WIOA, a federally funded program designed to assist, prepare, and train individuals with the necessary skills needed in today’s competitive workforce I want to cover the WIOA program. WIOA is a federally funded program designed to assist, prepare, and train individuals with the necessary skills needed in today’s competitive workforce; while affording employers the opportunity […]
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In any city, county or municipality there are only two vulnerable populations; the very young and the very old. Fortunately, consistently there has been adequate funding nationally to meet the needs of our children; however, unfortunately, adequate funding nationally to meet the needs of our aging population has decreased. In the legislative agenda, I requested […]
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In August of this year, I wrote this article because of my concern for the ongoing erosion of benefits for Seniors. Each year at the Federal and State level, Senior Advocate organizations have to lobby to retain the funding for the benefits Senior Citizens need each year. I spoke to Ms. Katie Howard, Director of the […]
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In any City, Municipality or County there are only two vulnerable populations: the very young and the very old. Fortunately, there are sufficient programs nationally to provide for the needs of our precious young children; unfortunately, funding for our senior citizens is being drastically slashed at both the federal and state levels. Currently Congress will […]
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The REACH program Because of the times in which she was born, my grandmother who raised us, never had the opportunity to get an education, and she always stressed to my sisters, brothers and me the importance of getting a college or university education. We were extremely poor, however there was never any doubt that […]
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Hello friends, here is my monthly newsletter for March 2017.
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Pops Barnes brought the REACH Scholarship to Columbus so the following students and more can achieve a College or University education.
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In any City, Municipality or County there are only two vulnerable populations: the very young and the very old. Fortunately, there are sufficient programs nationally to provide for the needs of our precious young children; unfortunately, funding for our senior citizens is being drastically slashed at both the federal and state levels. Recently, the Senate voted to stop […]
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Please read my newsletter for March 2016. What’s Happening In District 1 WIA, a federally funded program designed to assist, prepare, and train individuals with the necessary skills needed in today’s competitive workforce In this issue of my newsletter, I want to cover the WIA program. WIA is a federally funded program designed to assist, prepare, […]
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Please read my newsletter for February 2016. What’s Happening In District 1 ColumbusMakesIt partners with Chattahoochee Valley to create Hub for science, technology, engineering, and math fields What is ColumbusMakesIt? According to Mr. Frank Braski it is a ”Market place where art, technology,and good old fashioned trade skills intersect and create educational and economic opportunities for individuals […]
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