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Portage County Job and Family Services revives speakers bureau to boost outreach
Summary
Portage County Job and Family Services told commissioners it has restarted a speakers bureau to support new-employee onboarding, community presentations and its annual poverty simulation after activity waned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the Portage County Board of Commissioners meeting on July 3, 2025, Job and Family Services announced it has reinstated a speakers bureau it first created about a decade ago to expand outreach to community partners, assist with new-employee orientation and staff the agency's annual poverty simulation.
A Job and Family Services staff member told commissioners the program had lapsed during the COVID-19 pandemic and that roughly a dozen employees have volunteered to relaunch the effort. "We are so ecstatic that we've resurrected our…
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