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This Is A Great Summer: Area Youth Get Chance to Join Workforce, Earn First Paycheck
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- An American Savings Foundation grant allowed 30 youth to join the workforce and earn their first paychecks this summer. The $75,000 grant supported the New Britain Summer Youth Employment and Learning Programs and paid summer internship programs for college students, providing them with job readiness and career experience.
Connecticut teams up with Indeed on back-to-work initiative
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut has teamed with employment search engine Indeed to create a state-specific online portal to link those who have lost jobs during the coronavirus pandemic with employers as the economy reopens. Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday the portal is the first of its kind in the country and part of a new program called the CT Back to Work Initiative, which also will include an online job fair and online job training programs for the approximately 610,000 state residents who have filed for unemployment during the pandemic.
Workforce Affinity Group - Virtual Meeting - Postponed
Join CCP’s Workforce Affinity Group to connect with other grantmakers supporting efforts to improve Connecticut’s workforce system.
CHEFA Makes Major Commitment to Support State's Workforce
Workforce Affinity Group
For members interested in or working on workforce development initiatives.
Workforce Affinity Group
For members interested in or working on workforce development initiatives.
Shared Prosperity and Opportunity for the Next Generation
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven will host an all-day convening about Greater New Haven’s future as a place of opportunity.
Launch of DanburyWORKS to Take Place on May 20
Workforce Development Conversation
For staff and trustees of CCP member organizations engaged in the workforce development area.
Want to Grow the Economy? Fix the Child Care Crisis (4/2/19)
$1 Million in Workforce Development Grants Awarded to CT Non-Profit Organizations by CHEFA
Workforce Development Conversation
For staff and trustees of CCP member organizations engaged in the workforce development area.
Workforce Development Conversation
For staff and trustees of CCP member organizations engaged in the workforce development area.
Capital Workforce Partners Receives $98K Grant to Support Disconnected Youths
HARTFRORD, CT -- Capital Workforce Partners (CWP), the state's workforce development board in north central Connecticut, said it received a $98,000 grant from Travelers Foundation to improve data-sharing platforms that spread awareness about at-risk youths.
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.
United Way of Western CT To Launch Cora’s Kids, Focus on Early Childhood Development Through Infant and Toddler Childcare
MEDIA ADVISORY: Second Chance Training & Employment Program to be Recognized
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.