About Us
Welcome to the Atlanta Regional Office of the Employment and Training Administration
Welcome to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Region 3 website! We hope that it will prove valuable to you in your search for information and assistance.
From major program initiatives to promising practices to one-stop service locations, we have collected or linked to a wealth of timely and helpful information. You can learn about the Regional Office, its functions and its staff. You can find notices about upcoming meetings and conferences, legislative updates, and news about ETA's major initiatives and priorities.
We hope that you will visit this site often, and that this will become a regular stop in your visits to workforce development sites on the web. Again, on behalf of the entire Regional Office staff, welcome and enjoy!
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Helen N. Parker - Regional Administrator - Region 3 - Atlanta
Helen N. Parker has served as Regional Administrator for the Atlanta Region of the Employment and Training Administration since March 9, 2003. She oversees approximately $2.5 billion in federal grant resources to state and local grantees. She provides leadership and direction to the workforce system in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Dr. Parker began her career in workforce development in 1974 as a front-line worker in the North Carolina Employment Security Commission. She joined the Georgia Department of Labor in 1976, and worked her way through the ranks, including a stint as a local service delivery area director under the Job Training Partnership Act. In 1984, she was appointed Assistant Commissioner for Employment Services with the Georgia Department of Labor and served in that capacity until her federal appointment in 2003.
Dr. Parker received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her PhD from Duke University, and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Georgia. Her honors include the Secretary of Labor’s Special Achievement Award (1990), National Performance Review “Hammer” Award (1996), Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies (ICESA) President’s Award (1999), Who’s Who of American Women, International Who’s Who of Professional and Business Women, and the Miller Merit Award – International Association of Personnel in Employment Security.
Regional Office Contacts
Dr. Helen N. Parker |
Regional Administrator |
404/302-5300 |
Lloyd E. Fleming |
Director, Office of State Systems |
404/302-5355 |
Gene Caso |
Director, Office Special Initiatives & Demonstrations |
404/302-5332 |
James Schlottman |
Manager, Division of Financial, Management & Administrative Services |
404/302-5308 |
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Regional Office FAX Numbers
Office of the Regional Administrator |
404/302-5382 |
Office of State Systems |
404/302-5386 |
Office of Special Initiatives & Demonstrations |
404/302-5385 |
Division of Financial, Management & Administrative Services |
404/302-5383 |
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Regional Office Addresses
Employment & Training |
United States Department of Labor |
Employment and Training Administration |
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center |
Room 6M12 |
61 Forsyth Street, S.W. |
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 |
Region 3 Organizational Chart
Directions to the Regional Office
Useful Links for Things to do in Atlanta
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