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Hartford Selected to Participate in National Job Quality Initiative
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.
Capital Workforce Partners Awarded $150K Hartford Foundation Grant to Support Student Internship Program
HARTFORD, CT -- More students will have access to internships and other job development training thanks to a one-year, $150,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Pubic Giving to support the Hartford Student Internship Program.
Hartford Generation Work Launches Workforce Leaders Academy
HARTFORD, CT -- Hartford Generation Work has announced the inaugural class of the Workforce Leaders Academy (WLA). The WLA is a 12-month fellowship designed to improve the quantity, quality and sustainability of efforts to move young adults ages 18-29 to work. WLA is a project of Hartford Generation Work, in collaboration with United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, Capital Workforce Partners, the City of Hartford and Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. WLA is funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation with additional support by the Nutmeg Foundation and Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford.
Career Resources, Inc. wins $200K grant from Bank of America to continue its commitment to workforce development in Southern CT
BRIDGEPORT, CT -- Career Resources, Inc. has been named a 2017 Neighborhood Builder® by Bank of America. The nonprofit is being recognized for its holistic, integrated approach to helping area residents gain and retain employment. The Neighborhood Builders (#NeighborhoodBuilders) grant will provide Career Resources, Inc. with a unique combination of leadership development, $200,000 in flexible funding, involvement in a network of peer organizations across the U.S. and the opportunity to access capital in order to expand their impact in the Southern Connecticut community.
Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce: Working Cities Challenge Update
TORINGTON, CT -- One of the most exciting initiatives we have undertaken this year is the Boston Federal Reserve Working Cities Challenge. The City of Torrington and the Chamber are the co-leads. It features a competition for three year grant funds in ten selected postindustrial cities in Connecticut.
Middlesex United Way hopes Working Cities Challenge Grant Can Help Cut Poverty Rates
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- Middletown received a $15,000 design grant to develop a plan to improve the lives of low-income Middletown residents by decreasing poverty rates among single heads of household with children under 18, hoping to reduce our current rate of 41 percent to our goal of 25 percent over the next 10 years. Since March, a collaborative team led by Middlesex United Way, The Connection and the city of Middletown, representatives from over 30 other organizations and businesses and Middletown residents have been meeting monthly to develop a plan to achieve this goal, and in turn, improve the lives of low-income residents.
Program to Recruit and Train Women In Manufacturing Careers Receives $50,000 from Catalyst Endowment Fund at Hartford Foundation
American Savings Foundation Continues to Invest in the New Britain Community
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The American Savings Foundation board of directors recently announced eighteen grants totaling $427,495 supporting a variety of New Britain area programs and services that help to improve the quality of life in the community.
Private Donations Will Support Hartford's Youth Service Corps For Second Year
In its first year, Mayor Luke Bronin’s youth service corps has put more than 200 young people to work on hundreds of projects across Hartford. The program, anchored last year by $2.2 million in private donations, has received enough funds to push ahead for another 12 months. Funds came from insurance giants like The Travelers, Aetna and The Hartford, and from the Newman’s Own Foundation, the Dalio Foundation and other charitable groups.
Programs Hope to Assist Non-College-Bound Students with Community Foundation Help
The Travelers Foundation’s contribution of a $90,000 grant to Capital Workforce Partners
HARTFORD, CT -- Capital Workforce Partners is pleased to announce the generous investment of The Travelers Foundation’s contribution of a $90,000 grant to Capital Workforce Partners in support of youth employment strategies aligned to the Hartford Student Internship Plan (HSIP).
Goodwin College Ceremony Recognizes First Class of Manufacturing Careers Collaborative
EAST HARTFORD, CT -- Goodwin College recognized eleven classmates in a recognition ceremony of the first class of the Manufacturing Career Pathways Collaborative, one of the nine collaborations that make up the Hartford Foundation’s $4.4 million Career Pathways Initiative.
Social Venture Partners Connecticut Invites Letters of Interest for Investment
Community Foundation Seeks Proposals for Catalyst Fund Grant
United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut to Invest $7.5 Million in Community
HARTFORD, CT -- United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut today announced $7.5 million in awards for programs and partnerships that benefit children, youth and families in local communities.
Working Cities Design Grant Winners Celebrate
HARTFORD, CT --Liberty Bank Foundation, a funder of the Connecticut Working Cities Challenge, and a participant on the statewide Advisory Board, reviews the Design Grant formal announcement at Real Arts Ways in Hartford. Ten Connecticut cities were selected to receive a $15,000 design grant under the Connecticut Working Cities Challenge.
Ten Connecticut Cities Receive Design Grants through the Boston Fed’s Working Cities Challenge
HARTFORD, CT -- Today Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President and CEO Eric Rosengren, along with Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy and public and private funders, officially recognized ten $15,000 design grant awards as part of the Working Cities Challenge in Connecticut.
For 10 Connecticut Cities, A Hopeful Project Aims To Solve Problems
HARTFORD, C T -- On Wednesday, ten groups from small and midsize cities across Connecticut gathering at Real Art Ways in Hartford to mark the first step of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Working Cities Challenge Connecticut.