Non-Profit Networking Group to Discuss Workforce Solutions

The Rural Non-Profit Networking Group (RNNG) is an opportunity for the organizations that do so much good in our rural communities to share their missions and visions, discuss community needs and partnership opportunities, bring in experts to facilitate growth and professionalism, and simply connect to maximize the efficiency and impact that participants can bring to Fayette, Colorado, Lavaca, and surrounding counties. Since reactivating post-pandemic shutdown, the group is more energized than ever, back to meeting monthly, and incorporating an educational aspect into each gathering.

This month Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area will be hosting the RNNG gathering on Wednesday, March 9 at 10 a.m. The gathering will be held at their office in La Grange located at 851 S. Reynolds, next door to AMEN Food Pantry.

Rachel Genzer, Business Solutions Consultant for Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area (WSRCA), will be hosting the meeting and will discuss how Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area works for your nonprofit. When people think of Workforce Solutions, they immediately think of job seekers or unemployment assistance. What they do goes way beyond that. WSRCA was originally formed to assist businesses through workforce training, employeeupskilling and staffing needs. Another way WSRCA routinely assists businesses is through funding opportunities. WSRCA often receives grants from various entities, and in turn put these funds to work for area businesses, which includes nonprofits.

Since 1966, Combined Community Action Inc. has been serving the needs of lowincome families and senior adults in rural central Texas to help change lives and assist people. Through programs designed to help families to transition out of poverty, and in conjunction with other human service agencies and non-profits, Combined Community Action, Inc has been serving the residents of 11 counties, employs 44 residents within five departments (Administration, Finance, Family Services, Weatherization and Senior Nutrition aka Meals on Wheels Rural Capital Area) and serves at over 23 locations.

Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area is a community partnership providing no-cost recruitment and employment services to businesses and job seekers in the Rural Capital Area of Texas. This nine-county region includes Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, and Williamson counties. Our mission is to build an employer-driven workforce system that meets the demands of a global economy by actively involving industry and business leaders in workforce development decisions that allows them to: identify labor and economic trends, obtain customized training, and hire high skilled workers, while simultaneously promoting the welfare, orientation, assessment, education, training, and placement of job seekers who are searching for profitable and self-sufficient employment.

The Rural Non-Profit Networking Group would like to invite all organizations interested participating to attend, as well as there will be a virtual option.

For more information on RNNG or this gathering, contact Susannah Mikulin with Fayette Community Foundation (512) 791-7096 Susie Shank with ACCSS (979) 820-8964, Cheryl Pekar with Stanzel Family Foundation (979) 743-9119 or Kenny Couch with Fayette County Texas Habitat for Humanity (979) 561-7211.