Workforce

Tuesday, April 10, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY: Second Chance Training & Employment Program to be Recognized

HARTFORD, CT -- The Second Chance IBEST Program, led by Capital Workforce Partners in partnership with a dozen other agencies, will be holding its Second Annual IBEST Second Chance Recognition Awards Event at the Chrysalis Center in Hartford CT on April 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The event will honor Returning Citizens, advocates, employers and other partners who have participated and supported 275 Returning Citizens working to gain employment in the Capitol Region in the past two years.

Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Challenge Moves Forward for CT’s Working Cities

HARTFORD, CT -- In early 2018, up to five winning teams will be selected for larger Working Cities Challenge awards expected to be $450,000-$475,000 to implement their initiatives over a three-year period.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Working Cities Celebrates Expansion to Connecticut

MERIDEN, CT -- At an October 4 event at the Meriden Green featuring Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren and other Federal Reserve Bank of Boston partners, the Working Cities Challenge celebrated 16 Connecticut communities that are eligible to pursue collaborative and ambitious economic development strategies to improve the lives of low-income people in small- and mid-size cities in Connecticut.

Read and view a video @ Working Cities Challenge >>

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