Photo ID Clinic - Walk-ins welcome!

Do you need a Photo ID, Birth Certificate, Social Security Card, Voter Registrations, or Social Services Application?

When: Saturday, December 16, 2023 from 10 am until 12 pm

Where: Norristown Hospitality Center 530 Church Street, Norristown

Bring any of the following:

Personal identification-Social Security card, old photo ID or driver license; military ID; marriage or divorce certificates; passport; education ID; naturalization or citizenship certificate; birth certificate.

Proof of residence-rental agreement, mortgage paperwork, utility bills, medical bills, W-2 forms, work ID, tax returns, bank statements

Questions? Call 610-277-1321

Sponsored by Nueva Vida Norristown New Life Mennonite Church, the Hospitality Center, & friends

Photo ID Clinic - Walk-ins welcome!

Do you need a Photo ID, Birth Certificate, Social Security Card, Voter Registrations, or Social Services Application?

When: Saturday, October 14, 2023 from 10 am until 12 pm

Where: Norristown Hospitality Center 530 Church Street, Norristown

Bring any of the following:

Personal identification-Social Security card, old photo ID or driver license; military ID; marriage or divorce certificates; passport; education ID; naturalization or citizenship certificate; birth certificate.

Proof of residence-rental agreement, mortgage paperwork, utility bills, medical bills, W-2 forms, work ID, tax returns, bank statements

Questions? Call 610-277-1321

Sponsored by Nueva Vida Norristown New Life Mennonite Church, the Hospitality Center, & friends

Introducing our inaugural reverse job fair where career seekers get to showcase their skills, talents, and experience at their own booths as employers and organizations with valuable resources walk through!

PA CareerLink® Montgomery County invites career seekers who have had difficulty connecting with employers in the past to register.

Participation is free and will include preparation sessions, held in advance of September 14 that will help you develop your presentation and display for the event.

When: Thursday, September 14, 2023 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Where: Montgomery County Community College | Health Sciences Center

Click Here to Register!

Prepare for an exciting career opportunity! Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) are individuals with personal, lived experience in their own recovery, who work in the mental health field.

Register now for an information session providing details into the training process and career of a CPS!

When: August 9, 2023 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Where: Session will be held virtually over Zoom

Click Here to Register!

Please Note: The CPS Training will take place from December 4– December 15, 2023 (10 days - weekdays only)

Prepare for an exciting career opportunity! Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) are individuals with personal, lived experience in their own recovery, who work in the mental health field.

Register now for an information session providing details into the training process and career of a CPS!

When: July 21, 2023 from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Where: Session will be held virtually over Zoom

Click Here to Register!

Please Note: The CPS Training will take place from December 4– December 15, 2023 (10 days - weekdays only)

Feeling productive and involved in a professional environment can be essential to long-term recovery. PRO-ACT offers a three day workshop aimed to help you get back to work and advance your career. Come learn the skills needed to help you better your opportunities in the work place.

Gateway to Work offers tools that can help you break through some of the barriers you may have on your path to career success and overall recovery.

WHERE: Montgomery County Recovery Community Center 601 DeKalb Street Suite 1 Norristown, PA 19401

WHEN: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. June 19, 20, and 22 @ 9AM — 12 PM (with extra one-on-one help after if needed)

CONTACT: Claudia Herman @ 484-383-0802 Ext. 7311 | cherman@councilsepa.org

*Registration Required due to limited capacity*

Harm reduction helps supporters work with tenants to reduce risk and live safely in housing. In this webinar, we will

explore how you can take a harm reduction approach in your daily work. Participants will learn how harm reduction can

help tenants manage active substance use, struggles with mental health, and other challenges that threaten housing

stability.

Presenters: Terri Power and Johnna Lowe

Click Here to Register!

A key principle of trauma-informed approaches is safety. Safety includes both physical and emotional or psychological safety. But how can housing and service providers promote both physical and emotional safety? This course will explore how organizations can develop programs and services that help persons to be as “safe” as possible. Understanding that systems and programs in themselves may not feel “safe” participants will take a critical eye to their physical settings and how services are provided to understand where there is an opportunity to create brave space, promote safety and minimize re-traumatization.

Presenters: Lindsey Bishop Gilmore and Ariana Saunders

Click Here to Register!

Feeling productive and involved in a professional environment can be essential to long-term recovery. PRO-ACT offers a three day workshop aimed to help you get back to work and advance your career. Come learn the skills needed to help you better your opportunities in the work place.

Gateway to Work offers tools that can help you break through some of the barriers you may have on your path to career success and overall recovery.

WHERE: Montgomery County Recovery Community Center 601 DeKalb Street Suite 1 Norristown, PA 19401

WHEN: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. June 19, 20, and 22 @ 9AM — 12 PM (with extra one-on-one help after if needed)

CONTACT: Claudia Herman @ 484-383-0802 Ext. 7311 | cherman@councilsepa.org

*Registration Required due to limited capacity*

Feeling productive and involved in a professional environment can be essential to long-term recovery. PRO-ACT offers a three day workshop aimed to help you get back to work and advance your career. Come learn the skills needed to help you better your opportunities in the work place.

Gateway to Work offers tools that can help you break through some of the barriers you may have on your path to career success and overall recovery.

WHERE: Montgomery County Recovery Community Center 601 DeKalb Street Suite 1 Norristown, PA 19401

WHEN: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. June 19, 20, and 22 @ 9AM — 12 PM (with extra one-on-one help after if needed)

CONTACT: Claudia Herman @ 484-383-0802 Ext. 7311 | cherman@councilsepa.org

*Registration Required due to limited capacity*

Landlords are essential for sustaining supportive housing in our communities. While housing developments are happening

in communities, the need to find available units and housing is now! Geared toward direct service staff (case managers,

housing specialists, supervisors, and other interested supporters), this training will focus on best practices in creating new

partnerships and recruiting landlords.

As developments in communities take many years to create, our sector is heavily reliant on the current housing stock.

Landlord partnerships are essential to the scattered site supportive housing model. Our work also has goals around

housing people as fast as possible. This cannot happen waiting on new housing developments.

Presenters: Charlesy Nance and Johnna Lowe

Click Here to Register!

Keeping tenants stable and thriving in their housing is an important aspect of support. We'll discuss techniques on how to

successfully engage with tenants to navigate them through the move in and housing process as well as interventions and

strategies to prevent eviction.

Presenters: Bernie Miles and Terri Power

Click Here to Register!

Photo ID Clinic

When: Saturday, June 10, 2023 from 10 am until 12 pm

Where: Norristown Hospitality Center 530 Church Street, Norristown

Walk-ins welcome!

Help is available for fees.

Bring any of the following:

Personal identification-Social Security card, old photo ID or driver license; military ID; marriage or divorce certificates; passport; education ID; naturalization or citizenship certificate; birth certificate.

Proof of residence-rental agreement, mortgage paperwork, utility bills, medical bills, W-2 forms, work ID, tax returns, bank statements

Questions? Call 610-277-1321 or 610-945-6398

Sponsored by Nueva Vida Norristown New Life Mennonite Church, the Hospitality Center, & friends

Join us for an important networking opportunity to meet your potential roommate or learn more about roommate matching!

This event is for individuals working with community organizations ready or interested to find a roommate.

Food and refreshments will be provided!

*Registration is due by May 12th!

When: Thursday, May 18, 2023 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. (Registration is at 9:30 am)

Where: Merakey – Walton Room - 2506 North Broad Street, Colmar, PA 18915

Registration: Click Here!

Have Questions? Email Chris.Scott@rhd.org

Manna on Main Street is hosting a Common Grounds Training Program Open House.

When: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 from 1-2 pm

Where: Manna on Main Street: 606 E. Main Street, Lansdale

Join us on the third Wednesday of every month from 1pm to 2pm to speak to our staff and alumni, see our program in action and apply for the next training cohort.

What Common Grounds Offers:

• Hands-on learning in our kitchen & cafe

• Technical instruction

• Life & work skills classes

• FREE laptop computer

• Groceries & meals provided

• Job placement assistance

• ServSafe certification

For more information text or call Sue at 215-353-3727

Join us to learn what Montco has to offer!

(Note: This event is a virtual open house!)

Prospective students will have the opportunity to:

• Connect with program faculty and student support services

• Tour the Campus

• Learn about admissions, enrollment, and paying for College

• Enjoy giveaways and snacks!

Register Here!

Join the Pennsylvania Reentry Council (PARC) Conference!

When: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm (Doors open at 8:00 am)

Where: 600 Valley Road, Summerdale, PA 17093 (Conference Center at Central Penn College)

Register Here!

About PARC

The PARC seeks:

-To expand education of the public, members of law enforcement and criminal justice, and policymakers about the importance of supporting prisoner reentry efforts to reduce crime and violence.

-To promote the collaboration among county reentry coalitions and state and federal agencies.

-To provide a forum for the sharing of best practices, including reviewing and promoting successful evidence-based reentry programs and initiatives and supporting and promoting new programs.

-To identify barriers to successful reentry and for persons with criminal records, including but not limited to providing, facilitation, and expanding access to:

1) housing, employment, job training, education, and transportation;

2) driver’s licenses, social security cards, and other Identification documents that are essential to obtaining employment, housing, and other governmental assistance;

3) evidence-based treatment including mental health, trauma, addiction, and  treatment to address criminal thinking; and

4) prosocial needs, including family reunification, mentors, peer support, and faith-based services.

-To identify strategies to overcome the barriers facing the successful reentry of returning citizens and to overcome challenges faced by county reentry coalitions to implement policies to assist returning citizens.

Join us to learn what Montco has to offer!

Prospective students will have the opportunity to:

• Connect with program faculty and student support services

• Tour the Campus

• Learn about admissions, enrollment, and paying for College

• Enjoy giveaways and snacks!

Register Here!

Manna on Main Street is hosting a Common Grounds Training Program Open House.

When: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 from 1-2 pm

Where: Manna on Main Street: 606 E. Main Street, Lansdale

Join us on the third Wednesday of every month from 1pm to 2pm to speak to our staff and alumni, see our program in action and apply for the next training cohort.

What Common Grounds Offers:

• Hands-on learning in our kitchen & cafe

• Technical instruction

• Life & work skills classes

• FREE laptop computer

• Groceries & meals provided

• Job placement assistance

• ServSafe certification

For more information text or call Sue at 215-353-3727

Please join us for a Resource Fair in honor of Second Chance Month!

This event is open to all returning citizens, individuals, and families impacted by the criminal justice system. This is a FREE EVENT hosted by Lori Schreiber of the Montgomery County Clerk of Courts.

Some of the resources provided: Voter Registration, Family Resources, Employment, Education, Housing, Reentry, and Legal.

When: Friday, April 14, 2023

Where: The Human Services Center at 1430 Dekalb Street, Norristown, PA 19404

Light refreshments will be provided.

No registration needed!

Parking garage is available.

REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL!

Feeling productive and involved in a professional environment can be essential to long-term recovery. PRO-ACT offers a three day workshop aimed to help you get back to work and advance your career. Come learn the skills needed to help you better your opportunities in the work place.

Gateway to Work offers tools that can help you break through some of the barriers you may have on your path to career success and overall recovery.

WHERE: Montgomery County Recovery Community Center

601 DeKalb Street Suite 1 Norristown, PA 19401

WHEN: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 20, 21, and 22 @ 9AM — 12 PM with extra one-on-one( help after if needed)

CONTACT: Claudia Herman @ 484-383-0802 Ext. 7311 | cherman@councilsepa.org

*Registration Required due to limited capacity*

REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL!

Feeling productive and involved in a professional environment can be essential to long-term recovery. PRO-ACT offers a three day workshop aimed to help you get back to work and advance your career. Come learn the skills needed to help you better your opportunities in the work place.

Gateway to Work offers tools that can help you break through some of the barriers you may have on your path to career success and overall recovery.

WHERE: Montgomery County Recovery Community Center

601 DeKalb Street Suite 1 Norristown, PA 19401

WHEN: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 20, 21, and 22 @ 9AM — 12 PM with extra one-on-one( help after if needed)

CONTACT: Claudia Herman @ 484-383-0802 Ext. 7311 | cherman@councilsepa.org

*Registration Required due to limited capacity*

REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL!

Feeling productive and involved in a professional environment can be essential to long-term recovery. PRO-ACT offers a three day workshop aimed to help you get back to work and advance your career. Come learn the skills needed to help you better your opportunities in the work place.

Gateway to Work offers tools that can help you break through some of the barriers you may have on your path to career success and overall recovery.

WHERE: Montgomery County Recovery Community Center

601 DeKalb Street Suite 1 Norristown, PA 19401

WHEN: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 20, 21, and 22 @ 9AM — 12 PM with extra one-on-one( help after if needed)

CONTACT: Claudia Herman @ 484-383-0802 Ext. 7311 | cherman@councilsepa.org

*Registration Required due to limited capacity*

Manna on Main Street is hosting a Common Grounds Training Program Open House.

When: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from 1-2 pm

Where: Manna on Main Street: 606 E. Main Street, Lansdale

Join us on the third Wednesday of every month from 1pm to 2pm to speak to our staff and alumni, see our program in action and apply for the next training cohort.

What Common Grounds Offers:

• Hands-on learning in our kitchen & cafe

• Technical instruction

• Life & work skills classes

• FREE laptop computer

• Groceries & meals provided

• Job placement assistance

• ServSafe certification

For more information text or call Sue at 215-353-3727

PA CareerLink Montgomery County and Keystone Opportunity Center join to offer you advice on your next steps at

PA CareerLink on the Road

When: Friday, February 24, 2023 from 9 am until 12 pm

Where: Keystone Opportunity Center: 104 N. Main Street, Souderton, PA

Perfect for:

• Those seeking a job

• Those interested in trainings

• Those who need career advice

• Those unfamiliar with PA CareerLink

Receive Advice on:

• Career Navigation

• Job Search

• Workshop Registration

• Adult Education

• Job Openings

For more information please call 267-649-1204 or email pzalewski@keystoneopp.org.

Manna on Main Street is hosting a Common Grounds Training Program Open House.

When: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 from 1-2 pm

Where: Manna on Main Street: 606 E. Main Street, Lansdale

Join us on the third Wednesday of every month from 1pm to 2pm to speak to our staff and alumni, see our program in action and apply for the next training cohort.

What Common Grounds Offers:

• Hands-on learning in our kitchen & cafe

• Technical instruction

• Life & work skills classes

• FREE laptop computer

• Groceries & meals provided

• Job placement assistance

• ServSafe certification

For more information text or call Sue at 215-353-3727

Photo ID Clinic

When: Saturday, 2/11/2023 from 10 am until 12 pm

Where: Norristown Hospitality Center 530 Church Street, Norristown

Walk-ins welcome!

Help is available for fees.

Bring any of the following:

Personal identification-Social Security card, old photo ID or driver license; military ID; marriage or divorce certificates; passport; education ID; naturalization or citizenship certificate; birth certificate.

Proof of residence-rental agreement, mortgage paperwork, utility bills, medical bills, W-2 forms, work ID, tax returns, bank statements

Sponsored by Nueva Vida Norristown New Life Mennonite Church, the Hospitality Center, & friends

PA CareerLink on the Road at Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities

When: Thursday, February 9, 2023 from 9 am until 12 pm

Where: 61 N. Franklin Street, Pottstown, PA 19464

To register contact Emmett Sanders 610-270-3429 ext. 6138 or V-Emmett.Sanders@montgomerycountypa.gov

Appointment required

Meet 1-on-1 with a PA CareerLink Representative!

Receive information about:

• Career Navigation

• Job Search

• Workshop Registration

• Adult Education

• Training and Funding Options

• Job Openings

• Labor Market Information

The Norristown Hospitality Center is hosting a Community Health Clinic

When: Saturday, 1/28/2023 from 9 am until 12 pm

Where: The Hospitality Center 530 Church Street, Norristown, PA

Medical Services will be provided by Einstein Montgomery Healthcare Providers

Services offered:

• Wound assessment/basic first aid care

• Blood pressure checks

• A1C Screening for Diabetes

Please note: Services are free of charge, for adults only, and provided on a first come, first serve basis.

The Grocery Outlet of East Norriton will be providing snacks and water