ccedc, in partnership with the chester county
workforce investment Board and numerous
strategic organizations, has developed and
implemented five industry Partnerships (iPs) to
serve chester county and the region.
IPs collaboratively work to improve the competitiveness of a cluster
of companies. e IPs leverage partner resources to address
common industry challenges such as developing human capital,
accessing financing and developing innovative responses to
emerging trends and opportunities.
Industry Partnership funding comes from private sector
contributions, federal, state and local grant support, including the
Chester County Workforce Investment Board/PA Department of
Labor and Industry. anks, also, to our more than 700 volunteers
for their continued support.
A Public/Private Partnership
Workforce
and Economic Development…
impacting
5,111
Individual
Participants
In 2011-2012,
the Industry
Partnerships
served...
innovative technology
Action Group (itAG)
Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology
(
GETT) hosted 358 girls and 131
parents and educators. e event
provided 23 concurrent technology
sessions led by women leaders of
technology. In total, ITAG youth
programs reached 846 students working
with 111 educational partners.
Partnered with the Hire One Taskforce
to host programming for the area’s
dislocated workers.
Trained 668 individuals from 16 ITAG
companies.
“…
The majority of AGI's hiring needs
center around an individual's
technology, engineering, and/or
mathematics experience. Building the
pipeline of future engineers and
developers is critical…”
—
Analytical Graphics, Inc.
chester county health care
Partnership (cchcP)
Provided training to over 400 employees
resulting in 3,930.25 Continuing
Education Credits and 59 certifications
earned.
Promoted best practices targeting cost
efficiency and improved health care
quality.
Secured a grant from CCRES to support
youth outreach and pipeline development
activities.
“
I want to express my gratitude to you for
providing us the venue to discuss mutual
topics of interest and challenges that we
face as health care organizations in
today’s market and, most importantly, to
identify and implement strategies as a
group which shares the same concerns…”
—
Kendal at Crosslands
e IPs matched $1,023,175 in
grant funds with $1,627,016 in cash
and in-kind contributions.
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