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Penn-Mar Human Services Launches Its Third Career Ladder Class, Promoting Recognition and Higher Wages for Direct Support Professionals

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24 Oct

Posted at 20:08h in News

Penn-Mar Human Services is thrilled to announce the launch of a third Career Ladder class, and the names of the 30 Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) whose compassion, professionalism, and participation in this program exemplify their commitment to transforming life into living for the individuals that Penn-Mar supports.Please...

19 Oct

Posted at 19:54h in News

[caption id="attachment_4871" align="alignleft" width="234"] Johnny Yankovich on the job at Crescent Industries in New Freedom, PA.[/caption]If you ask Johnny Yankovich what he likes about having a job, he’ll tell you straight out – “I like earning money.” Some of that money, he’s happy to say,...

01 Oct

Posted at 19:31h in News

[caption id="attachment_4865" align="alignleft" width="203"] With a proud grin, Will Ford stands amid huge boxes of waste paper ready to be recycled at CPG in York.[/caption]With a keen eye on the sky, Will Ford just may be Penn-Mar’s official weatherman. Bump into him anywhere and he’ll...

25 Sep

Posted at 19:29h in News

Not everyone is excited to turn 40 years old but it’s always a good excuse to throw a party. Lesha Breighner thought so, too, when she reached that critical milestone last year. Unfortunately she didn’t have the time she needed to book the venue for...

17 Sep

Posted at 01:31h in News, Press Releases, Uncategorized

Penn-Mar Human Services, a recognized leader in providing innovative, quality supports and services to hundreds of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the The Penn-Mar Foundation is pleased to announce Anthony Gallo, as the Foundation board’s new chair, and Elizabeth “Beth” Pitts-Madonna as the...

15 Aug

Posted at 19:17h in News

R.J. Powers was literally homeless in 2012. An emergency placement brought him to a Penn-Mar community home in York with where he settled in with only a backpack and duffle bag to his name. Struggling with autism, attention deficit disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, it...

06 Aug

Posted at 19:14h in News

For a guy who has been working since he was eight years old, Paul Kuhn sounds and acts incredibly energetic. As a part-time Direct Support Professional (DSP) at Penn-Mar, he often tells the individuals he works with at the Maryland Day Program that the only...

20 Jul

Posted at 19:12h in News

Lydia Hurst’s deep passion and energy for her job and for the people she works with at Penn-Mar radiates out through her smile and through her steadfast dedication to a profession she knows to be absolutely vital to the lives of people with intellectual and...

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