The annual Re-Entry Partnership Conference is slated for Monday and Tuesday, April 28-29, at the SF College Blount Center in Gainesville.
The annual two-day event, which runs both days from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., will help returning justice-impacted individuals and other citizens struggling to re-enter the workforce by accessing educational programs, learning job skills and discovering entrepreneurship opportunities.
To register for the Re-Entry Partnership Conference, click here. The SF Blount Center is located at 530 W. University Ave.
“We are thrilled to host this year’s conference at the Santa Fe College Blount Center,” said Shandra Nichols, conference co-chair and Library Partnership Resource Center manager for Partnership for Strong Families, in a press release. “Representatives from the college have been integral to the planning and implementation of the conference since day one.
“Through collaboration with various local organizations, both attendance and the conference’s overall impact have grown tremendously over the past two years. We’re hopeful that this year’s event will be just as successful.”
The Alachua County Library District (ACLD) and Partnership for Strong Families, in collaboration with other community partner organizations, are hosting the two-day event.
The conference will feature breakout sessions covering employment, education and housing, as well as personal wellbeing. There will be two panel discussions highlighting employment success stories along with other voices of those with lived experience.
Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with more than a dozen local service providers, including:
- Gainesville Housing Authority
- Released Reentry
- Rural Women’s Health Project
- HIPPY Program
- Suwannee River Area Health Education Center
- Simply Healthcare Plans
- Santa Fe College/Freedom to Learn
- CareerSource North Central Florida
- GRACE Marketplace
- Oxford House
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Community Springs
- Alachua County Crisis Center
- Alachua County Sheriff’s Office
- Partnership for Strong Families
- Alachua County Library District
Participants or businesses with questions about this event can contact Barbara Hughey Reardon, ACLD, at 352-33-3929, or Nichols at 352-334-0160.