Workforce Affinity Group Meeting - April
For CCP members who are investing in workforce development programs and nonprofits.
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For CCP members who are investing in workforce development programs and nonprofits.
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.
HARTFORD, CT -- Governor Ned Lamont today announced the creation of the Connecticut Workforce Development Unit – a state office that will be responsible for developing workforce policy, utilizing data to set a vision for the workforce pipeline, and coordinating the state’s workforce ecosystem around a common strategy and set of goals.
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.
Join CCP’s Workforce Affinity Group to connect with other grantmakers supporting efforts to improve Connecticut’s workforce system.
UConn Department of Public Policy presents three moderated panel discussions on how Connecticut employment and education programs are making generations work.
Workforce Matters is a peer network of funders that draws on expert and practitioner knowledge to strengthen workforce development philanthropy and advance equitable access to quality education and employment for young people and adults.
This report by Center for American Progfress provides the theoretical framing for placing equity concerns at the center of policymaking in workforce development.
Fairfield County's Community Foundation evaluated their Career Connections program and produced a report with lessons learned.
HARTFORD, CT -- Eversource held an incredibly successful employee clothing drive and made a financial contribution to support Dress for Success.