It’s Poverty Awareness Month and officials are recognizing the work that Community Progress Council does to help families struggling to make ends meet.

In light of Poverty Awareness Month, President/CEO Robin Rohrbaugh shared with The York Dispatch how Community Progress Council is transforming lives through personalized coaching and comprehensive services, helping families overcome barriers like childcare, housing, and employment.

Community Progress Council’s Teacher Training Program was created to address the early childhood education workforce crisis. Now in its third year, we heard from a few Teacher Aides in the program about the impact its having for them and their families.

Congratulations to our own Maria Jácome Ottati for being named a York County Economic Alliance Changemaker! Maria is the program manager for CPC’s Community of Hope, a family resource center based in Hannah Penn K – 8. Read her interview in YoCo Connect.

Don’t miss Team CPC at Bright Nights York! From December 6-8 and 10-12, Team CPC will be tabling next to the FOX43 Donation Station, where we will accept donations of new children’s books to benefit our early childhood education classrooms.

Team CPC is nothing if not a little competitive… so we went all in for the First Capital Federal Credit Union 70th Anniversary contest! Because of your votes and shares on social media, Community Progress Council was selected as a winner. We had a chance to welcome “CEO on the Go” Sue DeStephano and the FCFCU team to celebrate their generous donation and community commitment — to the tune of $10,000!

Thank you to everyone who voted for Community Progress Council and shared to your networks to help us land as one of the top organizations.

Will you help us make the holiday season bright for families in our early childhood education programs? This year, we are excited to share our Holiday Sponsorship registry at Target.com. and at Target locations. All listed books and toys are age-appropriate for the children enrolled in our program and will provide them with an opportunity to extend their learning and play beyond the walls of the classroom.

Congrats to Community Progress Council Assistant Education Manager, Natalie Dragan, who was honored at the recent Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (CAAP) conference with the CAAP Impactful Educator Award.

Reliable, affordable child care is oftentimes the number-one barrier for a caregiver looking to return to work. As the early learning sector faces a workforce crisis, we had a chance to talk with Central Penn Business Journal about our Teacher Training Program.

Community Progress Council is pleased to welcome Emily Seitz as Director of Development, a key role on the nonprofit’s Leadership team.