The theme for the 2021 National Disabilities Employment Awareness Month is “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion.” It reflects the importance of ensuring that people with disabilities have full access to employment and community involvement during the national recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Kathi Sees has been selected as the Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability (PAR) 2021 “We Are Worth It” winner of the Central Region Frontline Manager of the Year Award! PAR received a number of exceptional nominations this year. Each nomination was...
Soumbouth Seng is a Residential Supervisor who is passionate about helping individuals live life to the fullest. She began her career at Penn-Mar in October of 2016 as a Residential Assistant. Prior to coming to Penn-Mar, Soumbouth worked in retail for 18 years where she got...
Scott Deise is no slouch. Sixty-five-years young, he’s one of the most active and hardest working people you’ll ever meet, who has no intention of retiring anytime soon from his six-day-a-week work schedule. ...
This month's guest blog is written by Janice Mackel. She shares her appreciation for the Direct Support Professionals at Penn-Mar who support her daughter....
By Jen Skelly, Director of PA Programs For years, I have been mulling over what a groundbreaking Professional Development Program could look like at Penn-Mar. Now I know! This is an organization that craves learning, promotes from within and was the first to latch onto and implement the NADSP...
Megan, 23, from Eldersburg, Maryland, is on track to one day securing a job and experiencing the rewards of earning a paycheck. Meanwhile, though, she’s putting her skills to work, and learning new ones, volunteering two days a week at The Opus Community Music School...
When the time came to brainstorm about Penn-Mar’s rebrand, we realized we were not looking for something aspirational as much as a concept that would clearly communicate and capture what we see happening here every day. Our tagline “Transforming life into living” had served...
As Penn-Mar Human Services celebrates 40 years as the region’s leading provider of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, they announced the creation of The Zgorski Family Endowment for the Staff Training and Aid Fund....
It has been a busy summer at Penn-Mar, to say the least . . . behind the scenes, from March until May, our Strategic Planning Team was holding a series of meetings to identify key issues to be considered as Penn-Mar works toward fulfilling its...