{"id":464,"date":"2017-07-13T12:38:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T19:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"?page_id=11"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:01:20","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"464\" class=\"elementor elementor-464\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ed76705 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ed76705\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57f759eb\" data-id=\"57f759eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-116234f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"116234f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screenshot-2018-04-02-09.23.56.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1238\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screenshot-2018-04-02-09.23.56.png 906w, https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screenshot-2018-04-02-09.23.56-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screenshot-2018-04-02-09.23.56-768x177.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5092d1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5092d1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db10b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0db10b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Helping Marylanders Secure Employment on a Path to a Living Wage <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8105916 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8105916\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Maryland New Directions (MND) is a 50-year-old award winning non-profit organization offering no-cost employment coaching and specialized career training programs for Baltimore area residents, ages 18-60 years of age.<\/p><p>MND\u2019s organizational philosophy including our intensive, industry-specific training and comprehensive supportive service model, including hard and soft skill training, individual case management and job coaching, career planning, and individual counseling are all designed to promote and support long-term job outcomes and self-sufficiency. MND\u2019s hard and soft skill training provide both market value and market competency, not merely allowing our clients to secure high quality entry level work, but also providing them with the lasting soft skills they can rely upon to secure work for the rest of their careers. In addition to knowledge of the job market, MND also seeks to instill our clients with a deeper sense of themselves, helping them to discover their strengths, as well as the kinds of work that inspire them. Together, with the support of their job coaches, each MND client constructs an individual skill inventory and career plan, matching their future aspirations with a realistic appraisal of their desires, abilities, and proclivities.\u00a0<\/p><p>As MND clients transition to work, MND\u2019s entire complement of resources and supportive services continue for a minimum of one year, providing support for emergent challenges, as well as ongoing certification opportunities to help clients continue to build skills and further their careers. Together, MND\u2019s approach to job training provides a foundation of skill, confidence, and ability, as well as the ongoing support individuals need to find lasting success in the job market and a true path to long-term self-sufficiency.<\/p><p>When a person successfully completes Maryland New Directions&#8217; program they are empowered to obtain and retain employment; it&#8217;s not just good for the individual and their family, but for the whole community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b9bfb5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b9bfb5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c3ba45\" data-id=\"8c3ba45\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5326d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5326d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2389c59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2389c59\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdf8b4c\" data-id=\"bdf8b4c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293b710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"293b710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFUAmauL28\/UlLrsL_B6PhWecWv9302hA\/view?utm_content=DAFUAmauL28&#038;utm_campaign=designshare&#038;utm_medium=link&#038;utm_source=editor\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MND_2023AnnualReport.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-shrink attachment-large size-large wp-image-4409\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MND_2023AnnualReport.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MND_2023AnnualReport-350x495.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-be13eb5\" data-id=\"be13eb5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-24ad19b\" data-id=\"24ad19b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-acff9f0\" data-id=\"acff9f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helping Marylanders Secure Employment on a Path to a Living Wage Maryland New Directions (MND) is a 50-year-old award winning non-profit organization offering no-cost employment coaching and specialized career training [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-464","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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