Blumenthal, Murphy, DeLauro, Himes Announce $14M Federal Grant to the Workplace

(Bridgeport, CT)- Today, U.S Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3) and Congressman Jim Himes (D-4) announced a $14 million, five-year federal grant for The WorkPlace in Bridgeport to train...

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Chesco program provides ‘boot camp’ for unemployed

When, after 28 years, Beverly Wiker lost her administrative job at Pepperidge Farm’s plant in Downingtown, “it felt like a death in the family,” she said. “I was in shock,” she said, sitting in an Exton classroom with other unemployed...