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Capital Workforce Partners Receives Federal Funding to Provide Career Training, Job Placement, and Support Services to Returning Citizens

March 31, 2022

Press Release

Hartford, CT – Capital Workforce Partners (CWP) today announced that the organization has received $595,418 in federal funds to support their Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (BEST Chance) program. The BEST Chance Program is an initiative that provides manufacturing, construction carpentry and culinary training for Returning Citizens with an emphasis on 18–24-year-olds in the Hartford area. The new funding will support up to 50 individuals with career services, workforce training, job placement, and support services.

Issues:Affordability and the EconomyLocalPromise Zone

Larson Joins Community Partners to Announce $694K Grant to Help Victims of Gun Violence

August 21, 2019

Press Release

Hartford, CT – on Monday, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) joined representatives from Hartford Communities that Care, YWCA Hartford Region, Mothers United Against Violence and members of the Greater Hartford Youth Leadership Academy to announce $694,421 in federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds awarded to the YWCA. The grant will help the Hartford Crisis Response Team/Hospital Based Violence Intervention Program address violent crime in Hartford and its consequences.

Issues:Gun Violence PreventionLocalPromise Zone

Day 2 Tax Wrap Up: Larson Continues Fight for Fairness for CT Families

November 7, 2017

Press Release

Today, the Ways and Means Committee met for the second day of the mark-up of the harmful Republican Tax Plan.

Issues:LocalPromise ZoneTax Policy

Larson Fights to Preserve Programs for the North End of Hartford

November 7, 2017

Press Release

Today, in the second day of the mark-up of the Republican tax plan in the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) fought to preserve the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) that incentivizes employers to hire people who face significant barriers to employment.

Issues:LocalPromise ZoneTax Policy

LARSON, BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY, BRONIN APPLAUD $2.8 MILLION GRANT FOR NORTH HARTFORD

August 11, 2017

Press Release

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1) and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin applauded the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) on Thursday for awarding a $2.8 million grant to help build a food-focused business incubator and manufacturing facility at the Swift Factory complex in North Hartford.

Issues:EconomyGrantsAffordability and the EconomyLocalPromise Zone

Larson, Blumenthal and Murphy Announce Federal Jobs Grant for the Promise Zone's Youth

January 19, 2017

Press Release

Today Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senator Richard Blumenthal and Senator Chris Murphy announced that the City of Hartford will receive a $249,375 Performance Partnership Pilot grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Issues:GrantsAffordability and the EconomyLocalPromise Zone

Larson, Blumenthal, Murphy, and Bronin announce $4.75 Million in Public Safety grants

Larson, Blumenthal, Murphy, and Bronin Announce $4.75 Million in Federal Public Safety Grants for Hartford

October 14, 2016

Press Release

Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced that $4.75 million in federal public safety grants for the City of Hartford.

Issues:GrantsLocalPromise Zone

Larson and Connecticut Lawmakers Announce Nearly $1 Million to Help Young Adults in Promise Zone Reintegrate into Community

June 29, 2016

Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced the City of Hartford will receive approximately $800,000 to help young adults in North Hartford’s Promise Zone who are exiting the correctional system find employment, reunite with their families, and reintegrate back into the community.

Issues:GrantsAffordability and the EconomyPromise Zone

Rep. Larson joins local leaders at Associated Supermarkets in Hartford's North End

Larson, Blumenthal, Murphy, and Himes Applaud Federal Grant for Hartford's Promise Zone to Bring Affordable, Locally-Grown Food into City Grocery Stores

June 8, 2016

Press Release

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.),U.S. SenatorRichard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Representative John Larson (CT-1), and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) applauded a U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grant awarded to Wholesome Wave in Bridgeport to increase access to healthy food throughout low-income communities in Hartford, Connecticut.

Issues:GrantsLocalPromise Zone

Larson, Blumenthal, and Murphy Announce Federal Grants to Expand Job Opportunities for Hartford Youth

May 16, 2016

Press Release

Hartford, CT – Today, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Chris Murphy, and Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that Hartford’s Promise Zone YES! project was selected by the White House and the Department of Labor (DOL) as one of eleven recipients of Summer Jobs and Beyond grants.

Issues:GrantsAffordability and the EconomyPromise Zone

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