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YouthWorks
If you are out of school, out of work, and age 16-24, YouthWorks can help you prepare for a successful career.
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Platform to Employment
Return to the workforce and start on a pathway to opportunity while realizing your full potential.
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Dress for Success
We empower women to achieve economic independence through a network of support, professional attire, and the tools to help women thrive.
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Health Caree℞ Academy
Prepare for a career in the growing healthcare industry. You may be eligible for occupational skills training and tuition assistance.
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Mortgage Crisis Job Training
There is an answer to your personal mortgage crisis. Take the first step towards regaining financial stability.
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Visit An American Job Center
The WorkPlace wants returning service members know that they can visit any American Job Center in the U.S. for personalized career and job training assistance as they transition to civilian life.
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WorkPlace Valor programs provide veteran families with outreach, case management, and assistance to acquire stable housing through established community relationships. The integrated planning that occurs at The WorkPlace puts the client at the center of the process and helps veterans find the services to address their specific needs. We have seen that with safe, stable housing in place, veterans can get the education and jobs they need to provide for their families.
The WorkPlace’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families, funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, assists with housing stability and preventing homelessness among low-income Veteran families who are homeless, currently reside in or are transitioning to permanent housing. The program is founded upon the principle that every veteran has a right to housing. The program is founded upon the principle that every veteran has a right to housing. By providing support at a community level, we can end homelessness among the veteran population.
FEATURED DONOR
The Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation has provided generous philanthropic support for many organizations and community causes throughout the region since 1997.
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Ernie Trefz was a well-admired member of the business community with a deep commitment to Bridgeport. The Foundation’s generosity has been mostly targeted toward healthcare, human services, and education. The Foundation has been a contributor to The WorkPlace for over 16 years, mostly notably assisting with the establishment and annual support of the WorkPlace Scholarships fund. Workplace Scholarships fill the “job training gap” to provide job training and education funds for low-income people who require training but cannot access public training funds, nor can they afford to pay for training on their own. These crucial scholarships are made possible by support from foundations and corporations, such as the Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation, helping us serve more people in-need. Thanks to Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation grants of over $58,000, WorkPlace Scholarships have provided training opportunities to nearly two dozen unemployed people to obtain the skills they require to secure employment, increase earnings, and ultimately, better support their communities and families.
MAKE AN IMPACT IN YOUR COMMUNITY
The Fairfield Rotary Club awarded a grant to Dress for Success Mid-Fairfield County’s Simply Suited program for the purchase of two Burnside round clothing display racks.
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With the addition of two professional quality racks to the boutique, floor space is more efficiently utilized, donated professional clothing presentation is enhanced, and suiting volunteers may more efficiently assist clients. Also with the display rounds, the 2,000 square foot boutique is able to incorporate in-demand plus size clothing on the same racks as the other sizes. Fairfield Rotary Club members give their time and their talents to raise money in order to help make our community and surrounding communities become better places to live, “Service Above Self is the path.” We thank the Fairfield Rotary Club for their continued involvement and investment in our program, together every woman can be a success.
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NEWS AND HEADLINES
DMV adding places to renew licenses, ID cards
By Jim Shay, October 5, 2018 The state Department of Motor Vehicles is adding more places to renew driver’s licenses and ID cards in New Haven and Fairfield counties. The agency and its partners plan to open new locations in Southington and North Haven as well as...
The WorkPlace Receives $1.26M for Veterans Program
The WorkPlace has been awarded a $1.26 million grant by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to administer the Support Services for Veteran Families Program. Announced last Friday, the VA grant is for 12 months, renewable with satisfactory performance for two...
Suite Talk: Joseph M. Carbone, president and CEO of The WorkPlace Inc.
Westfair Communications. By Phil Hall - July 28, 2018 In 1996, Joseph M. Carbone left his job as a government relations executive for Textron Corp., a multi-industry conglomerate, to become president and CEO of The WorkPlace Inc., a Bridgeport-headquartered...
Foreclosure Prevention Program Reaches 10 Year Milestone
Agencies Gather to Recognize Achievements – Keeping People in Their Homes New Haven, CT – July 16, 2018 The Mortgage Crisis Job Training Program (MCJTP) has worked with over 4,000 Connecticut residents, providing more than 2,300 job training scholarships since 2008....
New Career Center Operator Welcome to Region on 7/1
June 22, 2018 The Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc. is welcoming The WorkPlace to the Greater New Bedford Career Center. The WorkPlace will be providing workforce services to the South Coast region starting July 1, 2018. A panel of workforce and...
50 Mid-Lifers Graduate With A Lifeline
New Haven Independent by MARKESHIA RICKS | May 24, 2018 Rochelle Bolton has been unemployed since July 10, 2017. Thanks to a program that helps those experiencing long-term unemployment get back to work, she’s confident that she’ll be employed again soon. Bolton and...
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