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DanburyWORKS Receives $22,000 Grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
Collective Impact Opportunity Fund Awards More than $1 Million in First Round of Local Grant Funding
2019 Summer Youth Employment Program Will Serve More Than 1,000 Young People in Greater Hartford
Hartford Area Inner City Capital Connections Launches Capacity-building Training Initiative for Over 60 Businesses
HARTFORD, CT -- In February, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, in partnership with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and the City of Hartford, announced the Hartford Area Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) program to drive job creation, capital investment, and economic growth in underserved communities.
Webinar: Connecting Bridgeport Youth to Opportunities with the Fairfield County Business Community
FCCF's webinar will discuss Connect-Us Academy's work to connect youth to development opportunities in the Fairfield County business community.
2018 Youth Employment Program to Serve 1,300 Youths
HARTFORD, CT -- More than 1,000 youths in Greater Hartford will begin working under a summer career readiness program aimed at training young people for jobs in high-demand sectors. The Capital City contributed $1 million to the program, while the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving provided more than $400,000. The state, its labor unit department and the American Savings Foundation and other groups also provided funding for the workforce program.
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Donors Raised $100K in Support of Three New Funds
HARTFORD, CT -- In May 2017, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving launched “Spark Funds,” three new current-use funds developed to ignite and more closely engage the community in its strategic work of supporting education, family economic security and vibrant communities.
Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance Receives $302,000 Grant to Reduce Unemployment in Hartford’s South End
HARTFORD, CT -- In an effort to employ more south-end residents, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded a three-year, $302,000 grant to SINA to support a new program that matches south end residents with jobs available among SINA’s partners.
Capital Workforce Partners Awarded $150K Hartford Foundation Grant to Support Student Internship Program
Hartford Generation Work Launches Workforce Leaders Academy
Program to Recruit and Train Women In Manufacturing Careers Receives $50,000 from Catalyst Endowment Fund at Hartford Foundation
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut manufacturers have said they are struggling to find skilled labor both for a growing number of existing positions and to replenish a workforce from which baby boomers are retiring at a rapid pace.
Programs Hope to Assist Non-College-Bound Students with Community Foundation Help
Goodwin College Ceremony Recognizes First Class of Manufacturing Careers Collaborative
Social Venture Partners Connecticut Invites Letters of Interest for Investment
Hartford Youth Take Advantage Of Opportunities Through Summer Employment
HARTFORD, CT -- Capitol Workforce placed over 600 Hartford youth in summer employment roles in lieu of a state budget, where some of its funding has come from in the past. The summer employment program was available to Hartford youth this summer due to funding from the city and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Local Funds Save Part of Youth Summer Jobs Program
NEW LONDON, CT -- The lack of a state budget has kept $500,000 in state funding from making its way to Eastern Connecticut for the region's Summer Youth Employment Program. Led by the Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board several organizations collectively contributed $375,334 to keep it going. Contributing organizations were the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation, Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, Liberty Bank Foundation, Mystic Aquarium, New London Public Schools, Windham Regional Community Council and People's United Community Foundation, along with federal funds.