The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has awarded grants totaling $683,626 to 15 local programs that help underserved residents find quality jobs.
The grant money will enable local job programs, including Junior Achievement and the Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology, to expand access to careers to residents in growing economic sectors.
Skills training, childcare, transportation support, mentorship and career navigation are among the support services offered by the local programs on the receiving end of the Career Pathways to Inclusive Growth grants from The Community Foundation, officials said.
Yolanda Caldera-Durant, vice president for community strategies at the foundation, said the funding will support “wraparound services” to set up job seekers for success in industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, biomedical and bioscience, construction and technology.
“These are individuals who have been traditionally underserved by the workforce development system — BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) populations, women, returning citizens and immigrants,” Caldera-Durant said.
The grants were awarded to the following nonprofits:
- Christian Community Action Inc., $50,000
- Community Action Agency of New Haven Inc., $50,000
- Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology, $50,000
- Connecticut NAACP, $48,715
- CT Violence Intervention Program, $40,000
- Havenly, $50,000
- Junior Achievement of Southwest New England, $30,000
- Manufacturing and Technical Community Hub, $50,000
- Minority Construction Council, $25,000
- New Haven Promise, $50,000
- New Haven Works Inc., $50,000
- ReadyCT, $50,000
- Southern Connecticut State University – BioPath, $49,911
- The WorkPlace, $50,000
- United Way of Meriden and Wallingford Inc., $40,000
