Welcome to the ABCD Senior Staff Forum Blog!

Welcome to the ABCD Senior Staff Forum Blog!
Welcome to the ABCD Senior Staff Forum Blog. This weblog has been created for ABCD agency staff to share information and ideas regarding financial, human resources, and quality assurance and training issues. Please feel free to utilize the blog to comment and share dialogue, and check back with us as we will be updating the site regularly in order to provide agencies with the most current information and resources.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Take advantage of the NJ Community College Consortium's Basic Skills/Literacy Training Program-Free for Agencies!

Yesterday, the DSP Workforce Development Leadership Council met with Bob Bowman, Executive Director of the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development. Mr. Bowman gave the Council a brief overview of the available trainings included in the Basic Skills Workforce Training Program, such as basic math, reading, ESL, and computers, and urged agencies to take advantage of these trainings while they are still available.

ABCD would like to encourage all interested agencies to contact the Training Program and/or log on to the link below and sign up staff members for trainings:

*The Training Program is free- all employees attending must be "on the clock," or receiving their regular hourly wage while they are at training.
*Training topics include ESL, computer applications (Windows, MS Office), verbal and written communications, and mathematics and measurements.
*Trainings are held at various community college sites, with over 63 sites available statewide for easy accessibility.
*Trainings can also be customized for your agency’s daily operations and brought to your agency’s site. (Please note that there must be a minimum of 10 people participating at all times. *If the number of participants falls below 10, agencies are required to pay a proportion of the training fee for the missing participant.)
*Signing staff up is easy: call (609) 393-9009, or log onto http://www.njbia.org/resources/worktrain.asp for more information and directions to signing up online.
*Agencies are not required to provide a minimum number of employees.
*Agencies do not have to disclose financial information.
*Agencies are not required to fill out any paperwork.

Classes are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis and they are filling up quickly! The Training Program’s grant will end in June of 2008, however we are told that classes will definitely run out before this time, so don’t wait! We ask that you please contact us if/when you sign up staff for trainings, or if you have any questions.

Thanks and good luck to all!
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HR Forum Contacts:

1.) Tony DiBartolo, Bancroft NeuroHealth, tdibartolo@bnh.org
2.) Juliette Parkinson, Cerebral Palsy League, jparkinson@thecpclinic.org
3.) Louis Brigando, Cerebal Palsy Leaue, lbrigando@thecpclinic.org
4.) Janet Halpern, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, jhalpern@cpnj.org
5.) Sumitra Horlavadi, LADACIN, Sumitra.horlavadi@ladacin.org
6.) Nancy Petrillo, Matheny, npetrillo@matheny.org
7.) William Weiss, Passaic Co. Elks CP Treatment Center, wweiss@pcecpc.org
8.) Maria Alvarez, Passaic Co. Elks CP Treatment Center, malvarez@pcecpc.org
9.) Sharyn Matthews, Spectrum for Living, smatthews@spectrumforliving.org
10.) Laura Mazzella, Spectrum for Living, lmazzella@spectrumforliving.org
11.) Steven Vernikoff, Center for Family Support, svernikoff@cfsny.org
12.) Sharon Lax, Center for Family Support, slax@cfsny.org
13.) Cherryl Noel, UCP Hudson, cnoel@ucpofhudsoncounty.org
14.) Jane Detweiler, Elwyn NJ, jane_detweiler@elwyn.org
15.) Maureen Dobosz, Volunteers of America-Delaware Valley, mdobosz@voadv.org
16.) Jane Horowitz, Spina Bifida Assoc. of the Tri-State Region, jhorowitz@sbatsr.org
17.) Clifford Koons, Elwyn NJ, cliff_koons@elwyn.org
18.) Jim Steinruck, Eden, jim.steinruck@edenservices.org
19.) Susan Bird, Eden, Susan.bird@edenservices.org
20.) Lauren Kelley, Bancroft, lkelley@bnh.org
21.) Dolores Miles, Passaic County Elks CP Treatment Center,
dmiles@pcecpc.org
22.) Chris King, Matheny, cking@matheny.org

QA&T Forum Contacts:

1.) Joy Gross, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, jgross@cpnj.org
3.) Michelle Turjancik, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, mturjancik@cpnj.org
4.) Jeanne Terrence, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, jterrence@cpnj.org
5.) Brian Horsmon, Bancroft NeuroHealth, bhorsmon@bnh.org
6.) Jennifer Deluca, Bancroft NeuroHealth, jdeluca@bnh.org
7.) Peter Cartwright, Bancroft NeuroHealth, pcartwright@bnh.org
8.) Juliette Parkinson, Cerebral Palsy League, jparkinson@thecplinc.org
9.) Louis Brigando, Cerebral Palsy League, lbrigando@thecplinc.org
10.) Patti Carlesimo, LADACIN, patti.carlesimo@ladacin.org
11.) Linda Steeger, LADACIN, linda.steeger@ladacin.org
12.) Connie Hobson Falls, Matheny, chobsonfalls@matheny.org
13.) Bonnie Rodgers, Matheny, brodgers@matheny.org
14.) Chris King, Matheny, cking@matheny.org
15.) Bill Weiss, Passaic County Elks, wweiss@pcecpc.org
16.) Mary Fischer, Passaic County Elks, mfischer@pcecpc.org
17.) Dale Sakurai, Spectrum for Living, dsakurai@spectrumforliving.org
18.) Eileen Berg, Center for Family Support, eberg@cfsny.org
19.) Barbara Greenwald, Center for Family Support, bgreenwald@cfsny.org
20.) Steve Vernikoff, Center for Family Support, svernikoff@cfsny.org
21.) Reggie Neal, UCP Hudson, rneal@ucpofhudsoncounty.org
22.) Keith Kearney, UCP Hudson, kearneykj@yahoo.com
23.) Deborah Limosino, Elwyn-NJ, deborah_limosino@elwyn.org
24.) Mary Ruiz, CPNJ, mruiz@cpnj.org
25.) Peggy Walsh, CPNJ, pwalsh@cpnj.org
26.) Kerianne Neu, Center for Family Support, kneu@cfsny.org
27.) Carolann Garofola, CPNJ, cgarafola@cpnj.org
28.) Nancy Fegan, CPNJ, nfegan@cpnj.org
29.) Kara O'Donnell, CPNJ, kodonnell@cpnj.org
30.) Linda Peroff, CPNJ, lperoff@cpnj.org