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...
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...
Oct 21, 2024 | 2024, DOL Press
(Wethersfield, CT) – Today, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo released the September 2024 jobs report showing the state’s unemployment rate fell for the sixth consecutive month and is now at 3.2%, 0.2% lower than August. Private...
Aug 28, 2024 | 2024, Jobs, Press, Social, Youth
HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. Ned Lamont joined Labor Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo on Tuesday at the YWCA Hartford Region to shine a light on the growth of the Connecticut Youth Employment program. Lamont’s office said that the initiative was created to help young people...
