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P.O.W.E.R. Collaborative Network
Promoting Opportunities With Essential Resources

The P.O.W.E.R. Collaborative Network (PCN) stands for Promoting Opportunities With Essential Resources.  Operating mostly from in-kind support and volunteer input, the PCN consistently offers networking for a large variety of socioeconomic service providers throughout the County of Los Angeles. 

The PCN was founded in January 2001, by South Los Angeles human service representatives and community outreach specialists.  Guided by the spirit and intent of the Workforce Investment Act, they collaborated to more efficiently and effective deliver life needs to ultimately help people to be 100% self.

Overall, the PCN is in place to help emPOWER social services, educational agencies, industry and other vital support services in sharing and sustaining growth opportunities for having a more productive labor market.  The PCN stimulates workforce preparation programs to create a more coherent, comprehensive, accountable, and customer-focused business product. 

PCN members have an interest to empower the delivery of human services with important information and innovative developments in career, job, and training and other resourceful life needs.  The PCN offers industry vital support services and growth opportunities in order to empower people with self-sustaining employment opportunities, while promoting workforce preparation programs to create a more coherent, comprehensive, accountable, and customer-focused business product.

The PCN meets monthly at various member locations with discussions on job recruitment, funding, training, and workforce projects are usual topics in each meeting.  A public & private sector empowerment collaboration enhancing the job placement, workforce training, education, & community services for all County of Los Angeles, California residents and business enterprises. 

Since its meek beginnings, the PCN has conducted 100+ monthly meetings, three resource fairs, and seven annual awards program all focused on local job recruitment, funding, training, workforce projects, and other topics pertinent to meeting human service needs.  Within the first year of activity, PCN generated more than 30 key partners, including but not limited to the:

Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Inc.
C
alifornia Employment Development Department Center for Regional Employment Strategies
City of Los Angeles World Airports
City of Los Angeles-Youth Opportunity Movement
Compton Career Link WorkSource Center
Compton Community College
County of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
Ex-Gangsters for Christ
Goodwill Industries—Long Beach
International Association for Better Living & Education
L.A. Unified School District
Long Beach Job Corps
Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Los Angeles Industry Opportunity Corporation
Los Angeles Southwest College
Los Angeles Urban League
People Assisting The Homeless (P.A.T.H.)
Personal Involvement Center-Praises of Zion Baptist Church
South L.A. Economic Development Partnership Corporation
Veterans Industries-Omeric
Watts Health Foundation
Watts-Waters Employment Preparation Center
West Angeles Church-Community Development Corporation 

Today, PCN serves as the most integral outreach for job development in the southern county of Los Angeles.  PCN operates under the Southland Partnership Corporation, a non-profit California corporation whose Board of Directors serve without compensation.  There are more than 1,500 members representing more than 600 public and private non-profit organizations.

The PCN general operational requirements are met from an in-kind support of the member agencies and through tax-deductible contributions.  The general services provided include, but are not limited to;

  • Monthly P.O.W.E.R. Collaborative Network Meetings & Agenda Development
  • Internet Web Site Job/Training Network—www.IStartOnMonday.com
  • E-Mail Distribution to PCN Members
  • Choreographers of Careers© An Annual Awards Program.
For more information, feel free to contact:
Dean L. Jones,  C.P.M.
Chief Strategist
Southland Partnership Corporation
email: Bizpartnership@aol.com
P.O. Box 4967, Compton, CA 90224
(310) 637-7248     Fax: 310.637.7412
www.BizPartnership.biz
[Southland is a State of California #2383573, nonprofit 501(c)(3) Corporation.]
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MEETING SUMMARIES
2nd Q. 2010

April 2010
Host: CA Employment Development Department - Crenshaw Office

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1st Q. 2010 March 2010
Host: El Camino College
web format summary
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February 2010
Host: Personal Involvement Center
web format summary
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January 2010
Host: Loyola Marymount University (LMU)

web format summary
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4th Q. 2009 December 2009
Host: Goodwill, Serving the People of Southern Los Angeles County
web format summary
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October 2009
Host: City of Los Angeles World Airports

web format summary
3rd Q. 2009

September 2009
Host: El Camino College Compton Center
web format summary

August 2009
Host: L.A. County Department of Probation
web format summary
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July 2009
Host: Los Angeles Urban League
web format summary
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2nd Q. 2009

June 2009
Host: City of Carson
web format summary
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May 2009
Host: US Vets - Inglewood, CA
web format summary
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April 2009
Host: AEG - Staples Center - Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
web format summary
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1st Q. 2009

March 2009
Host: Jobing.com
web format summary

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February 2009
Host: Personal Involvement Center
web format summary
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January 2009
Host: City of Compton CareerLink Worksource Center
web format summary
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4th Q. 2008 December 2008
Host: Goodwill, Serving the People of Southern Los Angeles County
web format summary
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November 2008
Host: CA Employment Development Department - Crenshaw Office
web format summary
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October 2008
Host: Los Angeles World Airports
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3rd Q. 2008 September 2008
Host: New Directions, Inc.
web format summary
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August 2008
Host: People Assisting the Homeless (P.A.T.H.)
web format summary
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July 2008
Host: Los Angeles Job Corps
web format summary
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2nd Q. 2008 June 2008
Host: Los Angeles Urban League
Business and Career Center
web format summary
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May 2008
Host: Los Angeles Urban League
West Adams-Baldwin Hills
web format summary
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April 2008
Host: City of Los Angeles, Community Development Department- Youth Opportunity Movement Boyle Heights
web format summary
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1st Q. 2008 March 2008
Host: InterCoast Colleges
web format summary

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February 2008
Host: Jobing.com
web format summary

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January 2008
Hosts: Broad Spectrum CDC & Pacific Gateway Workforce Inv. Network
web format summary
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4th Q. 2007 December 2007
Host: Goodwill, Serving the People of Southern Los Angeles County
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November 2007
Host: CA Employment Development Department
October 2007
Host: City of Los Angeles World Airports
3rd Q. 2007 September 2007
Host: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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August 2007
Host: L. A. Urban League WorkSource -W. Adams/Baldwin Hills
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July 2007
Host: Crystal Stairs, Inc.
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2nd Q. 2007 June 2007
Host: West Angeles Community Development Corporation
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May 2007
Host: Housing Authority, City of L.A.
Jordan Down Satellite Worksource
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April 2007
Host: Los Angeles Unified School District
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1st Q. 2007 March 2007
Host: Los Angeles Southwest College
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February 2007
Host: Los Angeles Urban League
Business & Career Center
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January 2007
Hosts: Broad Spectrum & the Long Beach Workforce Development Bureau.
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4th Q. 2006 December 2006
Host: Southeast L. A. WorkSource Center & UAW Labor, Employment, and Training Corporation
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November 2006
Host: CA Employment Development Department - Crenshaw Office
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October 2006
Host: City of Los Angeles World Airports
2006 Choreographers of Careers
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3rd Q. 2006 September 2006
Host: LA County Sheriff’s Department
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August 2006
Host: Veterans Administration - Omeric

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July 2006
Host: Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
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2nd Q. 2006 June 2006
No formal meeting
May 2006
Host: City of LA Youth Opportunity Movement
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April 2006
Host: LA Urban League WorkSource -West Adams
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1st Q. 2006 March 2006
Host: LA Urban League Business & Career Center
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February 2006
No formal meeting
January 2006
Hosts: City of Long Beach & Broad Spectrum
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4th Q. 2005 December 2005
Host: Association for Better Living and Education (A.B.L.E.)
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November 2005
Host: CA Employment Development Department
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October 2005
Hosts: Broad Spectrum Community Dev. Corp. & the City of Inglewood
2006 Choreographers of Careers
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3rd Q. 2005 September 2005
Host: Los Angeles World Airports
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Choreographers of Careers Awards News Article
August 2005
No formal meeting
July 2005
Hosts: Business Training Schools & Southeast Area Social Services Funding Authority (SASSFA).
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2nd Q. 2005 June 2005
Host: People Assisting the Homeless (P.A.T.H.)
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May 2005
Host: LA Urban League Business & Career Center
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April 2005
Host: Board Spectrum & Ascension Church
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1st Q. 2005 March 2005
Host: US Veteran's Affairs
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February 2005
Host: Goodwill Industries Long Beach South Bay
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January 2005
Meeting postponed due to excessive rain
4th Q. 2004 December 2004
Host: Association for Better Living & Education
November 2004
Host: CA Employment Development Department
October 2004
Host: Long Beach Job Corps
3rd Q. 2004 September 2004
Host: Los Angeles World Airports
August 2004
Host: Personal Involvement Center
July 2004
Host: Compton Community College
 
 

 
 


 
Partners
A.B.L.E.
BBA
Best Viable Practices
BlackSuppliers
CA Chamber
CFRC
Chrysalis
City of Carson
City of L.A. Youth Opportunity
City of Long Beach
Compton CareerLink
Covenant & Sullivan
Dayle McIntosh Ctr.
Dept. of Corrections
Derrick's Jamaican Restaurant
EDD, State of CA
Easter Seals
East L.A. College
El Camino College
El Camino Compton Ctr.
 
Franklin Career College
Goodwill
Jobing.com
Human Potential Consultants
L.A. BBX
Los Angeles Career Network
L.A. County Sheriff's
L. A. CDD
L. A. Police Dept.
L.A. Southwest College
LAUSD
L.A. Urban League
LAWA
Making It!
NBBC
New Directions
PACE Newspaper
PATH
Purple Reign
 
Quantum CDC
SBA
Staples /Nokia Theatre
SugarAlert
Sullivan International
The Art of Bidding
Teen Intervention
U.S. Vets
Vermont Slauson EDC
Veterans Industries
Volunteers of America
Watts Coffee House
Weingart Center
West Angeles CDC
1-800 UNITE US
Verizon
Southland Partnership Corporation
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