Advance Central PA and CPI Receive Funding for Manufacturing Pre-apprenticeship Program
January 8, 2026
The Pa. Department of Labor & Industry has awarded $400,000 to Advance Central PA, in partnership with the Central PA Institute of Science and Technology (CPI). Funded through the Supporting Pa.’s Advanced Manufacturing Sector initiative, the grant will establish a new advanced manufacturing pre-apprenticeship program…
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Erica Mulberger, Executive Director
Phone: (570) 568-6868
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Email: emulberger@AdvanceCentralPA.org
Advance Central PA in the Wall Street Journal
December 13, 2025
Advance Central PA was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article on workers in their 40s returning to training programs and schools to build new skills and improve career stability.
The story highlights 48-year-old Victoria Miner, an Advance Central PA participant, who enrolled in a four-year butcher apprenticeship to gain formal credentials. Her certification led to a job offer as a USDA inspector, a role that is less physically demanding and allows her to extend her career.
The article also includes insight from Erica Mulberger, Advance Central PA Executive Director, who shared that increased layoffs and closures are driving more midcareer workers to seek training opportunities…
Careers and Credentials: PA CareerLink® Clinton County Awareness Day Event Promotes Free Resources for Job Seekers and Employers
September 12, 2025
On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, area residents filed into the PA CareerLink® Clinton County office on North Grove Street for PA CareerLink® Awareness Day—an open-house event that was held at multiple PA CareerLink® locations across the state to promote the free workforce development services, resources, programs, and personalized support available to local job seekers and employers through the PA CareerLink® network…
Advance Central PA and Penn College host roundtable to tackle manufacturing workforce shortages
August 16, 2025
To keep up with the manufacturing industry, Penn College hosted 39 individuals representing 24 businesses and industry partners at the Manufacturing Solutions Roundtable.
Hosted by the college’s workforce development team in partnership with Advance Central PA, the discussion brought manufacturers together to discuss the challenges that they face while recruiting talented workers…
Chance Aluminum Receives Governor’s Achievement Award for Workforce Excellence
May 8, 2025
Advance Central PA, the local workforce development board serving Pennsylvania’s Central Region, proudly announces that Chance Aluminum Corporation has been awarded a Governor’s Achievement Award to Employers. This award was presented jointly by the PA Workforce Development Association (PWDA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry at the 2025 PWDA Annual Conference…
Advance Central PA and Williamsport Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee Secure $103K Grant to Launch Electrical Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program
April 14, 2025
Advance Central PA is proud to announce the receipt of a $103,592 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry as part of the Schools-to-Work Program (STWP). This funding will directly support a new pre-apprenticeship program designed to equip high school students and recent graduates for successful careers in electrical construction…
Advance Central PA Participates in FCFP Raise the Region
March 14, 2025
Advance Central PA recently wrapped up its participation in the 2025 Raise the Region giving campaign. As first-time participants, and in celebration of our 25th anniversary, we want to say “Thank You” for the generosity of our community, donors, and partners who made our participation possible…
Lack of Slots for Early Childhood Education in Central PA is a Workforce Crisis
December 12, 2023
OP-ED: LACK OF SLOTS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN CENTRAL PA IS A WORKFORCE CRISIS
Early childhood education, commonly referred to as childcare, improves quality of life by supporting cognitive, social and mental well-being of babies and young children, increases the financial stability of families by allowing adults to work, and stabilizes communities like those in Central PA as the workforce of tomorrow…
"What's So Cool About Manufacturing"? 2023 Awards
April 20, 2023
“What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?”
CENTRAL PA – April 20, 2023 – The Innovative Manufacturers’ Center (IMC)…
PA CareerLink helping both employees and employers get back to work
November 18, 2021
A state-run organization that helps job seekers and employers, says the demand to help the community has grown exponentially…
Apprenticeship program puts students to work at PMF Industries
October 14, 2021
As a high school student, Austin Badman had his eye set on learning a trade, perhaps by heading off to a technical school. Instead, he got involved in an apprenticeship program…
CPWDC Rebrands to Advance Central PA
Lewisburg – The Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation (CPWDC), the local Workforce Development Board (WDB) for the Central Pennsylvania region, announced today that it has rebranded to Advance Central PA…
Livability Study to Help Attract Quality Employers
A new program called Livability encourages business investment, talent recruitment and relocation by reaching corporate executives, site selectors, entrepreneurs, talented individuals, families and visitors attracted to Pennsylvania’s quality of life…
CPWDC Receives Grant Increasing Access to Treatment and Career Coaching Opportunities
November 12, 2020
Lewisburg — Central PA Workforce Development Corporation (CPWDC), in partnership with Geisinger and SEDA-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG) received $ 1,018,500 from the Appalachian Regional Commission to create an ecosystem that increases career opportunities and access to addiction treatment services through a cross-partner referral and treatment program…
Man Honored With Governor’s Achievement Youth Award
Milton — Tucson Barlow fled a religious sect in the Midwest without education or clear goals but said he was able to transform his life through programs at the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit (CSIU)…
Pandemic Highlights the Value of Workforce Development Networks
Williamsport – When Maria Joseph Manor continuing care facility in Danville needed hand sanitizer, the hair care products company Function of Beauty in Catawissa came through with 100 bottles. When Geisinger Medical needed face shields for its doctors and nurses, DiamondBack Truck Covers in Phillipsburg stepped up…