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14 Sep Direct Support Professional Recognition Week

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Governor Wolf issued a resolution designating the week of September 10-17, 2017 as “Direct Support Professionals Recognition week.”  The goal of this resolution is to bring attention the incredible value this workforce brings to communities all across Pennsylvania.  Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are the backbone of community-based care providing everyday services to individuals with intellectual disability or autism (ID/A).  In Pennsylvania, there are more than 35,000 DSPs who support individuals with intellectual disability or autism in their communities.  Some of the services they provide include hygiene, nutrition, assistance with medications, emotional support, and so much more.  Direct Support Professional Recognition...

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13 Jul Natural Gas Vehicles: A Dynamic Time in PA

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Pennsylvania state government has been consumed with budget activity for most of the spring and summer, especially in the past month or so. Despite all the action and focus on the state budget, there are a lot of other policy items being pushed forward. Our team has been deeply involved on two fronts involving natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and have been making some headway on behalf of Clean Energy and this important burgeoning industry in Pennsylvania. One issue we have been working with is the issue of roadway weight limits and their inequitable impact on NGVs. Federal truck weight limits (and...

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21 Feb Procter & Gamble United Way Drive a Success

Posted at 12:36h in Insights, News
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Procter & Gamble does more than just serve their consumers; they are dedicated to helping build local communities all around the world.  Procter & Gamble, Co. (P&G), a proud client of Capital Associates is a multinational consumer goods company. Their products range from diapers and baby products to cleaning agents to personal care products and are recognized household names such as Pampers, Gillette, Old Spice, Oral-B and Pantene to name a few. Their largest manufacturing plant is in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania. Along with achieving a rank of 34 on the Fortune 500 and employing over 100,000 people with good family sustaining jobs,...

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16 Feb Advocacy: Keep the Product, Change the Marketing

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Advocacy needs to change with the political cycle, but the goals don't have to. With the changing political landscape in DC, Democrats in power have undoubtedly adopted an approach that can be termed – the politics of deconstruction. Their strategy in the face of a new administration is to never let the new President and his administration ever find firm footing. From delaying cabinet confirmations to vigorously pursuing the ouster of appointed or already confirmed officials to embracing every opportunity to discredit the position and goals of the new administration, they are focused on deconstructing this President. I can’t fault them for...

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13 Jan Capital Associates Now Implementing Dollar One Reporting of Lobbying Expenses

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In case you missed it last week, Capital Associates is now implementing "dollar one reporting" of lobbying expenses. Here is the press release from last week: Capital Associates, Inc. Announces Implementation of Dollar One Reporting of Lobbying Expenses Harrisburg, PA (January 4, 2016): Capital Associates has announced the implementation of “dollar-one” reporting of meals, entertainment, gifts and other costs as it relates to lobbying expenses. On August 31, 2015, partners and associates at Greenlee Partners published a column in a local news publication calling for “dollar-one” reporting of lobbying expenses, among other reforms. Since then, legislation has been circulated in the Pennsylvania...

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14 Oct Paycheck Protection: It Is All About Politics

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“This is about politics, pure and simple.” That is what Wythe Keever, the eminently capable spokesman for the Pennsylvania State Educators Association said to Capitolwire yesterday about pending Senate action on Senate Bill 501 which provides for “Mary’s Law,” or “paycheck protection,” as many call it. Mr. Keever is absolutely correct. Senate Bill 501 is all about politics. It’s about the free speech rights and political views of each and every one of their members. Every day, tens of thousands of Pennsylvania citizens wake up early, take care of their family, and go to work in a school building where they...

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