Training Resources of America Incorporated (TRA)’s mission is to help:

• Educationally and economically disadvantaged youth and adults improve the quality of their lives by learning new skills, developing self-confidence and finding pathways to self-sufficiency;

• Employers strengthen and maintain a vitalized workforce by delivering better prepared, educated and work-ready employees;

• Workforce Investment Boards and Funding Organizations achieve their employment and training goals in an optimal time frame by providing diverse, customized and high quality workforce development services;

• Communities grow and prosper by preparing and challenging disenfranchised residents to become active and contributing members, by increasing tax rolls and economic stability, and by creating positive role models for community development.

Steps to accomplish this mission:

I. Respect
We will treat clients, employers, funding sources, business associates and each other with dignity and respect.

II. Integrity
Our behavior and our actions are influenced by a deep sense of personal integrity.

III. Teamwork
TRA's success depends on individual initiative and commitment to helping one another.

IV. Results
We understand that our performance will be judged on results achieved.

V. Quality
We aspire to the highest possible quality in our training, our job placements, and our relationships.

VI. Proactivity
We assume the responsibility to make things happen.