Sup. Gonzales Meets on Captiol Hill; Workforce Success Stories in SB County

San Bernardino County, California sent this bulletin at 07/20/2015 11:54 AM PDT

Sup. Gonzales goes to U.S. Capitol to advocate for San Bernardino County

Supervisor Josie Gonzales attended over a dozen meetings with multiple federal legislators and delegates last week in Washington D.C. during her visit to attend the National Conference on Ending Homelessness.

Meetings were held with (in chronological order) Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Travis Norton, Counsel to Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Jackson Droney of Senator Barbara Boxer's Office (D-CA), Darin Schrader of Congressman Ed Royce's Office (R-CA), Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Congressman David Price (D-NC), Congressman Paul Cook (R-CA), Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA), Jennifer Duck of Senator Diane Feinstein's Office (D-CA), and Minh Ta of Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI).

Sup. Gonzales also met with federal representatives Harriet Tregoning, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Community Planning & Development of HUD; and Lisa Pape, Exec. Director of Veterans Health Administration Homeless Program Office.

The goal of the visit was to advocate on behalf of the County of San Bernardino and share how the county is utilizing best practices and a comprehensive multi-agency effort in addressing homelessness in order to receive increased federal support to help solve local issues.

Accompanying Sup. Gonzales in those meetings were Ted Alejandre, County Superintendent; CaSonya Thomas, Director of the Department of Behavioral Health; Tom Hernandez, Homeless Services Manager; Frank Guevara, Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Dan Nackerman, Executive Director of the Housing Authority of San Bernardino County; Brenda Dowdy, Homeless Education Program Specialist with San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools; Laura Mancha, member of the San Bernardino County Board of Education and Community Liaison for Sup. Gonzales; and Kent Paxton, Homeless Policy Advisor for Sup. Gonzales.

For full photos of Sup. Gonzales visit to Washington D.C., visit www.facebook.com/SupervisorGonzales

Where there's a WIB there's a way: find success stories from the county's Workforce Investment Board

The San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) has recently released a series of success stories from clients who utilized the WIB's employment programs and services to find a job.

Click here to find them all on the Workforce Investment Board website.