Recently, Megan Spurgeon, Empower Upper Cumberland Director, sat down with Ben Rodgers, Newstalk 94.1 reporter, to discuss how she came to be the program's director; including what it was like starting a new position with Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency as one local disaster and a worldwide pandemic unfolded. This content was originally published by [...]
Photo courtesy of Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. From left: Nick Bishop, Janice Terry, Page Bryant, Becky Hull, Jasen Knight, Mike Porten, Phillip Clemmons, Matt Billings, Heather Thomas, Mark Farley, Angie Wells, Megan Spurgeon, Ben Rodgers, Adam Poe, Stacey Baxter, James Mills, Jon Ward, Ryan Barnhart, Tony Whiteaker, Jay Albrecht, Luke Eldridge, Ali Bagci [...]
The Empower Upper Cumberland Bootcamp training program recently came to an end after six weeks of intensive training. Twenty-seven individuals completed the 200-hour training program; a first-of-its-kind training program in the Upper Cumberland was truly a collaborative effort. Presenters included team members from UCHRA, UCDD, community partners, business leaders, and several other community organizations. In [...]
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) will solicit bids from qualified companies for office furniture with the below specifications: All furniture, excluding chairs, is to be grey in color and wood or laminate material. Companies can submit multiple proposals; however, each individual proposal should be the same brand/style throughout the proposal. [...]
UCHRA/Empower UC staffers, Heather Thomas and Balinda Westmoreland, go over the rules of Circles meetings and the expectations of all participants. In the months since being named one of seven collaborations selected from across the state to receive $25 million in TANF Opportunity Act funds, Empower Upper Cumberland has hit the ground running; [...]
The following article is shared courtesy of the Herald-Citizen and originally appeared here. UPPER CUMBERLAND – The Highlands Economic Partnership will launch the new Highlands Training Center this winter. Early in the year, the Highlands Economic Partnership, a four-county economic development partnership under the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce, along with key community and regional partners, received planning [...]
UPPER CUMBERLAND — The Upper Cumberland collaborative aimed at alleviating poverty in the region - Empower Upper Cumberland - has been selected to receive $25 million in TANF Opportunity Act funds to implement its plan. Mark Farley, UCHRA Executive Director “The Upper Cumberland is rich in resources and we want all of our [...]
The Upper Cumberland was well represented among the first group of presenters tasked with developing innovative strategies to move vulnerable Tennesseans to self-sufficiency as part of the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Opportunity Act. Presenting our proposal to the Families First Advisory Board were Mark Farley, UCHRA Executive Director; Megan Spurgeon, Empower Upper Cumberland Project [...]
