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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.
Governor Lamont Launches State Workforce Development Unit Focused on Building the Nation's Strongest Talent-To-Jobs Pipeline
Connecticut teams up with Indeed on back-to-work initiative
Governor Lamont Announces Statewide Launch of Free Online Job Training Program for Unemployment Claimants
CHEFA Makes Major Commitment to Support State's Workforce
Hartford Foundation Awards $750K Grant to Our Piece of the Pie in Support of the Hartford Youth Service Corps
HARTFORD, CT -- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded a one-year, $750,000 grant to support the Hartford Youth Service Corps administered by Our Piece of the Pie (OPP).
Want to read Ned Lamont’s playbook? Start here. - He Announces a New Governor's Workforce Council
HARTFORD, CT -- Lamont signed an executive order creating the Governor’s Workforce Council, an effort to deliver on a campaign promise to bring new methods and energy to workforce development, a buzzword that suggests a holistic approach to what once was called job training. It is tasked with expanding the workforce, then matching supply with significant demand. Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Presidetn Jay Williams was appointed one of twenty-three council members.
Key to CT Economy, Manufacturing Growth Strongest in Eastern CT
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
Eversource Supports Dress for Success with Clothing Drive and Contribution
HARTFORD, CT -- Eversource held an incredibly successful employee clothing drive and made a financial contribution to support Dress for Success.
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
Launch of DanburyWORKS to Take Place on May 20
$1 Million in Workforce Development Grants Awarded to CT Non-Profit Organizations by CHEFA
Nonprofits, Colleges Share $1M Grants for Workforce Development
HARTFORD, CT -- Several nonprofits and state colleges are splitting more than $1 million in grants from a quasi-public funder to spur workforce development in Connecticut. The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA), an agency that lends tax-exempt capital to nonprofits, on Wednesday awarded several grants aimed at expanding science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programming and job training in the state.
CHEFA Announces Major Grant Awards to Support Connecticut Workforce Development
HARTFORD, CT -- The CHEFA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the FY 2019 Targeted Grant Award recipients.