Six years after UConn launched a program to assist Hartford area professionals to transition from corporate to nonprofit management, the successful job-training program is expanding.
This fall, in concert with a number of partners, the state’s flagship university will offer Encore!Fairfield County. Its goal is reducing professional sector unemployment in that region of the state and increasing the capacity of local nonprofits, said program director David Garvey, who is based in UConn’s Department of Public Policy.
Modeled after the successful Encore!Hartford, the new program is accepting applications for 25 spots through Aug. 15.
Throughout a four-month period, the program will immerse participants in the regional nonprofit sector. More than 60 hours of education on nonprofit leadership, development, accounting, governance, and strategic management, will be held in area nonprofits. Courses will be led by UConn faculty and local nonprofit leaders, and capped by a two-month fellowship at a nonprofit, according to UConn Today.
Encore!Fairfield County will be led by Scott Wilderman, president of Fairfield County’s Career Resources Inc., and Robert Francis, executive director of RYASAP, a nationally recognized youth and community leadership development coalition serving Greater Bridgeport.
Additional partners include Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, The WorkPlace, AARP Connecticut, the United Ways of Greenwich, Western Connecticut, and Coastal Fairfield County, and Connecticut Department of Labor.
