Access Health CT Special Enrollment – Domestic Violence Crisis Center – TEACH Connecticut

Workforce Alliance SCCT – (ENCORE) HRRA Glass Recycling – Youth Continuum

June 21, 2020 Uncategorized

Has COVID-19 put you out of a job - or have you been thinking about a career change anyway? Then don't miss our latest check-in with the Workforce Alliance of South Central CT. We'll tell you about new and enhanced online career training and which employers are hiring right now!

Then we'll replay our chat with the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority about the role glass plays driving up your taxes, and what this recycling agency is doing about it.

And we'll close breaking some news about Youth Continuum, which is building a first in the state (and one of the first in the nation) student-run homeless program exclusively for young adults right in downtown New Haven.

...

Connecticut Housing Finance Authority – Bigelow Tea Community Challenge – 2020 Veterans Stand Down

September 13, 2020 Uncategorized

We're opening our doors to the CEO of CHFA - the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority - to chat about how this quasi-public agency is working harder than ever to support renters and homeowners, rental housing operators, and to promote broader affordable and workforce housing across the state.

Then it's time for our annual visit with Cindi Bigelow. The 2020 Bigelow Tea Community Challenge, like so many activities, is going virtual on September 27. So we'll get the lowdown on how you can get involved and also touch base with one of the event's key beneficiaries - The Connecticut Food Bank.

Last but not least, we're calling all veterans and those who love them to register for the virtual 2020 Veterans Stand Down coming up September 24th and 25th. We'll connect the state Veterans Affairs Commissioner and clue you in on everything this year's Stand Down has to offer to our Connecticut heroes.

...

Workforce Alliance of South Central CT (encore) – Aware Recovery Care – FEMA #BeReady

September 6, 2020 Uncategorized

This Labor Day weekend, as folks whose jobs were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic take on the extra burden of finding new work, we'll open replaying a June segment with a representative from the Workforce Alliance of South Central CT to review new and enhanced online training and resources.

Then we'll learn how the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on folks trying to work through recovery - or who continue to experience mental health challenges. September is National Recovery Month, and there's nobody better to discuss the current state of recovery practices than with the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and principle at Aware Recovery Care.

September is also Preparedness Month, and with our local communities already experiencing tropical storms, tornadoes, extended power outages, and even some flooding, we're going to close chatting with the Ready campaign director at FEMA - the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency.

...