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Working Groups
A Steering Committee serves to provide governance, leadership and direction to
the Providers Council. At present, there are four Working Groups:
Employment and Training, Housing, Health, and Youth. Click on their names or the
links at the left for more information about each.
To develop a network of agencies to work toward enhancing the linkage of
persons seeking employment with training programs.
 | To identify the skills available by the employable of the Mon Valley
to attract business to the region. |
| To connect those people seeking employment with appropriate training
programs through ongoing forums. |
| To promote the qualities of the employable in the Mon Valley. |
| To identify the future jobs available and to attempt to influence the
design of for those opportunities. |
To develop a network of agencies to work toward enhancing the linkage of
employers with employees.
| To increase the ability of social service providers to connect clients
with employment by securing ongoing presenters from the private sector for
meetings. |
| To establish an ongoing relationship for dialog with private sector
for employers. |
To establish a group of social service providers and community groups to
examine the health needs of the region and promote viable responses.
| To improve communication between agencies and between agencies and
residents, regarding health related issues. |
| To educate the community about health concerns, risks, and problems in
order to improve health and healthful behaviors. |
| To identify health concerns of residents in the region. |
| To collectively define a continuum of health services to meet
identified needs. |
To establish a group of social service providers (and eventually
residents) to address the housing needs of the public and private sector in
the Mon Valley.
| To improve collaborative efforts among housing service providers to
better assist residents with housing concerns/needs. |
| To identify and motivate residents to work together with social
service providers to improve their housing conditions. |
| To increase the ability of social service providers and residents to
connect with housing opportunities and related resources by securing
ongoing presenters (public and private) for meetings. |
To ensure positive activities and direction for area youth.
| To provide youth opportunities with stipends to expose youth to
employment skills, community service, and positive mentoring experiences |
| To provide youth exposure to career opportunities through job
shadowing and career exploitation. |
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Last Modified:
February 06, 2008
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