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Workforce Affinity Group Meeting - October
2022 Workforce Priorities - A Discussion with CCP's Workforce Affinity Group
For CCP members who are investing in workforce development programs and nonprofits. This meeting will discuss 2022 workforce priorities.
Workforce Affinity Group Meeting - November
DanburyWORKS and Amazon Will Partner to Offer Virtual Information Sessions About Employment
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.
Governor Lamont Announces Statewide Launch of Free Online Job Training Program for Unemployment Claimants
Next Generation Workforce Forum: Increasing Retention of College Graduates in Connecticut
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
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).
On-ramps to Good Jobs
Taking Action: Positioning Low-Income Workers to Succeed in a Changing Economy
Changing Workforce Systems: A Framework for Describing and Measuring Systems Change
Workforce Matters Funders Network
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.
How Unpredictable Work Hours Turn Families Upside Down
The New York Times reports on the University of California's Shift Project's new research: African-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities — particularly women — are much more likely to be assigned irregular schedules, and that the harmful repercussions are felt not just by the workers but also their families.
A Design for Workforce Equity
Key to CT Economy, Manufacturing Growth Strongest in Eastern CT
HARTFORD, CT -- Eastern Connecticut manufacturing jobs grew four times as fast as the rest of the state between 2015 and 2019, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association is reporting. Two-thirds of all statewide manufacturing job growth during that period took place in the eastern region's 41 communities, ranging from Lyme to Stonington in the south to Union and Thompson in the north.