Juntos Advisory Council
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To help with long-term community planning, the Juntos coordinators decided in 2000 to establish an Advisory Council for the Collaborative as a whole. Members of the council represent a range of interests in the community from workforce development to higher education to family support.


The following organizations are represented on the Council today:
  • The Juntos program partners
  • The Holyoke School Committee (local school board)
  • CareerPoint, the local One-Stop center
  • Hampden Papers, a local employer
  • The Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce
  • Holyoke Community College
  • UMASS Amherst's University without Walls, a degree program for older adults
  • Enlace de Familias, a social services and childcare agency
  • Solutions Community Development Corporation
  • Current and former ABE students
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    The Advisory Council serves as the leadership group for community planning-contributing to the development of the comprehensive assets and needs statement in 2002-03, and currently working on development of a five-year strategic plan for adult basic education in Holyoke. Juntos staff members collect, analyze, and learn from new information received from the Council, as well as a variety of other community sources. In addition to developing plans to meet the adult education needs of the community, the Council advises Juntos on issues such as; workforce development, accountability, and specific Juntos initiatives.

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