Regional Sector Partnerships (RSPs)

Regional Sector Partnerships are industry-led, community-supported partnerships that strengthen regional economies and connect people to jobs, and serve as workforce best practice to ensure alignment between businesses, education providers, community support organizations, and workers. The RSPs provide a platform to tackle industry-specific issues through industry collaboration, structured to help break down silos and foster strong partnerships between business and a range of supportive community partners, and are tackling shared challenges related to industry promotion, workforce training alignment, policy, job quality, and others. 

Through these RSPs, part of a thriving statewide network of RSPs and aligned with the strategic plan of the Governor’s Workforce Council, Capital Workforce Partners progresses and strengthens our partnership work on a day-to-day basis, and serve as the first line of response to employer needs and questions, as well as the intermediary between employers and strategic partners to ensure continuous improvement. These partnerships are modeled after nationally recognized Next Gen Sector Partnerships, active in 18 states around the country. 

Capital Workforce Partners convenes the following three RSPs:

Capital Area Healthcare Partnership (CAHP)

The Capital Area Healthcare Partnership is the longest standing RSP convened by CWP, originally launched more than a decade ago. CAHP is co-convened with the Metro Hartford Alliance (Connecticut Health Council), and includes leaders from acute care, post-acute care, primary care, long-term care, home health, behavioral health, and other providers working in coordination with other economic development, workforce and education organizations at the region and state levels, with the mission of increasing the stability of the healthcare industry as a critical economic driver and improving outcomes through collaborative strategies. 

The partnership has now grown to 26 healthcare organizations and is supported by 24 public partners. The leadership team is comprised of executive leaders from Hartford Healthcare, iCare, Intercommunity Healthcare, New Horizons, Inc., Oak Hill, and Wheeler Clinic, ensuring the partnership is focused on the right priorities and achieving desired outcomes.  The team meets to plan the agenda for each quarterly partnership meeting and as needed to discuss the partnership’s direction. CAHP action teams include:

Policy: unifying and strengthening the voice of healthcare providers and advocate for policies that strengthen the stability of the healthcare industry, improve patient care, and access to, and quality of, healthcare jobs.

Building the Healthcare Workforce of Tomorrow: educating, engaging, and actualizing Connecticut youth and adults regarding healthcare opportunities, careers, and career pathways 

For more information on CAHP or if you would like to join, contact Maureen Jenks, RN, MBA at 860-899-3551

Capital Area Tech Partnership (CATP)

Launched in 2021, the Capital Area Tech Partnership brings together business leaders from the Connecticut capital region’s technology companies to tackle shared challenges that impact the growth and resiliency of the IT sector. Also co-convened with the Metro Hartford Alliance. CATP members are working to build new, sustainable, and accessible pathways to good jobs in the tech industry and building the Hartford area’s reputation as a hub for tech innovation, among other priorities.

The CATP convenes workgroups and quarterly meetings in an ongoing network to address pressing issues together, including workforce and talent development, networking opportunities, and policy topics that warrant an elevated sector voice. The CATP steering committee includes representatives from CGI, HCL Technologies, Stanley Black and Decker. CATP action teams include:

Advance Tech Earn & Learn Opportunities: create business-informed tech Earn & Learn programs that accelerate work readiness, provide a pathway to a good paying job and college degree attainment.  Bridge the gap between tech training degrees / certification programs and the first tech work experience required by entry level employers.

Align Higher Ed and Business Tech Criteria: Support efforts of Tech Talent Accelerator participants in ensuring that college and university tech curricula are aligned with evolving tech business requirements.    

If you would like more information about CAHP or would like to join, contact Martha LaCrosse at 860-899-3449.

Capital Area Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Partnership

Launched in 2022, the TDL Partnership is the only one of its kind in Connecticut and brings together businesses from the industry to strengthen the economic viability of the TDL industry in the region. This partnership is business-led, with a steering committee comprised of representatives from Lily Transportation, DATTCO, Dominos, Bozzuto’s, S&S Worldwide and the Connecticut Concrete Promotion Council. CWP convenes this partnership in coordination with other economic development, workforce, and education organizations at the regional and state levels. CATDLP action teams include:

Industry Promotion and Career Awareness: Advancing strategies to connect underrepresented groups to career opportunities, including women and youth, while addressing stigmas commonly associated with work in these industries. The group continues to seek out opportunities to be in front of the public by attending events to inform about the career pathways in this industry, hold recruitment events, open houses, meet and greets and putting together a PowerPoint presentation accessible to anyone interested in using it.  

Workforce Development: Creating opportunities and resources for training new staff and upskilling existing workers to take on leadership roles. The group continues to collaborate with each other in three key areas, Pre-hiring, On-boarding and Post Onboarding, and their goal is to create some video content highlighting what a day looks like in this industry. 

Policy: this effort is now a shared responsibility between the Industry Promotion action team and Workforce Development one to raise any policy related issues to the policymakers through either MTAC or DOT. 

For more information about the CAHP or if you would like to join, contact Mohamed Chaouki at 860-899-3523.

Jobs Funnel

The Jobs Funnel Construction Partnership focuses on supporting pre-apprenticeship programming in the Building and Licensed Trades in collaboration with numerous local and regional labor organizations including the Greater Hartford-New Britain Building Trades Council. The Jobs Funnel has a successful long-term track record working with non-traditional populations to provide pre-apprenticeship training leading to apprenticeship opportunities and good jobs.

If you would like more information about the Jobs Funnel or would like to join, please contact Yolanda Rivera at 860-899-3448.