Community-Based Workforce Centers

Policy Committee    April 28, 2025

YORK, April 28 – In recent years, enrollment for career and technical education has increased, allowing more students to obtain training for in-demand careers and apprenticeships that allow young people to immediately step into the workforce, but funding for these programs is struggling to match the demand and rising costs for hands-on training. The House Majority Policy Committee convened a hearing on community-based workforce centers at York County School of Technology Monday, hosted by Rep. Carol Hill-Evans (D-York). 

• Host: Reps. Carol Hill-Evans, D-York
• Testifiers:
  • Dr. Scott Rogers- Administrative Director, York County School of Technology
  • Jacqueline Martino-Miller- Charter School Chief Executive Officer, Crispus Attucks York
  • Melissa Longenberger- Executive Director, Workforce Now Foundation
  • AliceAnn Frost- Executive Director, TecCentro York
  • Sully Pinos- Executive Director, BLOOM Business Empowerment Center

Agenda + Testimony

• Hearing agenda and testimony: Community-Based Workforce Centers

Media Release + News Coverage

• Funding remains a challenge for in-demand career training, April 28, 2025
• The Center Square, Trade programs say more money needed to fix workforce shortage, April 28, 2025

Video + Photos

• Click here to view the entire hearing
• Click here to view photos of the hearing