Attendees

Attendees:
Diana Geiss, B&O Railroad Museum and South Baltimore Learning Center
Kelsey DiFatta, Groundwork Kitchen, Paul’s Place
Courtney Simmons, Bon Secours Community Works
Mark Hooper, MOED
Kristin Chapelle, Habit for Humanity
Joanne Nathans, JOTF
Merceditas Smith, BSCW
Jared Hunter, Groundwork Kitchen/Paul’s Place
Cornelius Jennings, 10:12 Sports
Ellen Levy, Groundwork Kitchen/Paul’s Place
Ariel Keene, United Way of Central Maryland
Jhonette Ireland, UWCM
Christian Reeves, NPower
Chris Firehock, Mayor’s Office of Economic and Community Development
Danielle Lew, Paul’s Place
Debra Carr, JOTF
United Way of Central Maryland Economic Development Brings Workforce Training to Our Community
Ariel Keene and Jhonette Ireland shared about training that was now available to community members. The types of training are listed below. Their partners include The Soul of Medicine (healthcare training), Shura, Inc. (PCP services) and Howard Community College (childcare training). Currently the healthcare trainings are being held at The Soul of Medicine’s location at 5910 York Road, 2nd floor). The childcare training is online. Participants have access to wrap around services including bus tokens to get back and forth to training. To be eligible for this free training, applicants must be SNAP-eligible and have a high school diploma. UWCM will be doing outreach through their new Family Center at Excel Academy. They are also working with the leaders at Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy where The Soul of Medicine currently teaches to bring the training to the school’s campus with the intention of offering classes after the school day ends. We should have a decision in another week.
CNA/GNA
Medical Billing & Coding
Phlebotomy
Patient Care Tech
Certified Medical Tech
90-hour Childcare
We talked about connecting with the Family Center for a tour and potential outreach.
Announcements
Paul’s Place – Groundwork Kitchen restaurant soft re-launch TONIGHT. They are also operating the cafe at the B&O Railroad Museum. Paul’s Place is recruiting for next Property Management training cohort.
JOTF – They had a successful Lobby Day in Annapolis this week.
Habitat for Humanity – Recruiting for their next co-hort.
B&O/ReStore – 2nd cohort has started.
NPower – Recruiting for the next cohort. New program is Professional Hour with speakers from all different industries. Open to others.
MOED – Job recruiting events ongoing.
10:12 Sports – Recruiting football coaches.
UMB is hosting a Senior Employment & Resource Fair on Thursday May 17th from 10am – 11:30am.
Future Meeting Topics
Problems with the MTA – Several people mentioned having difficulty ordering and receiving bus tokens, cards for participants. Mark Hooper will find us a contact at the MTA.
Bon Secours Community Works –
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