HCE Newsletters:

October 2009

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Expectation + Opportunity = Full Participation
 

Hudson County hosts Joining Forces Breakfast

This month Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise hosted the County’s first Joining Forces Breakfast to accelerate the efforts of local employers to hire individuals with disabilities. The breakfast attracted both governmental as well as private area employers. In a case of leading by example the County of Hudson has been highly proactive and has several contracts with HCE that has resulted for work opportunities for over 50 individuals with disabilities.

Bank of New York Mellon’s Week of Caring Impacts HCE Participants

This company’s commitment to volunteerism once again benefitted the individuals who participate in HCE’s programs. During this month 75 employees of Bank of New York Mellon each spent a morning one on one with an individual with a disability attending one of HCE’s programs. Students in HCE Transition program spent a morning with one of these volunteers and received motivational letters as they transition from school into the workforce. The adults in our Rehabilitation program also received one to one mentoring.  

Palisades Medical Center Joins Business Participating in HCE’s Transition Program

The long term trend toward more employment in health care is expected to continue, with many health care occupations expected to grow. To prepare the students in our Transition Program to be ready, this month Palisades Medical Center joined the businesses currently serving as work sites for our transition students.

With comprehensive medical services, a quick-response emergency department -- including a heliport -- and a centralized location overlooking Manhattan, Palisades Medical Center serves as a major health care resource for Hudson and Bergen Counties in New Jersey.

Get Ready for 2010 with a New Calendar

With our hectic lives, we all need to be well organized. To help you keep track of events, HCE is selling calendars. Your purchase of this calendar for $10.00 will not only help you keep organized, but it will assist HCE to purchase winter jackets for its Litter Patrol. Each day, 26 individuals from HCE help to keep the streets of Jersey City clean. With winter upon us it is getting colder. These jackets will be invaluable when the temperature hits the freezing point.

Metro Scanning Starts it’s Largest Training Class

The month after completing a specialized one week vocational assessment a group of ten individuals began our newly redesigned nine week training program in all aspects of records management. The curriculum has been modified to include additional modules in computer application as well as a hands on opportunity to earn while learning. As part of our recent enhancement participants will begin to do actual work during training. The response of enrollees to this has been highly positive.

Jersey City Armory Cleaning Resumed

The month our program participants once again demonstrated their to "do whatever it takes” attitude to get the job done. A telephone call from the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs on a Friday, resulted in the arrival of a full cleaning crew the next day to clean at an event with 2000 attendees. Congratulations to all for a job well done!

HCE Employees Initiate Blue Ribbon Task Force

This month eleven of HCE’s staff have kicked off a Blue Ribbon Task Force meant to enhance vocational opportunities for the individuals in its Extended Employment Program. As we go forward in these very uncharted times, we simply cannot do business as usual. Our facility based employment program has been impacted by the recent downturn in the economy and declines in the industries that have traditionally fueled work for these individuals. In the coming weeks this Task Force will initiate a series of meetings to brainstorm this very important issue and to develop a concrete and specific action plan meant to enhance this program and the services that it offers to individuals with severe disabilities.

HCE Opens Center of Excellence in Document Management

HCE’s facility at 68-70 Tuers Avenue now houses a regional center dedicated to recruitment, training, and research in all aspects of records management. This Center of Excellence contains a specialized assessment unit, a training program in all aspects of records management, and state of the art equipment.

The Center is designed to house a team of individuals who will promote collaboration and use best practices to drive business results in both the private as well as the public sector.  This Center of Excellence will serve as the critical hub of innovative and creative activity for the organization.  This hub is meant to ensure an alignment of this innovation strategy across the entire organization. 

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