Join us at a Town Hall Meeting
If the reduction in state funding for education, health and human services is an issue that is important to you, we strongly encourage you to attend a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, March 28th at the Blasco Library in the Hirt Auditorium. Registration is at 1 p.m. The program is from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
United Way of Erie County, the Nonprofit Partnership and the Erie Community Foundation invite you to learn more about the Commonwealth's proposed fiscal year 2012 budget including the "block grant" approach to funding human services at the county level. The discussion will also include strategies that local nonprofits can employ to withstand anticipated reductions in funding that directly affect our neighbors in need.
Joining us will be Tony Ross, President of United Way of Pennsylvania, and a representative from Gov. Tom Corbett's administration. United Way of PA has taken the lead on the state budget issue, hosting a series of town hall meetings across the state in 2011 and again this year. The Erie town hall meeting is one of eight being held across the state in March and April.
In addition, Bob Wooler, Director of The Nonprofit Partnership, will moderate a panel discussion that includes the following panelists:
• Jonathan Evans, President/CEO of Safe Harbor Behavioral Health
• Shari Gross, Director, Erie County Department of Human Services
• Michele Zieziula,CEO, Northwest PA Workforce Investment Board
• Dr. Bob Light, Senior Assoc. Dean for Research, Graduate Studies and Outreach, Penn State Erie
• Patrick Herr, Associate Director, Community Shelter Services
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Mike Jaruszewicz at 814.456.2937 ×227.
In advance of the town hall meeting, you may want to read a recent op-ed piece written by Shari Gross entitled "State cuts of social programs could be 'catastrophic.'" Here is the link.
Joining us will be Tony Ross, President of United Way of Pennsylvania, and a representative from Gov. Tom Corbett's administration. United Way of PA has taken the lead on the state budget issue, hosting a series of town hall meetings across the state in 2011 and again this year. The Erie town hall meeting is one of eight being held across the state in March and April.
In addition, Bob Wooler, Director of The Nonprofit Partnership, will moderate a panel discussion that includes the following panelists:
• Jonathan Evans, President/CEO of Safe Harbor Behavioral Health
• Shari Gross, Director, Erie County Department of Human Services
• Michele Zieziula,CEO, Northwest PA Workforce Investment Board
• Dr. Bob Light, Senior Assoc. Dean for Research, Graduate Studies and Outreach, Penn State Erie
• Patrick Herr, Associate Director, Community Shelter Services
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Mike Jaruszewicz at 814.456.2937 ×227.
In advance of the town hall meeting, you may want to read a recent op-ed piece written by Shari Gross entitled "State cuts of social programs could be 'catastrophic.'" Here is the link.
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