Dec 11, 2024 | 2024, All News, Press, Youth
Lawmakers return to the Capitol in just under a month, and the United Way and local leaders are pushing for an investment in teens and young adults. The two organizations are pushing a 22-point that calls for $407 million in increased funding and a major change...
Dec 10, 2024 | 2024, BEST Chance, Press
FOX61’s Keith McGilvery heads to Fresh Start Academy in Hartford where handmade crafts are made as part of our Making an ImpaCT Holiday Gift Guide. Here at Fresh Start in Hartford, the goal is to help individuals who have either experienced homelessness or have...
Dec 9, 2024 | 2024, All News, Press, Youth
HARTFORD, CT – Youth advocates, nonprofit leaders, and elected officials made an argument Thursday for greater investment from the state in line with recommendations detailed in the 119K Commission’s recent report to help disconnected youth. The call to action...
Dec 3, 2024 | 2024, Labor Market Info
From 2013 to 2023, Connecticut has seen a significant rise in its immigrant labor force, up by 18% to over 590,000 in the past decade, and now constituting 19.6% of the state’s workforce, while the native-born population is declining and aging1. This demographic shift...
Nov 18, 2024 | 2024, DOL Press, Jobs, Press
(Wethersfield, CT) – Today, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo released the October 2024 jobs report showing the state’s unemployment rate dropped another 0.2% to 3.0%, the lowest rate Connecticut has had since August 2001. The...
Nov 3, 2024 | 2024, Labor Market Info
Around the country, many states are increasing efforts to address the growing demands of the infrastructure sector, among which are New Mexico and Michigan, both issuing executive orders focused on expanding their respective infrastructure workforces. In New Mexico,...
