Congratulations to our December CEO Stars, Kelly Berbrick, Karen Gregory & Emily Cram!

Holiday Break Week Food Assistance

Our food pantry has some assistance available for families looking for some additional food supports this Holiday season.

For families/individuals to be eligible for this assistance they must:

  • Be current CEO customers (received a service in the past 12 months)
  • Must currently reside in Rensselaer County

Space is limited, so we ask that families most in need be prioritized.

Food pick-ups will take place on Thursday December 19th in the 3rd floor Grafton Conference room at CRC.

Please reach out to our food pantry staff to be put on our list via phone or email: ext. 198 or foodpantry@ceoempowers.org

CEO Staff Holiday Support Follow Up

We wanted to follow up with everyone about the CEO staff holiday support email we sent a few weeks ago. We are happy to share that we were able to help six staff members with the anonymous donation support! We have reached out to those staff members directly to let them know and are proud to have been able to provide the additional support during the holiday season.

IT Tips & Tricks Survey Follow Up

 

Thank you to everyone who filled out the IT Tips & Tricks Survey earlier this fall. The IT Steering Committee reviewed the submissions and wanted to follow up with all staff on a few common trends across the data.

  • Of the staff that filled out the survey over 50% used Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams, with other programs used in varying degrees.

  • Staff that filled out the survey indicated that of the popular programs, their comfort level with Acrobat and Excel was lowest.  51% of staff that filled the survey out indicated they would be interested in tips and/or trainings on the programs.
  • Videos and in person trainings were the most preferred format for trainings or tips.

The committee will be using this data to help inform the IT Tips & Tricks Series in 2025, how we offer tips and trainings, and what subject matter is covered.

2025 Open Enrollment

Dear Staff, I’m pleased to share that CEO’s annual benefit open enrollment period for 2025 will begin today December 3rd at 12:00pm. Below you will find CEO’s benefit guide and rates that provide a comprehensive review of 2025 rates and benefits available. Please see...

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Q&A with a CEO Intern

"Before I came here, I was very narrow minded on what human services was, but I didn’t know all the different resources that came with social services. I didn’t realize how many populations I could help, or all the programs that fell under that umbrella, I just...

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Fidelis Representative On-Site

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break! In preparation for Open Enrollment, which will be released and open by end of day tomorrow we wanted to notify all CEO team members that our Fidelis representative, Laurie Nagy, will be onsite Friday December 6th from...

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Holiday Donation Fund

CEO is excited to announce that we have received a donation to help assist four families who will be experiencing financial hardship during the holiday season. This generous donor recognizes that the holidays can be of particular stress for our community and wanted to...

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December 2024 Birthdays

Help us wish a Happy Birthday to all the staff members with December birthdates! Staff Member Location Birthday Kassandra Mercado ECS December 2 Holly Ann Weatherill Troy CSD 12 December 3 Brayanna Williams CRC ECS December 5 Ashlee Schmidt CRC Program Ops December 6...

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Head Start Senate Level Funding Campaign

CEO needs your help- tell Congress to invest in Head Start to make staff salaries more competitive nationwide! Take two minutes to email your members of Congress and urge them to support an increase in Head Start funding in Fiscal year 2025. Congress recently passed a...

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