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Posted on February 20, 2026
How innovation and advocacy keep Penn-Mar moving forward despite frozen budgets. Are you feeling trapped in these endless cycles of freezing days and nights? When Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this February and predicted six more weeks of winter, it felt all too familiar. Certain…
Posted on October 11, 2023
Penn-Mar team members, families and self-advocates were out in force this past May, meeting with legislators in Harrisburg and co-hosting a Legislative Roundtable with Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability (PAR), the largest and most active association of intellectual disability and autism…
Posted on October 2, 2023
– Maryland Daily Record’s Annual Award Honors Maryland’s Top Leaders – October 2, 2023 Baltimore – Penn-Mar Human Services, the region’s leading provider of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), is proud to announce that President & CEO Greg Miller has been…
Posted on September 1, 2023
Jay Griffin loves Bonkey’s Ice Cream & Snoballs, not because of their delicious frozen confections (in which he would surely indulge, if he weren’t lactose intolerant), but because of the experience he’s had these past four years working with Bonkey’s co-owner Keith Gordon, “the best…
Posted on August 31, 2023
By Courtenay Dudek, Job Developer, DSP III | Penn-Mar Human Services Content Note: this blog post discusses loss and grief. In the almost seventeen years I have worked in the human services field, a prominent occurrence has been grief. C. S. Lewis said if we…
Posted on August 10, 2023
Each month, we highlight a “behind-the-scenes” team member whose work supports our mission, but whose face you might not often see on our social media pages. We’re excited to help you get to know our innovative team and the complex work we do. So, tune…
Posted on August 3, 2023
Success in any career — especially in the field of human services — involves mastering certain skills. Among these, one essential yet often overlooked attribute is emotional intelligence (EI or EQ for “emotional quotient”). But what is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence is the capacity to…
Posted on July 14, 2023
After a hard day’s work, Coty Daugherty likes to come home, kick off his boots and relax. His job at Greif York is physically demanding, but he loves it. It’s the first real job he’s had that’s given him a great sense of purpose, ownership,…
Posted on July 13, 2023
Changing careers is a significant step for anyone. When doing so, one decision that many people consider is transitioning from a for-profit organization to a nonprofit one. Understanding the difference between nonprofit and for-profit is the first step in this journey. Let’s dive into the…
Posted on July 12, 2023
Each month, we highlight a “behind-the-scenes” team member whose work supports our mission, but whose face you might not often see on our social media pages. We’re excited to help you get to know our innovative team and the complex work we do. So, tune…
Posted on July 10, 2023
Something has been brewing at Sheetz besides coffee these past few years. It isn’t anything that can be purchased at the store’s nearly 700 locations in six states. It is, however, proving to have inestimable value – and like coffee, a stimulating effect. Three and…