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The WorkPlace in the MediaBLUMENTHAL, DELAURO & HIMES ANNOUNCE $2.9 MILLION TO TRAIN NURSES
Federal funding will help close nursing shortage in Connecticut [HARTFORD, CT] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jim Himes (D-CT) announced $2,997,368 million in federal funding for The WorkPlace in...
The WorkPlace Receives $1 Million In Community Project Funding to Create New Telework Training Program for Jobseekers.
The WorkPlace Receives $1 Million In Community Project Funding to Create New Telework Training Program for Jobseekers. Bridgeport, CT – March 21, 2023 Congressman Himes joined the WorkPlace to announce an award of $1,000,000 in Community Project Funding for The...
Opinion: Workforce housing essential for CT economic growth
As appeared in the CT Post on February 16th, 2023, written by Joe Carbone For decades, the American workforce system has addressed challenges that served as barriers to career attainment. Child care and transportation are two of the challenges, and both have long been...
CT organizations receive $1 million to help build environmental careers for underserved residents.
CT Post, Abby Weiss- December 15th, 2022 Two Connecticut organizations received a total of $1 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide environmental job training for city residents, the agency announced on Wednesday. The Workplace, Inc., based...
Opinion: An answer to the CT labor shortage
CT Post: An Answer to The Labor Shortage, October 9th, 2022 Joseph Carbone Plato famously wrote: “our need will be the real creator” which molded over time into the English proverb 'Necessity is the mother of invention. As the post-COVID world of work evolves, remote...
CT launches program to pair unemployed with training and high demand jobs
CT Insider- Julie Bergman. August 16, 2022.The U.S. labor secretary was on hand as Gov. Ned Lamont promoted a new state program that aims to train thousands of workers for high demand jobs in fields such as manufacturing and health careThe $70 million program targets...