an expected series being developed and designed schools, employers and other community agencies in in partnership with WIOA core partners. The the North Central Workforce Development Area which content of the module includes introductory include the counties of Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, information about core partners and strategies to McKean and Potter. The programs and activities include work effectively, in partnership, with customers to Carl the Career Bear, an elementary school program, increase co-enrollment. Discussion will also include Breakout EDU, virtual career cruises, a career exploration strategies for using the companion guide to follow- website and many other engaging activities. All of the up and enhance the content of the module. programs connect business with schools, parents and students and align with PDE’s Career Readiness Index for Presenters the Future Ready PA Index and Chapter 339 plans. KayLynn Hamilton, Penn State University Amanda Harrison, PA Department of Education Presenters Destiny Simpson, TIU 11 Community Education and Pam Streich and Jocelyn Bash, Workforce Solutions for Workforce Services North Central PA

15 16 1:30 pm-1:45 pm Let’s Talk About Pre-Apprenticeship for Grab a Snack/Wellness Break – choose from Opportunity Youth – Live Session a beginner yoga session or a crash course on the Philadelphia Works, JEVS Human Services, power of food! and YOACAP want to talk with you about Relax, breath, and flow! implementing Pre-Apprenticeship programming Enjoy a brief yoga session with Lauren Ciliberto with formula funding. Let’s talk about how your to de-stress in between sessions and work local area utilizes Pre-Apprenticeship to Registered demands. Geared for first time participants through Apprenticeship models to support opportunity intermediary level. youth and businesses. We plan to share how to get this work started as well as our lessons learned The Food Fight for Immune Health and challenges for designing youth focused pre- Join The GIANT Company Nutritionist, Shanna apprenticeship to apprenticeship models. Shultz, for a crash course on building up your immune system with the power of food. She will Presenters discuss key elements to include into your diet while Kimberly McCaffrey, Philadelphia Works, Inc. showcasing a recipe that could provide you with an Edison Freire, JEVS Human Services added boost this season. Duerward Beale, Urban Affairs Coalition YOACAP

Sponsored by: Equity Motivation For Workforce Development Organizations As it relates to black and brown people, equity is becoming a significant issue in the United States of America. Many organizations are analyzing more effective ways to establish systems of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Darrell “Coach D’ Andrews 1:45 pm-2:30 pm will share insights into his process of “Equity Workshops Round Three Motivation” as it relates to workforce development organizations. His organization’s core belief is, “Equity is not a head issue; it is a heart issue.” Equity is a journey that encompasses real-world conversations, understanding individual biases, and Career Ready PA--Meet the PDE Liaisons and helping employees and leaders embrace new and Make Career Ready PA Connections inclusive perspectives relating to black and brown clients, staff, leaders, and communities. Equity is not Pennsylvania’s future depends on having a well- a program! This session will be an eye-opener! educated and skilled workforce prepared to meet the current and projected demands of a global, Presenter knowledge-based 21st century economy. PDE has Coach D, Darrell Andrews Enterprises created a Career Ready PA, supported by 10 Career Ready Regions and an IU liaison in each region as a point of contact. Career Ready PA helps educators Supporting Workforce: The Need for Child prepare learners for success through cross-sector Care Access collaboration, training, best practices, and resources to develop the employability skills necessary for A recent report Growing Tomorrow’s Economy meaningful engagement in postsecondary education, Means Investing in Child Care Today, specifically in workforce training, in career pathways, and as highlights the adverse impacts to employers, families responsible, involved citizens. In this session, you and children caused by lack of child care. Child Care have the opportunity to meet PDE’s Career Ready PA is a critical component of workforce infrastructure Regional liaisons, as well as learn more about regional in Pennsylvania. Participants are invited to learn opportunities in this interactive panel discussion. about the current state of child care in Pennsylvania; supports available to working families or those in Presenters job training programs and opportunities to promote Laura Fridirici, PA Department of Education increased access to child care. Nick Paolini (IU5), Career Ready Region 1 Liaison Matt LaVerde (IU6), Career Ready Region 3 Liaison Presenters Tim Heffernan, PA Rural Robotics Initiative Tracey Campanini, Office of Child Development and Early Learning Rina Irwin, Child Development Centers, Inc.

17 18 The Power & Potential of Near Completers Participant Motivation and Goal Planning Tools and Comebackers This workshop will provide tools that Career Shippensburg University undertook an analysis Advisors and Case Managers can use to motivate of the population of “some college, no degree” their participants and aid them in independent students enrolled at the University between goal planning. The presenter has been successfully 2011 and 2019 with the goal of trying to suggest using these tools with EARN and WR participants policy around what the institution might do to for the last two years. These tools include having promote and enhance degree completion. We are participants create their own personal strategic partnering with the Institute for Higher Education plan and professional portfolios. Attendees Policy [IHEP] and Degrees When Due to “support will leave with tools and materials that can be campus innovation in degree reclamation, implemented immediately. specifically in the areas of reverse transfer and/or adult reengagement.” Presenter Chelsey Brought, Trehab Presenter(s) Lesley Brown, Shippensburg University Secondary CTE Administrators: Critical Partners in the Talent Pipeline for the Future Overview of PA Unemployment Compensation of Work Benefits Modernization This presentation seeks active engagement from participants. The session will focus on the A brief overview of Pennsylvania’s new importance of collaboration with secondary career Unemployment Compensation System and general and technical education (CTE) administrators changes that modernize the users experience. regarding workforce development needs and a Presenter talent pipeline with regional focused pathway Chester McCullough, PA Department of Labor & Industry options given the Perkins V (2018) legislation. The session will stress the importance of collaborative efforts in PA that includes secondary CTE as a partner in talent development, implementing Telling Your Story – Leveraging Traditional & regional strategies, and being forward thinking Digital Media to Influence Your Audience concerning the future of work. We will emphasize the importance of collaborative efforts with We hear from workforce customers that they wish employer/workforce development professionals everyone knew about the beneficial programs and the “added value” of secondary CTE. We available at the PACareerlinks®. Learn how to share will explore the essentials of comprehensive and promote local workforce programs and success knowledge of business and industry needs and stories using traditional and social media platforms regional labor market issues/challenges and the from communication experts from the Department direct tie to the role and responsibilities of the of Labor and Industry. CTE Director to support workforce development services in CTE. Presenter Jamie Kopko, PA Department of Labor & Industry Presenters Michael W. Harvey and Joey A. Fleck, Penn State University James A. Kraft, Berks Career and Technology Center YCAL in the Drivers Seat When you think of the Conference Topic, “Driving 2:30 pm-3:30 pm Workforce Connections,” YCAL is the epitome of connecting Business and Education. Celebrating Virtual Showcase our 30th Anniversary this year, find out how YCAL (w/Networking & Presenter Q&A) was able to impact the career education and development of over 8,400 students, which is a 25% increase over the previous school year. Learn about the many programs that help connect Educators and Students to Business.

Presenter Kevin Appnel, YCAL

19 20 Thursday, October 22, 2020 This Takes a Village Too.... On paper it sounds simple - create career pathways for individuals with barriers. Simple until we add in 10:00 am-10:30 am people, each with multiple layers of barriers including Governor’s Achievement Awards trauma, mental health or “story.” So how do we successfully move people not just into a job but into a long-term career pathway? Well, this takes a village too. This workshop is an opportunity to engage in real 10:30 am-11:15 am talk about the struggles, challenges and successes in Workshops: Round Four creating career pathways for individuals with barriers.

Presenters Mike Barba, SCPa Works Multi-Gen Workforce Program Model – A Focus on Family Success Preparing Youth with Disabilities for the The Multi-Generation (Multi-Gen) model Workforce: A Creative and Collaborative demonstrates how targeting low-income children Approach and parents from the same family can help interrupt the cycle of poverty. This approach focuses on The Pittsburgh Public Schools Start on Success addressing the social and educational needs of both Program (SOS), the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation children and their parents, with the goal of creating (OVR), and Partner4Work (P4W) have partnered new career opportunities and better financial to create a model blending funding, expertise, and outcomes for families. The workshop presenters resources to help high school students with disabilities take attendees on the journey of this Multi-Gen cultivate work readiness skills and learn to work by program’s success with some of the most difficult working. Join representatives from P4W and SOS in to serve populations. learning about the three-year career development initiative that braids daily classroom instruction with Presenters community work-based learning experiences. Roe Falcone, EDSI Christine Murrin, Ed.D, Chester County Intermediate Unit Presenters Julia Gagosian, Partner4Work Ashley McFall, Pittsburgh Public Schools Career Pathways Model Investing in Youth 12-24 Years Old Learn how the North Central Workforce Philadelphia Works Inc., Philadelphia’s local Development Board partnered with KayLynn workforce development board, will share promising Hamilton Consulting on a regional Career Pathways practices for local boards about aligning multiple Initiative to support several workforce strategies. funding streams to support the many needs of These strategies include providing information of youth and employers. We will talk about our lessons career opportunities to individuals interested in learned and challenges when implementing locally. moving or commuting to the North Central Region for work; providing pathway information to our Presenters students to assist them in making informed career Kimberly McCaffrey and Miya McAfee, Philadelphia Works, Inc. decisions; and providing a mechanism for PA CareerLink(R) staff to case manage individuals on the career opportunities and how to access training Incorporating Evidence-Based Strategies in and education to move along a pathway. Workforce Development – Live Session This session will help attendees learn about the Presenters importance and value of incorporating evidence- Susan Snelick, and Pam Streich, Workforce Solutions for based strategies into their workforce development North Central PA efforts. Evidence-based strategies ensure that KayLynn Hamilton, Penn State University programs are designed in manner that allows evaluation and adjustment, if necessary, to ensure priority outcomes are achieved.

Presenters Allison Jones, PA Governor’s Office James Martini, PA Workforce Development Board Local Workforce Development Board Directors

21 Avoid the Cliff - Child Care and Other Innovative Approaches to Out-of-School Transitional Benefits for TANF and SNAP Youth Engagement Participants Presenters will share innovative, transferable This session will present a review of subsidized methods to facilitate young adult engagement Child Care and Special Allowances for Supportive utilizing community partnerships. Further, strategies Services (SPALs) available to TANF and SNAP-only to support OSY program elements through peer parents participating in Employment and Training ambassadors, co-enrollment, work experience and programs. The session will also review transitional On-the-Job Training will be highlighted. benefits for TANF and SNAP parents who leave these programs for work, so that Employment and Presenters Training Program staff can better counsel their Marca O’Hargan, Tim Musselman, Paula Dickey, Nicole clients who are transitioning to work and ease their Harer, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit fears about being worse off working than they were when receiving benefits. 11:15 am - 11:30 am Presenter Grab a Snack/Wellness Break – chose from an Peter Zurflieh, Community Justice Project advance yoga session or making the most of your grocery dollars!

Soft Skills is the Magic Sauce to Your Relax, Breath, and Flow! Enjoy a yoga flow with Lauren Ciliberto to Programs! increase your energy and relaxation. Designed for Implementing Soft Skills into your work-based programs, introductory and intermediate yogis! (youth, apprenticeships) for a better outcome. Shopping Savvy: Eating Well on a Budget Learn how integrating a Soft Skills curriculum into your Join The GIANT Company Nutritionist, Holly Doan, programs can bring better outcomes in retention and for a quick chat on how to make the most of your completion rates, as well as helping clients land the grocery dollars with some savvy shopping tips. She interview, get the job, and keep the job. will inspire you with an affordable meal demo that you can easily recreate any night of the week. Presenters Eleanor Eberhart-Chin and Susan Haggard, Work Sponsored by: Certified Solutions

Use Your Strategic Plan to Increase Board 11:30 am-12:15 pm Engagement and Effectiveness Workshops: Round Five Successful Boards require Successful Staff. Participants in the session will: 1) identify strategies to increase board engagement 2) learn how to How to Implement Trauma-Informed Healing- create an “agenda of work” for board committees Centered Programming Within TANF and to effectively engage to advance the strategic plan Workforce Development goals and objectives 3) understand how “completed The Network is a peer-oriented, trauma informed, staff work” results in increased board engagement. asset building model that works with caregivers Presenters receiving public benefits to break the cycle Michael Lawrence, Community Workforce Advancements, LLC of poverty. Our research shows The Network Debra Thompson, Strategy Solutions, Inc. improvements in caregiver employment, depression, and household food security occur specifically because of our trauma informed healing centered work connecting members to more social capital. Our workshop will talk about our methods doing this trauma informed work on an individual and collective level, within workforce development.

Presenters Allie Huxta, The Building Wealth and Health Network Mike Moody, The Building Wealth and Health Network

22 PAForward™: Literacy is Power. Libraries Unlocking the Talent of the Hidden Workforce Provide the Fuel Making a positive impact in both your community Libraries are critical to improving the literacy in and your business is amazing! You can do both, our citizens, especially in the fundamental areas all while tapping in to a talent pool that is hard- of basic literacy, information literacy, civic and working, loyal, and has strong management social literacy, health literacy, and financial literacy. potential. Learn from two leaders in the state These are the foundational literacies our citizens making a difference in Workforce Development. need to be fully functioning individuals in a 21st Flagger Force has made hiring reentrants a priority, Century workforce. With libraries in every county and they have become experts at onboarding and in the Commonwealth, learn about opportunities retaining this population. Today they will share the to use PAForward™ library or partner services and secrets of their success. upgrade current workers. Presenters Presenters Allen Norton, PA Chamber of Business & Industry Christi Buker, Pennsylvania Library Association Jen Strobel, Flagger Force Rob Lesher, Pennsylvania Library Association Partnerships With Higher Education: The Secret Recipe To Sustainable Workforce Development - Live Session SNHU Powered by JEVS: How Competency- Based Postsecondary Education Upskills Higher education is an important pipeline for talent development. In recent years, the gap between Talent the skills students are developing in school and This interactive workshop will introduce participants the skills needed to succeed in the workplace is to Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) widening. The best way to close that gap is to have powered by JEVS, an innovative model that is more frequent communication between higher radically expanding access to higher education education and the business sector and a feedback through low-cost, competency-based college loop that directly contributes to students’ skill degrees and credentials designed to drive success development. In this session, we will explore the in the workplace. Participants will learn about the value of work-integrated learning, the impact it has SNHU-JEVS model and how they can apply best on students’ skill development, and the importance practices in employer engagement, incumbent of higher education and business partnerships. This worker upskilling, and lifelong learning within their session is hosted by Riipen - the worlds leading own workforce programs. marketplace for project-based learning helping businesses achieve their goals and students prepare Presenter for the future of work. Keighan Gunther, JEVS Human Services Presenter Dave Savory, Riipen

Reaching Incarcerated Youth: Creating Business Services: A Response to the Partnerships to Serve Justice Involved COVID-19 Pandemic: Participants With the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic, we have This year, Employment & Training Inc. utilized TANF witnessed our local, national, and global economies funding to offer its Career Development Education begin to crumble. Businesses are shuttered, idle, Series to youth incarcerated at Youth Forestry or operating at reduced capacity. Millions of Camp #3 in James Creek, PA. In partnership with Americans are adapting to “Work from Home” the Bureau of Juvenile Justice, the Tuscarora life, learning how to home school, and navigating Intermediate Unit 11, and OVR, 10 youth were a “new normal” rife with uncertainty and almost presented with the curriculum prior to their release constant change. This workshop will provide from incarceration. This workshop will focus on the strategies to build relationships with businesses, partnerships forged to offer the curriculum, as well address lay-offs and closures and prepare the talent as the materials presented. pipeline to meet the needs of employers now and in the future. Presenters Candy E. Price-Winnick, Employment & Training Inc. Presenter Tressa A. Dorsey, CBSC, GCDF, CCSP, FCDI, TAD Grants

23 Meet Pennie – Pennsylvania’s New State- Crisis Mitigation: Using Case Management to Based Health Insurance Exchange Support Customers in Crisis Care In serving workers in transition and small businesses, As part of an effort to redesign the city’s TANF the topic of health insurance options often program, Philadelphia Works, developed a pathway arises. If you have heard of the Affordable Care specifically for customers experiencing crises. This Act and the Federal Marketplace, we have got session will discuss the need for this pathway in some news for you. We would like to introduce Philadelphia, how the pathway was developed and you to Pennie, the Pennsylvania Health Insurance implemented in a way to address the needs of Exchange Authority and Pennie’s Executive Director, the customers and staff, and the challenges and Zachary Sherman. Pennie is a state-based health success of implementing a more intensive approach insurance marketplace created for Pennsylvania by to case management, focused on crisis mitigation. Pennsylvanians. Our inaugural Open Enrollment Period is November 1, 2020. Pennie helps connect Presenters Pennsylvanians to health coverage. Kataney Couamin, Philadelphia Works, Inc. Tracy Crawford-Carter, Philadelphia Works, Inc. Presenter Jeannette Holdbrook, Mathematica Policy Research Zachary Sherman, Pennie

Not Your Grandfather’s Strategic Plan The Impact WIOA’s New Nondiscrimination Do you know where your Strategic Plan is? Is it Rules On Workforce Development Funding coordinated with partners and actionable? Have you Recipients accomplished most items you put into your Strategic Plan? This workshop gives you an approach to The Impact WIOA’s new nondiscrimination rules on Strategic DoingTM that will move your organization Workforce Development funding recipients forward every 90 days. SD helps your collaborations 29 CFR part 38 became effective in 2018 and quickly, moves them toward measurable outcomes established a new set of rules for all CareerLink and adjusts along the way. Participants will engage partners to follow. These rules will be the basis for in a Strategic DoingTM scenario realistic to the the 2020 Nondiscrimination Plan (formerly Methods workforce development industry. of Administration) that will be issued by Labor & Industry. This session will provide a summary of Presenter the major changes in these rules and a preview of Lisa Rice, Every Strength Counts what the new Nondiscrimination Plan means to you, including training, EO policies and clarity.

12:15 pm-12:45 pm Presenters Lunch Break/Networking & Presenter Q&A James Kayer, Sandy List, and Mark Matako PA Department of Labor & Industry 12:45 pm-1:30 pm Workshops: Round Six Dinosaur vs. Astronaut: Which will you be? DHS-CAO Meeting - CLOSED SESSION From Dinosaur to Astronaut…Overnight! COVID-19 forced all of us to re-imagine not just Improving Workplace Skills Using the service delivery, but also how the world works Foundation Skills Framework (literally and figuratively) in the midst of a global pandemic. From staying in-touch with our teams This session will provide an overview of how the and our participants, to mastering several different Foundation Skills Framework aligns to WIOA virtual meeting platforms, and more, we have all requirements for workforce preparation and helps had to adjust on-the-fly, try new things, and see improve workplace skills for job seekers and what works to meet the needs of employers and incumbent workers. Presenters will share examples jobseekers alike. Come and hear some of the ideas of best practices for using the framework with implemented by (or soon to be) in the Northwest adults, out of school youth, employers, and other Workforce Area and learn from their experience! workforce partners. Presenters Presenters Carmine A. Camillo, WIOA Title - Northwest Workforce Area KayLynn Hamilton, Penn State University Ben Wilson, NWPA WDA Chrissie Klinger, Penn State University

24 Employment First, A Team Effort By DHS Friday, October 23, 2020 Offices, OLTL,ODP and OMHSAS Learn about various DHS Program Office Initiatives, 9:00 am-10:00 am similarities, differences and status of services. Pennsylvania Agency Secretary Policy Panel Presenters Moderated by Corinna Wilson, Wilson500 Edward M. Butler, Office of Long Term Living Randall Loss, Office of Mental Health and Substance Featuring: Abuse Services Laura Cipriani, Office of Developmental Programs • Secretary Russell Redding PA Department of Agriculture • Secretary Dennis Davin PA Department of Community and Economic Legal Literacy: Working with a Criminal Development Record • Executive Deputy Secretary George Little Learn how a Barrier Reducing Workshop was PA Department of Corrections developed from a yearlong collaboration of many community and county partners. Legal Literacy: • Acting Secretary Noe Ortega Working with a Criminal Record was developed to PA Department of Education give individuals with a less than perfect background • Secretary Teresa Miller the knowledge and tools to “clean up” their records, PA Department of Human Services make themselves more marketable to employers, and to make them aware of the resources that are • Secretary Jerry Oleksiak available to them in the community. PA Department of Labor & Industry

Presenters Susan Bowser, PA CareerLink® Butler County Adina Luppe, PA Department of Labor & Industry 10:00 am-11:00 am Doreen L. Mitchell, Neighborhood Legal Services Closing Keynote Farai Chideya

Not Your Grandfather’s Strategic Plan – Live Session Do you know where your Strategic Plan is? Is it 11:00 am-11:15 am coordinated with partners and actionable? Have you Closing Remarks – Carrie Amann accomplished most items you put into your Strategic Executive Director, PWDA Plan? This workshop gives you an approach to Strategic DoingTM that will move your organization forward every 90 days. SD helps your collaborations quickly, moves them toward measurable outcomes and adjusts along the way. Participants will engage Become a member of PWDA. in a Strategic DoingTM scenario realistic to the workforce development industry. View Member Benefits and Join! (Must view Part I pre-recorded session prior to participating in Part II.)

Presenter Lisa Rice, Every Strength Counts

1:30 pm-2:30 pm Virtual Showcase (w/Networking & Presenter Q&A)

25 PWDA Officers and Board of Directors

PA Workforce Development Association Board 2020-21 Officers

Chair Ami Gatts, President Regional Representatives Southwest Corner Workforce Development Board Jennifer Butler, Executive Director MontcoWorks Vice Chair Erica Mulberger, Executive Director Gregg Dogan, Chief Administrative Officer Central PA Workforce Development Corporation West Central Job Partnership

Secretary/Treasurer Susan Snelick, Executive Director Susan Whisler, Director Workforce Solutions for North Central Pennsylvania Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Board

PA Workforce Development Association Board Members (*Alternate Members)

Berks County Workforce Development Board Chester County Workforce Development Board Dan Fogarty, COO & Director of Workforce Development Patrick Bokovitz, Director *John W. Moser, Assistant Director – Performance & Policy Jeannette Roman, Workforce Development Manager

Bucks County Workforce Development Board Delaware County Workforce Billie Barnes, Director Development Board *Dianna Kralle, Assistant Director Kate McGeever, Director

Central PA Workforce Development Corp Lackawanna County Workforce Erica Mulberger, Executive Director Development Board *Korrie Lucas, Operations Manager Virgina Turano, Executive Director *Catherine Gerard, Operations Director

26 Lancaster County Workforce West Central Job Partnership Development Board Gregg Dogan, Chief Administrative Officer Cathy Rychalsky, Executive Director *Eric Karmecy, Division Chief, Operations & Special Projects Division Luzerne/Schuylkill Counties Workforce Investment Board Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Patricia Lenahan, Executive Director Development Board *Tina Moss, Director of Operations & Programs Janet Ward, Executive Director *Tim Yurcisin, President & CEO Montco Works Jennifer Butler, Executive Director Workforce Board Lehigh Valley *Suzanne Ryan, Chairperson, PECO Energy Nancy Dischinat, Executive Director *Gina Kormanik, Business Relations Director Northern Tier Workforce Development Area Melissa Fleming, Deputy Director Workforce Solutions for North Central PA *Frank Thompson, Deputy Director Susan Snelick, Executive Director *Pamela Streich, Director of Planning NWPA Job Connect Janet Anderson, Director *Diona Brick, Fiscal Agent – Director of Finance, Management and Fiscal Agent Services

Partner4Work Earl Buford, CEO *Susie Puskar, Chief Program Officer

Philadelphia Works, Inc. H. Patrick Clancy, President and CEO

Pocono Counties Workforce Development Board Garry Wentz, Executive Director

SCPa Works Jesse McCree, CEO

Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Board Susan Whisler, Director

Southwest Corner Workforce Development Board Ami Gatts, President Ryan Russell, Fiscal Supervisor

Tri-County Workforce Development Board Fred Fornataro, Executive Director *Mary Salony, Director of Planning and Grant Coordination

27 CONGRATULATIONS!

PA Workforce Development Association

on the 36th Annual Conference

Driving Workforce Connections

Delaware County Workforce Development Board

Albert A. Danish, Chairman

Kate McGeever, Executive Director

28 Members PA Workforce Development Association Members

The following organizations are Members of PWDA. Members are critical organizations, businesses, agencies or institutions with a workforce development mission and members of Pennsylvania’s workforce development system. To learn more about PWDA membership and join this growing network of partnering workforce development professionals, visit us at https://pwda.memberclicks.net/.

Champion Members Jefferson County-DuBois AVTS Bucks County Community College Lebanon County Career & Technical Institute City of Pittsburgh/Pittsburgh Partnership Lehigh Carbon Community College Delaware County Community College Lincoln Technical Institute EDSI Mifflin County Academy of Science & Technology Equus Workforce Services New Castle School of Trades Job Training for Beaver County, Inc. Northwest Tri-County IU5 Montgomery County Intermediate Unit NuPaths Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette, Inc. Penn Asian Senior Services Southwest Training Services, Inc. Pennsylvania Highlands Community College St. Benedict Education Center Pennsylvania Institute of Health & Technology Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education Partner Members (PASSHE) A.W. Beattie Career Center Philadelphia OIC Achieva Pike County Workforce Development Agency American Medical Certification Association Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics Bucks County Technical High School Saidis, Shultz & Fisher BuildEd Smith & Solomon Driver Training Chester County Intermediate Unit Somerset County Technology Center Clearfield County Career & Technology Center Strategic Consulting Partners Commonwealth Technical Institute @ Hiram G Andrews Team Pennsylvania Community Integrated Services The Building Wealth and Health Network Community Workforce Advancements, LLC Upper Bucks County Technical School Erie County Technical School Warren County Career Center Flagger Force Workforce 180 HACC York County School of Technology Harcum College Harrisburg University 29 Meet the Exhibitors!

Atlas for Workforce Ethic Proficiency. Workplace skills will be even Steve Ash more important for job seekers in the days ahead Project Director and now you can develop them in person or online! PO Box 5160 Spring Hill, FL 34611 EDSI 352-573-9477 Roe Falcone [email protected] Regional Director of Operations 15300 Commerce Drive North, Suite 200 ATLAS is a highly customizable web-based Dearborn, MI 48120 platform designed from the ground up to 313-271-2660 streamline workflow and service delivery methods [email protected] for Workforce Development agencies. ATLAS incorporates technology that empowers some of EDSI is a national workforce development, talent the Nations largest and busiest Workforce Boards solutions, and consulting company with a passion to efficiently track customers, archive activity and for helping great companies and communities documents and inclusively link all information train and retain great people. EDSI helps regions, utilizing a centralized application. employers, and job-seekers overcome their most challenging obstacles. EDSI’s consulting team Center for Work Ethic Development specializes in providing organizations with support Chris Carman in three critical areas: Attracting, Training and National Account Manager Retaining Top Talent. 2907 Huron Street, Suite 200 Denver, CO 80202 MedCerts 303-433-3243 Marcy Miller [email protected] Regional Workforce Development Manager 13955 Farmington Rd The Center for Work Ethic Development brings to Livonia, MI 48154 you both, Bring Your ‘A’ Game and the brand-new, 412-203-3411 online Bring Your ‘A’ Game Anywhere. Both training [email protected] programs build the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic that employers demand. MedCerts provides job seekers with personalized, Developed with the unique needs and challenges of short-term online training in healthcare or IT workforce development in mind, the two solutions certification that yields national certifications. give you the flexibility to deal with our new reality Contact Marcy Miller at [email protected] for and lead to the earning of the Certificate of Work more information.

30 PA Department of Health Smith & Solomon Driver Training Bureau of Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Randy Hamilton Christopher Vogel Placement Director Regional Manager/ Region 5 402 Rising Sun Drive 625 Forster Street Bordertown, NJ 08505 Health & Welfare Building, 7 West 609-291-1154 Harrisburg, PA 17120 [email protected] 717-783-1289 Smith & Solomon is a commercial driver [email protected] training school. The Pennsylvania Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) TAD Grants has improved the nutrition and health of families Tressa Dorsey in Pennsylvania since 1974 by providing nutrition President services, breastfeeding support, health care 138 Beadle Lake Drive and social service referrals, and healthy foods. Battle Creek, MI 49014 Through WIC, pregnant women, mothers, and 916-899-0038 caregivers of infants and young children learn about good nutrition to keep themselves and [email protected] their families healthy! TAD Grants is a national company with headquarters located in California and Michigan PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation with a team of consultants in Arizona, New Bridget Frascella Mexico, North Carolina, and Oregon. Since 2008, Eastern Business Services & Outreach TAD Grants has provided high quality services Specialist to organizations and businesses nationwide 1521 North Sixth Street focusing on professional development training Harrisburg, PA 17102 and grant writing services. This allow us to provide a wide variety of expertise on subject 570-371-8790 matter and the diversity and differences within [email protected] regions. We pride ourselves on being a small The PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation’s business with a large reach, enhancing services mission is to assist Pennsylvanians with delivery across the county and elevating the disabilities to secure and maintain employment professionalism in our industry. We strive to and independence. PA OVR serves people with build long term partnerships with our clients disabilities who have diverse skills and abilities integrating our services into their strategic plan and businesses who want to hire qualified, and the future growth of their organizations. skilled workers. Work Certified Solutions Real Alternatives Susan Haggard Karen Bolze Sector Strategy Manager Outreach Coordinator 584 NW University Boulevard 7810 Allentown Boulevard, Suite 304 Port St. Lucie, FL 39486 Harrisburg, PA 17112 772-453-5397 717-541-1112 [email protected] [email protected] A growing body of evidence shows that Real Alternatives provides compassionate soft skills rival technical skills and academic pregnancy support services that empower qualifications in their ability to impact women to protect their reproductive health, avoid performance in the workplace. Work Certified crisis pregnancies, choose childbirth rather than offers customized soft skills training solutions to abortion, receive adoption education, and improve meet your business needs. parenting skills.

31 Conference Sponsors

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