EDSI’s Quarterly e-Magazine
National Appeal. Local Feel.
A companywide snapshot of the work happening in communities across
the country, from program innovations and special projects to the
people behind them.
Latest Issue
Oct 2026 Volume 15
Highlights included in Volume 15:
- Celebrating Success: Adult Jobseekers Turn Opportunity Into Employment
- EDSI CEO Kevin Schnieders Recognized as One of Corp! Magazine's 2026 Michigan Inspiring Leaders
- Macomb / St. Clair Team Shines at Michigan Works! Annual Conference
- Career Corps: Paid Work Experience in Action
- Strengthening Workforce Connections in the Lehigh Valley
- Supporting Safer, Stronger Communities
- Prison to Prosperity: Creating Pathways to a New Beginning
- Building Skills Through Summer Work: SEAL Students Visit Mission of Yahweh
- Career Source Capital Region: Building Connections, Creating Opportunities
- Texas Gulf Coast Workforce Summit Highlights the Future of Construction Workforce Development
- Responding Together: EDSI Supports Regional Rapid Response for JBS Workers
- Empowering Employees to Turn Ideas into Impact
- Why The Strongest Employer Partnerships Start With A Problem, Not A Pitch
- Building Tomorrow's Workforce: Blue Water Building Trades Career Fair Connects Students to Opportunity
- Connecting Chester County Job Seekers With Local Employers
- Good Jobs Challenge Job Fair Connects Southeastern Pennsylvania Job Seekers with Career Opportunities
- Fueling Futures: Connecting Job Seekers to Energy & Utilities Careers
- Missouri Governor's Conference Highlights Workforce Impact
- Advancing Workforce Solutions in Ocean County Connecting Job Seekers With Opportunity
- Regional Partners Unite to Strengthen Business Growth and Workforce Development
- Multi-Generational Healthcare Career Acceleration Program
- From the Red Scorpion to a New Career: Mark's Journey to Facilities Maintenance Success
- Aligning Skills, Training and Employer Demand Through Job Task Analysis
- New Business Wins
Previous Issues
Debuting in July 2022, EDSI’s National Appeal Local Feel quarterly e-Magazine is a companywide snapshot of work happening across more than 100 contracts in several states. Program innovations, projects and new business updates across our regions appeal to potential clients, job candidates and RFP procurement entities interested in learning about our wide scope of services and the industries and populations we serve.
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National Appeal Local Feel | July 2026 | Volume 14
Highlights included in Volume 14:
- EDSI Earns Spot on the 2026 Largest Privately Held Companies List
- Ivy Berry Receives 2026 PWDA Phoenix Award for Leadership in Workforce Development
- Accolades for EDSI's Southeast Missouri Team at MAWD
- Food Truck Challenge Sparks Student Innovation
- Opening Doors to Opportunity: SLATE's New Youth Empowerment Program
- From Taste to Table: Turning Passion into Possibility
- Responsible by Design: How ILS Matches AI to the Work
- EDSI's IT Team Program Innovations
- EDSI Shows Up Strong for National Apprenticeship Week
- Apprenticeship Roundtable Connects Stakeholders from Across the Region
- Strengthening Michigan's Workforce: Celebrating Impact Through Apprenticeship
- Behind the Scenes of the Wellness to Work Video Series
- Workforce Wins Employer Forum Highlights Key Insights from Local Employers
- Spring Job Fair Draws Nearly 1,000 Job Seekers and More Than 80 Employers
- The Power of EDSI on Display at MAETC 2026
- Connecting Talent to Opportunity: Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Delivers Hiring Success
- Driving Connections and Strengthening Community: Michigan Works! in Action
- Next Step Job Fair and Transfer Fair Brings Employers, Colleges, and Job Seekers Together
- A Journey of Perseverance: Aim & Attain Participant Earns Nursing Degree
- From Determination to Distinction: Cherelle Auguste's Workforce Journey
- Turnaround & Restructuring: Insights from the Field
- Pushing Progress Together: Making an Impact in Philadelphia
- New Business Wins
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National Appeal Local Feel | Apr. 2026 | Volume 13
Highlights included in Volume 13:
- Celebrating 17 Years of Recognition in Metro Detroit – and 15 Years Nationally
- EDSI Missouri City, Texas Team Earns Top 3 Employment Agency Recognition
- Pushing Progress in Philadelphia: A Community-Driven Approach to Safer Futures
- EDSI’s Shay Jones Vitale Featured on NAWDP’s Workforce Podcast
- Better Together: Strengthening Teams to Deliver Exceptional Service
- Putting People to Work: How Chester County’s Business Services Team Has Turned Job Fairs Into a Science
- Introducing “Ed”: Advancing Workforce Services Through AI Innovation
- Strengthening the Workforce from Within: Incumbent Worker Training Delivers Results
- Building Futures Through Pre-Apprenticeship
- Industry-Specific Job Fair Series Connects Employers and Job Seekers
- Where Opportunity Meets Momentum: Inside a Hiring Event That Delivered Results
- EDSI Teams Take the Stage During Spring Conference Season
- Connecting Talent to Opportunity: Waller County Job Fair Drives Impact in the West Region
- Digital Literacy Initiative Expands Workforce Skills
- Building Opportunity: Southeast Missouri STEM Initiative in the Running for MAWD Partnership Award
- Bridging the Digital Divide Through Partnership and Opportunity
- EDSI Multi-Generational Program Graduate – Jess Neal: Graduation Speech
- From Setback to Strength: A Journey of Resilience, Renewal, and Purpose
- Blog Feature: How EDSI’s Innovative Learning Solutions Team Approaches Risk Mitigation in Instructional Design and Learning Projects
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National Appeal Local Feel | Jan. 2026 | Volume 12
Highlights included in Volume 12:
- EDSI Achieves Certified Evergreen Status, Joining Select Group of Purpose-driven Organizations
- EDSI Named a 2025 Michigan Top Workplaces Winner
- Recognizing Leadership With Purpose: Christina Dusenberry Named to the 2025 Responsible 100
- Kim Glenn Accepted into ATD’s Prestigious CTDO Group
- Good Jobs Challenges Advances Energy and Infrastructure Career Pathways
- Veterans Day in the Gulf Coast Region: Service in Action
- The Power of Showing Up: How EDSI’s Innovative Learning Solutions Team Closed 2025
- JobTalk Vermont: Real People. Real Jobs. Real Support.
- EDSI’s AI-Powered Resume Builder: Transforming the Jobseeker Experience
- A Team Committed to Supporting Youth Success
- Pennsylvania Apprenticeship Programs Earn Statewide Recognition
- EDSI Serves as Presenting Sponsor in Fifth Annual MiCareerQuest
- SLATE Missouri Job Center Honors Veteran Team Member with Salute to Service Celebration
- Red, White & You Hiring Event Connects Veterans with Opportunity
- Veterans Employment Program Exceeds Enrollment Goals, Secures Extended Funding
- Community in Service: Veterans Appreciation Breakfast
- Veterans Day: Service in Action
- First Steps Toward a New Future: The Success of EDSI’s Pathway Home Program
- New Monthly Wellness Resources Supports Goal-Setting and Mental Health
- Expanding Pre-Employment Transition Services Nationwide
- Behind the Scenes of “The Science of Happiness”
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National Appeal Local Feel | Oct. 2025 | Volume 11
Highlights included in Volume 11:
- EDSI Named a 2025 Best and Brightest Company to Work For
- Celebrating Our 2025 Workforce Heroes
- Connecting Talent and Opportunity: A Model for Regional Workforce Development
- Changing the Course: A Story of Transformation at P3
- Helping IWCO Employees Turn Layoffs Into New Career Opportunities
- Connecting Services, Creating Impact
- Celebrating the Impact of System-Wide Services in Philadelphia
- Gulf Coast Region Recruitment Trip
- High-Impact Job Fair Supports SPS Technologies Workers
- Building Bold Futures: EDSI’s Collaborative Journey with Boys & Girls Clubs
- Antonio S. - Second Chance: From Setbacks to Success
- Workforce Day 2025: Connecting Talent with Opportunity
- Conference Season Highlights: EDSI in Action Across the Nation
- Behind the Scenes of One-Stop Centers with One-Stop Operator Diana Monti
- AJC Certification: Driving Innovation and Equity in Workforce Development
- Building Stronger Workforces Through Work-Based Learning
- Contracts Won Between August-October 2025
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National Appeal Local Feel | July 2025 | Volume 10
Highlights included in Volume 10:
- Celebrating Excellence: EDSI's Award-Winning Year
- Celebrating Leadership and Impact: Lauren Giordanella Named to Staten Island's 20 Under 40
- Rahdiah Barnes Appointed to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Community Advisory Board
- Leaders in Action: A Closer Look at EDSI's Leadership Academy
- NYC SBS Small Business Expo
- Reigniting Purpose: EDSI's North Carolina Teams Unite for Learning, Connection, and Growth
- Kevin Schnieders Featured on Fine is a Four-Letter Word Podcast
- Community Partner Monthly Meeting Collaboration
- Lancaster's Reentry Support Group: A Pathway to Purpose and Possibility
- The Power of Self-Love
- Introducing KeyweLearn: EDSI's New Learning Platform for Adult Education and Workforce Professionals
- Introducing KeyweLearn: Purpose-Driven PD for Adult Educators and Workforce Pros
- Conference Season Highlights: EDSI in Action Across the Nation
- Supporting Crozer Health Workers Through Partnership and Purpose
- EDSI's Upper Manhattan Workforce1 Career Center Hosts NYC Hospitality Alliance Hiring Hall
- Building Workforce Connections: Berks County Job Fair Delivers Results
- Opening Doors to Opportunity: EDSI's ITG Fast Track Event Empowers Staten Island Jobseekers
- Compassion in Action: EDSI Responds to Storms
- Leonard F. - From Setback to Comeback
- Arrianna S. - Balancing Life, Work & Education
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National Appeal Local Feel | Apr. 2025 | Volume 9
Highlights included in Volume 9:
- EDSI Recognized as a Philadelphia Employer of Choice
- EDSI Named a Top 101 Best & Brightest Company in the Nation
- Work, Learn and Grow Series: St. Luke’s Empowering Mature Workers
- EDSI Staff Supports Boeing Employees During St. Louis County Layoffs with Rapid Response Services
- Better Together: Uniting Teams for Growth, Connection, and Recognition
- Leadership Through Art: Strength, Connection, and Expression
- Ridley High School Students Build Bright Futures with EDSI’s ISY Program
- Teamwork in Action: Supporting Laid-off Tyson Food Workers
- Trauma Training: Empowering Educators and Families to Promote Healing
- Rethinking Workplace Wellness: Choosing the Right Well-Being Model
- Future-Proof Your Business With Strategic Planning
- Celebrating Five Years as a B Corp: A Journey of Impact
- Navigating Success: The Power of Career Navigation
- Introducing EDSI’s New Internal Podcast: 3 P’s in a Podcast
- Empowering Youth: The Impact of the YouthBuild & WIOA Partnership
- Microlearning in Workforce Development: Empowering Professionals, Job Seekers, and Leaders
- HRA/DHS Housing Specialist Training Pilot Program
- Building Careers: Where Employers and Job Seekers Connect
- JobsNYC: Staten Island Hiring Hall Success
- EDSI Secures New Funding for Veterans Employment Program
- EDSI Awarded Grant to Strengthen Recovery Support Services
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National Appeal Local Feel | Jan. 2025 | Volume 8
Highlights included in Volume 8:
- Celebrating Excellence: Best and Brightest Honors in 2024
- EDSI Recognized for Market-Leading Benefits Package
- EDSI Named a 2024 Top Workplace by The Detroit Free Press
- Celebrating Our Workforce Heroes: Scott Levine and Shay Jones-Vitale!
- EDSI Expands Services with PATH Program Partnership
- Empowering Case Managers: Elevating Workforce Development Technical Skills
- Good Jobs Challenge- Building a Pathway to Success
- Southeast Tennessee Empowers Youth Through Paid Work Experiences
- Breaking Barriers: Lisa's Journey Toward a Career in HVA
- Community Life Improvement Program (CLIP): A Model for Community Transformation
- Empowering Fathers, Building Stronger Families: A Successful Partnership Between EDSI and Carter's Corner
- Bucks County Workforce on Wheels Rolls Out Opportunities for Jobseekers and Employers
- Penn Medicine Pathway Program: A Launchpad for Success
- Montgomery County Discovery Day: Connecting Communities to Opportunities
- Supporting Success: The Career Connected Learning (C2L-PHL) Summer Youth Initiative
- Berks County One-Stop Partners with Unique Snacks
- Pushing Progress Philly: Workforce Solutions Highlighted on WHYY
- Empowering Job Seekers: Entry-Level Job Fair at Parkway Central Library
- Fall Job Fair: Building Stronger Connections
- EDSI Dearborn Team Gives Back on Veterans Day
- Giving Back to the Community: Hazleton Office Highlights
- New Business
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National Appeal Local Feel | Sept. 2024 | Volume 7
Highlights included in Volume 7:
- Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces
- America's Greatest Workplaces Recognizes EDSI With Multiple Awards
- B Corp Certification and Impact Report
- GLOW Graduates Head To College Thanks in Part to Facilitator Lisa Rigsbee
- EDSI Turned 45 on July 16
- Case Manager Professional Development Training
- Customized Job Readiness Impacts Employment in the New York Region
- Innovative DEI Wall Initiative at EDSI
- Navigating One-Stop Center Recertification Process
- Empowering Careers: EDSI Berks County Spring Job Fair Attracts Thousands
- EDSI ILS Team Supports Boys& Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan at Reimagine Summit
- NYC Business Solutions Center Event - Meet the Lenders
- Celebrating EDSI Team Members at the PWDA 40th Annual Conference
- Integrating Mental Health First Aid into EDSI's Wellness to Work Initiative
- Veteran Support at EDSI: Insights from Unsung Heroes Tammy Souder and Autumn Allen
- Keeping Kids Engaged Through Winter: The Eddystone Youth Program EDSI's Commitment to Reentry Success: A Powerful Partnership with Bucks County One-Stop and Local
- Organizations
- Success Story: A Journey of Growth & Opportunity
- New Business
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National Appeal Local Feel | Apr. 2024 | Volume 6
Highlights included in Volume 6:
- Empowering Futures: EDSI's Pre-ETS Program Transforms Lives in North Carolina
- Uplifting Communities One Job at a Time-Upper Manhattan New York
- Empowering Futures: The Dynamic Dance of Our Workforce System in Action
- National Apprenticeship Week Recap
- Pushing Progress Philly (P3) Violence Intervention Program Continues to Grow
- Train to Retain Event
- Nissan Stadium Project
- Cannabis NYC Initiative: Elevating New York as the Global Hub for Cannabis Excellence
- Participant-Turned-Employee Success Story Peter Currie
- New York Healthcare Career Center supports 190 candidates with mid-wage jobs!
- Pennsylvania Job Fair Serves Hundreds of Jobseekers
- EDSI Leaders Kim Glenn and Ken Mall Illuminate Workforce Development Trends as Featured Speakers at COABE and NAWB Conferences
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National Appeal Local Feel | Dec. 2023 | Volume 5
Highlights included in Volume 5:
- Delaware County Veterans Grant Expands Outreach, Training and Employment Services
- Juneteenth Celebration Brings Community Together
- Mock-tober Workshops Connect Jobseekers with Employers and HR Managers
- Staff Success Story: Allen Brown, Career Advisor
- Behavioral Health Advocates: Supporting Mental Health in Workforce Development
- Service Learning Projects Offer Hands-On Experience to Participants
- Re-Entry Simulation Attended by Northern Middle TN Team
- St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment Awarded Funding for YouthBuild
- Blog #1 : What is a Memorandum of Understanding and Why is it Important?
- Blog #2: LGBTQIA+ Jobseeker Support: A Customized Approach
- Conferences Recap: Michigan Works! And Florida Workforce Development Summit
- EDSI Named Apprenticeship Ambassador
- Detroit Free Press Names EDSI a Winner Of The Michigan Top Workplaces 2023 Award
- New Business Contracts Won
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National Appeal Local Feel | July 2023 | Volume 4
Highlights included in Volume 4:
- EDSI Wins Elite Award for Employee Education and Development
- EDSI Named to The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Top Workplaces Awards List
- Facilitator Diane Mapp Receives Recognition Award From Drexel University
- NextGen & Friends Podcast Project
- Department of Corrections Hosts Behind the Walls Hiring Event at Berks County Community Foundation
- Berks County Virtual DEI Symposium: Hiring Individuals with Disabilities
- EDSI Middle Tennessee AJC Partnership with TAEM Helps Our Chance TN Families Overcome Benefits Cliff
- What is a Career Acceleration Program (CAP)?
Spotlight on Manufacturing CAP With an Emphasis on Re-Entry Participants - Partnership Between EDSI & City of Philadelphia Highlights Transitional and Permanent Career Opportunities
- Giving Back in Tampa Bay – Wreaths Across America 2022
- TN Colleagues Attend SETA Spring Conference
- Innovative Learning Solutions Team Members Represent EDSI at COABE Conference
- Director of Strategic Partnerships, Roe Falcone Serves as Emcee for Annual PWDA Conference
- EDSI Launches $2.1M Workforce Training Initiative for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- 2026 Painted Picture Now Live on Website
- Our 2023 B Corp Recertification Update
- Announcing EDSI.com – IT Transition Complete
- New Business Contracts Won
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National Appeal Local Feel | Feb. 2023 | Volume 3
Highlights included in Volume 3:
- PWDA Policy & Advocacy Fellowship Program Announces Fellows
- EARN Program Spotlight: Take A Breath Video – Montgomery County, PA
- WIOA Youth Success Story: Donovan Johnson - Williamson County, TN
- Blog: Grow Detroit’s Young Talent Summer Youth Training Program – Detroit, MI
- What is a Belonging Ambassador? Q&A with Reina Kimso
- EDSI Talent Director Reina Kimso Named Salute to Diversity Business Leader by Corp! Magazine
- Community Partner Program – Bucks County, PA
- Delco Team Direct Reports Boost Leadership – Chester & Delco Counties, PA
- First Step Program – Delaware County, PA
- Youth Program Success -Chester County, PA
- CareerSource Tampa Bay Career Clarity Pod
- Community Partner Fair – Ocean County NJ
- Partners Resource Fair – Tallahassee, FL
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National Appeal Local Feel | Oct. 2022 | Volume 2
Highlights included in Volume 2:
- EDSI is a B Corp Best for the World Honoree
- Veterans Job Fair Visited by Labor Secretary, Jennifer Berrier
- Community Life Improvement Program (CLIP) Transitional Job Project, Philadelphia PA
- WIOA Youth Program Success Story
- Staff Spotlight: JoVon Hill, Regional Coordinator of Youth Services
- New One Flow CRM System Pilot
- National Dislocated Worker Grant, PA
- EARN Program Take a Breath Video
- Digital Media Campaign, PA
- Out-of-School Youth Pre-Apprenticeship, Delaware County PA
- Connecticut’s First Multi-Gen Program Graduation
- Reentry Project, Northern Middle TN
- City of Tucson Water Department Project Spotlight
- Tampa, FL Welcome Center Pods
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National Appeal Local Feel | June 2022 | Volume 1
Highlights included in Volume 1:
- Phoenix Award Winner- Roe Falcone
- JFES Multi-Gen Program
- Eddystone Youth Program
- Business Education Partnership Programs
- Strengthening Awareness of Partnerships
- Virtual Training Sessions Success
- Career Source Tampa Bay Town Hall Meeting Experience