National Association of Job Training & Assistance (NAJA)

NAJA's 29th Annual Conference in NEW ORLEANS, LA: March 19-23, 2012
tentative schedule below (last update on 1/25/12)
click here for Agenda/Session Schedule on PDF


New Orleans, LA   March 19-23, 2012                                               

MONDAY 10AM REGISTRATION


1:00 pm: Welcome  by Ed Donahue, Vice President of NAJA 
1:10 pm: ETA Welcome & Updates by Joseph Juarez, ETA Regional Administrator

1:30 pmUpdates & Comments on Workforce Development Issues by Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary of Labor



3-4:30pm  Building a Framework for Grant Management and Accountability,                   by Marie Weidmark

TUESDAY
8:30 - 10   FISCAL track:  Financial & Grants Management for NEGs, by James Howard
8:30 - 10   PROGRAM track:  Performance Measurement & Management, by Marie Weidmark

10:30 - noon  FISCAL track:  Audit Resolution & Stand-In Costs, by Strader Taylor                               10:30 - noon PROGRAM track:  Work-based Training:  OJT, Internships & WE, by John Chamberlin

noon -  LUNCH (on your own)

1-2:30  FISCAL track:  Grant Modifications, by James Howard
1-2:30  PROGRAM track:   Data Validation:  Looking Back & Moving Forward, by Marie Weidmark 
                                 

3-4:30  FISCAL track:  Building Usage & Workforce Funding, Strader Taylor & Tom Diehl
3-4:30  PROGRAM track:  Developing Workforce Programs with Community Colleges, by Rick Ida
            

WEDNESDAY

8:30 - 10  FISCAL track:  Profit Inadvertently? Earned by Non-Profit & Governmental Organizations,
                                          by Strader Taylor

8:30 - 10  PROGRAM track:  Beyond One-Stop - Employing Market Intelligence, by Michael Scott

10:30 - noon FISCAL track:  Practical Application of a Financial Monitoring Review, by Kelly Taylor
10:30 - noon PROGRAM track: Healthcare Training Collaboration, by Lyn Kugel

noon -  LUNCH (on your own)

1-2:30   FISCAL track:  Compensation for Personnel Services, by Tom Diehl
1-2:30   PROGRAM track:  Power Partners in Workforce Investment Programs, by Michael Scott

3-4:30  FISCAL track:  Innovative Procurement & Contracting Approaches, by John Chamberlin
3-4:30  PROGRAM track:   Transitioning Disabled Young Adults into Jobs or PostSecondary Education,                                             by Barbara Burger & Babara Lefferts

THURSDAY
8:30 - 10  FISCAL track:  Cost Classification & Cost Limitations, by Macey Swanson-Prince
8:30 - 10  PROGRAM track:   Program Monitoring, by Sandy Berardone

10:30 - noon  FISCAL track:   Selected Items of Cost, by Steve Garfinkel
10:30 - noon PROGRAM track:   Employment for Hard-to-Serve Adults (ex-cons), by Ray Eibel


noon -  LUNCH (on your own)

1-2:30   FISCAL track:  Financial Reporting, by Macey Swanson-Prince
1-2:30   PROGRAM track: The Future of Workforce Programs, by Bob Knight

3-4:30  FISCAL track:  Allowable Costs & Cost Principles, by Steve Garfinkel
3-4:30  PROGRAM track:   "If It's Not Written, Did It Happen?", by Mary Ann Lawrence


FRIDAY
8:30 - 10   General Plenary Session:  Bob Knight's Washington Updates

                                                 
10:30-noon CLOSING PLENARY:  Seamless Service Delivery:
 Fact or Fiction
 - by Mary Ann Lawrence

noon     END OF CONFERENCE                              Register today!!!



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