SEWN is a program of the Steel Valley Authority (SVA), sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. SVA is a layoff aversion organization. Our goal is to preserve good manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania. SEWN can help your firm get back on its feet while avoiding any employee layoffs. Read our success stories here.

SEWN was founded in 1989 to support the region’s manufacturers and preserve jobs. The Department of Labor embraced and sponsored the program in 1993 to protect Pennsylvania companies and jobs. Since then, we have expanded to five regional offices, helping hundreds of companies and saving thousands of jobs statewide. Today, SEWN is one of the most cost-effective jobs programs in the United States. Over the last five years SEWN's job saving services have saved Pennsylvania more than $42 million in unemployment benefits (over $1 billion if jobs/payroll multipliers are included). Since it's inception, SEWN has contributed to the retention and revival of more than 1,100 industrial enterprises within Pennsylvania, impacting more than 30,000 jobs.