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Governor Lamont Launches State Workforce Development Unit Focused on Building the Nation's Strongest Talent-To-Jobs Pipeline

Release Date: 
07/20/2020
... -- Governor Ned Lamont today announced the creation of the Connecticut Workforce Development Unit – a state office ... for the workforce pipeline, and coordinating the state’s workforce ecosystem around a common strategy and set of ... of experience as the CEO of two manufacturing companies in Connecticut, has a PhD in adult experiential learning, serves ...
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Policy News
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CCP Members
Policy Makers
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Workforce

Hartford Foundation Announces Final Round of Phase One Grants from COVID-19 Response Fund

Release Date: 
07/16/2020
... launched the COVID-19 Response Fund to rapidly deploy resources to support the residents who are most significantly ... for disbursement of emergency financial assistance to families to support food, housing and other basic needs. ... of www.HartfordArts.org to build out an artist’s communication network and to support the availability of ...
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Member News
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Community Foundation
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COVID-19

Community Food Drive to Be Held on August 7 & 8 at Danbury Fair Mall

Release Date: 
07/16/2020
... Food Collaborative DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut is partnering with the Danbury Fair Mall to ... have been emptied by an overwhelming need for food as families face the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. ... households by addressing root causes and mobilizing the resources of local communities to create lasting change. ...
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Member News
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CCP Members
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Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Connecticut Will Have Its First Statewide, Publicly Accessible Data Source to Assist Voter Registration, Voter Turnout Efforts

Release Date: 
07/16/2020
... Giving Grant to Launch Initiative HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Data Collaborative (CT Data) is constructing a ... residents take an active role in determining how public resources are used.” The Hartford Foundation for Public ... Made possible by the gifts of generous individuals, families and organizations, the Foundation has awarded grants ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Topic(s): 
Facts, Figures, Trends
Funding Area: 
Civil Rights, Social Action

Grants Available from COVID-19 Response Fund

Release Date: 
07/15/2020
... support grants to provide flexible general operating resources to nonprofit organizations affected by COVID-19. ... able to receive tax-deductible contributions per MSCF’s discretion. The nonprofit organization must have a main ... Fund to help local communities mobilize the necessary resources to support emerging needs in Bristol, Burlington, ...
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Member News
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Community Foundation
Grantseekers
Funding Area: 
COVID-19

20 U.S. Cities and Counties Pledge to Improve Local Systems and Policies to Advance Health Equity with $2 Million in Grants from the Aetna Foundation

Release Date: 
07/15/2020
... MD. "Successful, lasting change comes from cross-sector partnerships and engaging affected individuals and ... they learn over the next two years to produce models and resources that can inform work in other similarly sized ... Addressing barriers to transportation; Building more equitable models for food procurement and distribution; ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Corporate Giving
Funding Area: 
Equity and Inclusion
Health

Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield Receives a $7,000 Grant From the Fairfield County's Community Foundation

Release Date: 
07/13/2020
... to provide for the basic needs of children from working families. The Club opened its doors last week to new and returning kids from working families. Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield Receives a $7,000 Grant From the Fairfield County's Community Foundation ...
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Member News
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Community Foundation
Funding Area: 
COVID-19
Youth Development

Hartford Foundation Awards $200,000 in Grants to Support Census and Voter Registration Efforts

Release Date: 
07/13/2020
... $13,900 should these organizations require additional resources. “The agencies receiving these grants are ... Beyond," a collaboration of Everyday Democracy with the Connecticut Civic Health Initiative and the Hartford Votes ... Made possible by the gifts of generous individuals, families and organizations, the Foundation has awarded grants ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Topic(s): 
Census 2020
Funding Area: 
Public Affairs & Societal Benefit

Summer Youth Learning and Employment Program to serve 1,500 of the Region’s Youth

Release Date: 
07/09/2020
... North Central Connecticut at a time when youth and families are being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 ... said Hartford Foundation Director of Grants and Partnerships Judy McBride.“ As we continue to adapt to a ... availability of in-person work experience for youth. Other resources offered this summer are limited community service ...

Hartford Foundation and First Book Award $1 Million in Grants to Six Connecticut School Districts for Computers and Home Internet Access, Funded by The LEGO Group and The LEGO Foundation

Release Date: 
07/09/2020
... by First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise focused on equal access to quality education. “On behalf of the ... efforts to build closer family, school and community partnerships,” said Hartford Foundation President Jay ... ensure that students and families continue to have the resources they need. One of the major issues the district ...

Partnership for Strong Communities Receives $5,000 Grant From Chelsea Groton Foundation

Release Date: 
07/07/2020
... for Strong Communities, works to increase the state’s stock of affordable housing. HOMEConnecticut promotes the ... of Chelsea Groton Foundation in ensuring that all Connecticut residents have access to a range of affordable ... and homelessness support programs. These housing resources have helped Connecticut reach a historic decline in ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Corporate Giving
Funding Area: 
Affordable Housing

Chelsea Groton Foundation Approves Record $451K in Grants During Single-Giving Cycle to Support Increased Need; Passes $4M in Giving Since Founding

Release Date: 
06/22/2020
... $451,813 in grants to 85 non-profit organizations from Connecticut and Rhode Island. Over $85,000 was approved for ... train entrepreneurs of many cultural backgrounds, build partnerships in order to help entrepreneurs find appropriate ... a video series that connects Leffingwell House Museum’s collection with the Norwich Historical Society’s Walk ...
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Member News
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Corporate Giving
Funding Area: 
COVID-19
Human Services

Chelsea Groton Foundation Awards $464K to Support Area Non-profits and Students

Release Date: 
06/22/2020
... – $451,813 in grants to 85 non-profit organizations from Connecticut and Rhode Island, $5,900 and counting to area ... train entrepreneurs of many cultural backgrounds, build partnerships in order to help entrepreneurs find appropriate ... and charitable organizations located within the Bank’s market area. ### Website: chelseagroton.com/CGFoundation ...
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Member News
Audience: 
Corporate Giving
Funding Area: 
COVID-19
Scholarships

Hartford Foundation and the Travelers Championship Provide Grant to Launch Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations in Greater Hartford

Release Date: 
06/30/2020
Collaboration between University of New Haven’s Center for Advanced Policing, Tow Youth Justice Institute ... (CAP) and Tow Youth Justice Institute (TYJI) to launch the Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations (CIYPR) ... their departments’ relationships with young people and families in their respective communities. “We are grateful ...

The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in New Haven and the Lower Naugatuck Valley

Release Date: 
07/07/2020
... Gov. Ned Lamont praised the partnership at the program’s official launch event on the steps of The Community ... Foundation. “It is part of The Community Foundation’s larger and long-term strategy to create opportunity and ... of the Amour Propre Fund and a specialist with the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community ...
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Member News
Audience: 
CCP Members
Policy Makers
Funding Area: 
Economic Development
Equity and Inclusion

Connecticut Health Foundation names Kenneth R. Alleyne new board chair

Release Date: 
06/29/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Health Foundation elected Kenneth R. Alleyne as ... Glynn  is the Chief Operating Officer for The Village for Families and Children, where he has served in several ... grants were awarded as part of the foundation’s COVID-19 equitable emergency response fund, which is intended to ...
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Appointments, Transitions, Colleague News
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CCP Members
Funding Area: 
COVID-19
Health

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