WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Workforce development at Pee Dee Healthy Start

Pee Dee Healthy Start, Inc. Workforce Development and Training Program serves unemployed, underemployed, justice involved and those who seek to improve their skills through occupational and life training opportunities. The goal of our program is to help individuals obtain meaningful employment by addressing barriers that impede sustainable employment. Also, we assist those who have been involved in the judicial system develop a career path and work with them to prevent future involvement with the justice system.

Through our network of partners, we offer education and training that helps our clients learn new skills by earning industry-recognized credentials and certifications. Our participants earn incentives while they learn and gain valuable skills to obtain meaningful employment. 

Services include:

  • GED Assistance
  • ID Restoration
  • Financial Literacy & Pathway Out of Poverty Planning
  • Restorative Justice, Mentoring and Community Service
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Intensive Case Management with Wrap Around Services
  • Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Prescription Assistance)
  • College Preparation and Enrollment
  • Job Preparation and Placement

Certification Programs

  • Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Phlebotomy, EKG, Administrative Medical
  • CDL
  • Welding
  • Forklift, Heavy Equipment Operator
  • HVAC & more…

To learn more about the Workforce Development program at Pee Dee Healthy Start contact us 843-662-1482

Service Areas

Florence Office

314 West Pine Street

Florence, SC 29501

Norma Bartelle, Program Manager, nbartelle@pdhs.org, (843) 269-5168

Kenneth Feagins, Case Manager, kfeagins@pdhs.org, (843) 687-6486

Glenda Harrison, Support Specialist, gharrison@pdhs.org, (843) 731-6142

Patricia Reddick, Career Specialist, preddick@pdhs.org, (843) 687-8791

Audra Wright, Case Manager, awright@pdhs.org, (843) 758-3101