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JHA Employment, Training Program Celebrates Brand-new Graduates<\/b><\/p>\n

The Johnstown Housing Authority’s Employment<\/a> and Training Program commemorated 8 graduates of the program’s second friend who went into a new phase of life Friday.<\/p>\n

The ceremony at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Richland Township marked a new beginning for the graduates, who are set to look for additional education or work in the Johnstown area, said JHA Executive Director Mike Alberts.<\/p>\n

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For the previous 4 months, those registered in the program completed courses offered by a partnership<\/a> amongst Penn Highlands, Johnstown Area Regional Industries and PA CareerLink.<\/p>\n

The program included courses offered at Johnstown public housing community rooms to get rid of participants’ transportation barriers.<\/p>\n

The curriculum consisted of dispute management, task search and interview skills, Microsoft Word and Excel, and life abilities management, in addition to excursion for a robotics bootcamp and referall.us<\/a> tours of technology-based manufacturing business consisting of Kitron and Compass Systems.<\/p>\n

The event Friday celebrated the 8 graduates of the program while acknowledging lots more who registered, however opted out after discovering work or other further education chances along the method.<\/p>\n

PHOTO GALLERY|Johnstown Housing Authority Employment<\/a> & Training Program Graduation<\/p>\n

Bernice Sanders (best), of the Coopersdale area of Johnstown, commemorates after getting her Certificate of Completion during the Johnstown Housing Authority Employment<\/a> & Training Program graduation ceremony at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Richland Township on Friday, January 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

Jeanne Vandergrift (front), of the Dale section of Johnstown, commemorates with graduates after getting her Certificate of Completion throughout the Johnstown Housing Authority Employment<\/a> & Training Program graduation event at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Richland Township on Friday, January 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

RJ Montague (ideal), of Johnstown, shakes hands with Johnstown Housing Authority (JHA) Executive Director Mike Alberts (center) while receiving their Certificate of Completion throughout the JHA Employment<\/a> & Training Program graduation ceremony at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Richland Township on Friday, January 31, 2025. Searching, from delegated right, is Pennsylvania Highlands Community College President Steve Nunez and JARI President and CEO Linda Thomson.<\/p>\n

Marie Bradford, of the Oakhurst area of Johnstown, commemorates throughout the Johnstown Housing Authority Employment & Training Program graduation event at Community College in Richland Township on Friday, January 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

Dellia Gonzalez, of the Oakhurst section of Johnstown, with her child Dakota Marong, 3, applauds the graduates during the Johnstown Housing Authority Employment & Training Program graduation event at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Richland Township on Friday, January 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

JARI Workforce Development Director Dave Grimaldi congratulates the individuals finishing the Johnstown Housing Authority Employment & Training Program<\/a> throughout a graduation event at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Richland Township on Friday, January 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

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By Thomas Slusser
\ntslusser@tribdem.com!.?.! JARI Director of Workforce Development Dave Grimaldi said members of the program’s second cohort have advanced to more education at Penn Highlands or other area schools for certification in fields consisting of HVAC, emergency situation medication and cybersecurity. The program is provided at no charge to individuals and finished its first friend in June. After Friday’s graduation, 2 more accomplices are set up, Grimaldi said. The program was initiated by former JARI Workforce Development Director Debra Balog and<\/p>\n

PA CareerLink Cambria County site administrator Jeff Dick.”This was among the very best ideas we’ve had for discovering quality employees for employers in the area,”Balog stated.”We came up with the concept of working with our public real estate units due to the fact that lots of people had transportation and childcare barriers that kept them from accessing resources outside of Johnstown’s public real estate.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Pittsburgh Field Office Director Michael Horvath stated the program has helped people”<\/p>\n

lift themselves up and get them linked. “He praised the graduates and the collaborators who made the program possible. The program has actually earned HUD recognition as a best practice, an acknowledgment offered to one authority every year for specifically bettering the lives of its citizens, Alberts said. The graduates received certificates and a standing ovation from family and good friends in attendance, in addition to Cambria County Commissioner Thomas Chernisky, Cambria Regional Chamber of Commerce President Amy Bradley and representatives from U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s office. Fetterman, D-Pa., and former U.S. Sen. Bob Casey were crucial in championing the program, JARI President Linda Thomson stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","employer_category":[],"employer_location":[],"class_list":["post-19318","employer","type-employer","status-publish","hentry"],"cmb2":{"_employer_general":{"_employer_attached_user":"","_employer_email":"","_employer_founded_date":"","_employer_website":"","_employer_phone":"","_employer_featured":"","_employer_cover_photo":"","_employer_cover_photo_id":"","_employer_profile_photos":"","_employer_video_url":"","_employer_layout_type":""},"_employer_socials":{"_employer_socials":""},"_employer_map_location":{"_employer_address":"","_employer_map_location":""},"_employer_team_members":{"_employer_team_members":""},"_employer_employees":{"_employer_employees":[]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer\/19318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/employer"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"employer_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer_category?post=19318"},{"taxonomy":"employer_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer_location?post=19318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}