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The SVA has received national recognition for its early warning systems, job retention efforts and response to closure efforts. For over two decades the SVA has been providing research, technical assistance and/or training on early alert, layoff aversion and jobs retention services for leading federal, state and community policy-makers, agency practioners and other stakeholders. The SVA is also a leading incubator and designer of strategies, policies and programs that support high road jobs and provide some of the most cutting-edge economic and development investment initiatives including the:
- The Strategic Early Warning Network (SEWN) identifies and assists at-risk manufacturers covering 62 counties in Western, Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania, and develops plans for ownership succession, business planning and securing financial capital. It works with manufacturers to explore stock option plans and to improve labor-management relations, and provides referrals to modernization and other sources of business assistance.
- The Heartland Labor Capital Network has been exploring and promoting practical, jobs-oriented investment strategies that support worker-friendly investment vehicles and local development funds. The Network was co-founded by the SVA and the USW and was launched by a broad-based Working Group in the U.S. and Canada.
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