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

The Johnstown Housing Authority’s Employment and Training Program celebrated eight graduates of the program’s<\/a> 2nd mate who entered a new stage of life Friday.<\/p>\n

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The event at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Richland Township marked a clean slate for employment<\/a> the graduates, who are set to look for additional education or employment in the Johnstown area, stated JHA Executive Director Mike Alberts.<\/p>\n

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

The program consisted of courses offered at Johnstown public real estate community rooms to eliminate individuals’ transportation barriers.<\/p>\n

The curriculum consisted of conflict management, task search and interview skills, Microsoft Word and Excel, and life abilities management, along with school outing for a robotics bootcamp and tours of technology-based manufacturing companies consisting of Kitron and employment<\/a> Compass Systems.<\/p>\n

The event Friday celebrated the 8 graduates of the program while acknowledging dozens more who enrolled, but pulled out after discovering employment<\/a> or other more education opportunities along the way.<\/p>\n

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

Bernice Sanders (right), of the Coopersdale section of Johnstown, celebrates after receiving her Certificate of Completion 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

Jeanne Vandergrift (front), of the Dale section of Johnstown, celebrates with graduates after getting her Certificate of Completion 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

RJ Montague (best), employment<\/a> of Johnstown, employment<\/a> shakes hands with Johnstown Housing Authority (JHA) Executive Director employment<\/a> Mike Alberts (center) while getting 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. Looking on, from left to 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, celebrates during the Johnstown Housing Authority Employment & Training Program graduation ceremony at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Richland Township on Friday, January 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

Dellia Gonzalez, of the Oakhurst section of Johnstown, with her daughter Dakota Marong, 3, applauds the graduates 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

JARI Workforce Development Director Dave Grimaldi praises the individuals finishing the Johnstown Housing Authority Employment & Training Program throughout a graduation ceremony 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 progressed to more education at Penn Highlands or other location schools for accreditation in fields consisting of HVAC, emergency situation medication and cybersecurity. The program is supplied at no charge to participants and finished its first associate in June. After Friday’s graduation, 2 more friends are scheduled, Grimaldi stated. The program was started by previous JARI Workforce Development Director Debra Balog and<\/p>\n

PA CareerLink<\/a> Cambria County website administrator Jeff Dick.”This was one of the very best concepts we have actually had for finding quality staff members for employers in the area,”Balog stated.”We came up with the concept of dealing with our public real estate units since lots of people had transport and child care barriers that kept them from accessing resources outside of Johnstown’s public housing.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Pittsburgh Field Office Director Michael Horvath stated the program has actually helped individuals”<\/p>\n

lift themselves up and get them linked. “He congratulated the graduates and the partners who made the program possible. The program has earned HUD recognition as a best practice, an acknowledgment offered to one authority every year for especially bettering the lives of its locals, Alberts stated. The graduates received certificates and a standing ovation from friends and family in attendance, as well as 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 previous U.S. Sen. Bob Casey contributed in promoting the program, JARI President Linda Thomson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","employer_category":[],"employer_location":[],"class_list":["post-19642","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\/19642","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=19642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"employer_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer_category?post=19642"},{"taxonomy":"employer_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enitajobs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employer_location?post=19642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}