Platform to Employment

      PLATFORM TO EMPLOYMENT Make Employment Happen Our Programs Platform to Employment creates a pathway to opportunity for job seekers by helping the unemployed get back to work. Platform to Employment Programs Platform to Employment Connecticut Learn...

Second Chance Re-Entry Program

A FRESH START…FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS Gain the skills you need to successfully re-enter the workforce. Are you unemployed? Have been involved with the criminal justice system? Over the age of 25 and living in the state of Connecticut? The Second...

Virtual Forum On Employment Resources On Monday, March 28

State Representative Kara Rochelle (D — Ansonia, Derby) is partnering with The WorkPlace President and CEO, Joe Carbone, and Vice President of Business Engagement, Mike Morgan, for a Virtual Forum on Employment Resources on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 3 p.m. via Zoom....

New initiative seeks to expand cannabis industry to Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs

FCBJ – By Justin McGown. March 6, 2022 The Alliance for Cannabis Equity (ACE), a collaboration between Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP) and The WorkPlace, a Bridgeport-based incubator and workforce development board, has released...

The Alliance for Cannabis Equity release Manifesto, a resource for Black and Brown Entrepreneurs, Social Equity Applicants, and Minority Workers in the Cannabis Industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24. 2022 Bridgeport, CT [February 24, 2022] – The Alliance for Cannabis Equity, created to be an authoritative and trusted resource for those interested in assuring that the social equity provisions related to adult-use cannabis...