1.0 Performance Relative to Stated Mission & Goals
1.2 Areas of Staff Expertise and Experience
Education Specialist Audene Henry chatting with other PDP Staff at the PDP Staff Recognition Event.
Presently, PDP employs approximately 200 professional, technical, and project support staff, organized to produce and deliver comprehensive and innovative programs across diverse contentareas. Figure 1 below provides an historical overviewof PDP’s staffing from 2020–2024.
For almost five decades, PDP has had a specific focus on helping human and social services workers within the public sector increase their knowledge base, sharpen their skills, and improve workplace performance.
PDP Staffing
Figure 1
The graph illustrates PDP’s staffing history from 2020-2024. The data is presented as total number of employees as follows: 2020 – 207; 2021 – 181; 2022 – 191, and 2023 – 192; 2024 – 202.
PDP staff possess expertise and experience in a wide variety of topics, which enabled it to successfully meet its 2023–2024 education and training commitments. They include:
- Case Management
- Child Development
- Child Support
- Child Welfare Programs
- Adoption Services
- Child Protective Services
- NYS OCFS Child Welfare Practice Model
- Foster Care
- Permanency Planning
- Safety and Risk Assessment
- Juvenile Justice and Rehabilitation
- Youth Development
- Counseling
- Early Childhood Education
- eLearning Product Development
- Event Planning
- Higher Education
- Implementation of Evidence-based Programs/ Practices
- Information Systems and Applications (proprietary and non-proprietary)
- Design, Development, and Coding
- Implementation
- User Education and Training
- Medication Administration
- Organization Development
- Program Development, Implementation, and Management
- Program Evaluation
- Public Administration and Policy
- Public Health
- Public/Temporary Assistance Programs
- Secondary Education
- Substance Use Disorders
- Youth Leadership
PDP Media Staff editing a video.