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CT workforce office wins $24 million American Rescue Plan grant

CT Mirror - Erica E. Phillips. August 3, 2022 Connecticut’s Office of Workforce Strategy will receive $24 million in federal funding to expand job training programs that have struggled to meet demand amid a shortage of skilled workers in the state. The OWS was one of...

Avangrid Teaming Up With DFSMFC To Empower Local Women

Bridgeport, CT—April 11, 2022 Dress for Success Mid-Fairfield County is pleased to announce Avangrid as the Presenting Sponsor of Purse-suit of Success! to be held on May 10, 2022, in Bridgeport at the Boca Oyster Bar. Dress for Success empowers women to achieve...

Virtual Forum On Employment Resources On Monday, March 28

State Representative Kara Rochelle (D — Ansonia, Derby) is partnering with The WorkPlace President and CEO, Joe Carbone, and Vice President of Business Engagement, Mike Morgan, for a Virtual Forum on Employment Resources on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3 p.m. via Zoom....

New initiative seeks to expand cannabis industry to Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs

FCBJ - By Justin McGown. March 6, 2022 The Alliance for Cannabis Equity (ACE), a collaboration between Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP) and The WorkPlace, a Bridgeport-based incubator and workforce development board, has released the...

The Alliance for Cannabis Equity release Manifesto, a resource for Black and Brown Entrepreneurs, Social Equity Applicants, and Minority Workers in the Cannabis Industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24. 2022 Bridgeport, CT [February 24, 2022] - The Alliance for Cannabis Equity, created to be an authoritative and trusted resource for those interested in assuring that the social equity provisions related to adult-use cannabis are...

Cannabis Manifesto: Resource For Black And Brown Entrepreneurs In Connecticut And Beyond

Benzinga. By Maureen Meehan. February 28, 2022 A group of Connecticut legal marijuana advocates released a Cannabis Manifesto, which is meant to be a resource for minority business applicants looking to enter the recreational industry. The Alliance for Cannabis...