Capital Workforce Partners was proud to join Mayor Arunan Arulampalam, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving President Jay Williams, CT Department of Labor Manager Eddie Cajigas, and OPP COO Chanda Robinson at a July 1st press conference announcing new investments in the 2025 Summer Youth Employment & Learning Program (SYELP). These investments will support paid work experiences for 1,200 youth across Hartford and North Central Connecticut, helping young people build career skills, explore future pathways, and contribute to their communities.
Browse recent media coverage of this important announcement below.
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800 Hartford youths join 1,200 in region gaining job experience via summer program
More than 800 youths in Hartford will gain job experience this summer by participating in the 2025 Summer Youth Employment and Learning Program (SYELP), city officials said Tuesday.
Hartford Foundation Partners With City and State to Employ 800 Youths This Summer | CT News Junkie
As the state continues to grapple with the issue of disconnected youth highlighted in the 119K Commission’s Young People’s Report, Eddie Cajigas, manager of community advocacy for the Department of Labor, called the youth employment program a win-win.
Connecticut employment program to offer 1,200 young people job experience
Young people from North Central Connecticut will participate in the 2025 Summer Youth Employment and Learning Program led by Capital Workforce Partners.