Reconnecting youth to educational and economic success.
This conference will bring together organizations from the regions of: Connecticut, Philadelphia, NYC, Boston & Maine. Participating organizations include: The Aspen Institute – Opportunity Youth Forum, National Youth Employment Coalition, Jobs for the Future and other communities/partners. This roundtable provides an opportunity to share, review and increase public awareness of Opportunity Youth/Youth Employment best practices.
Our Piece of the Pie receives $1.1 million U.S Department of Labor grant to help young adults in the North Hartford Promise Zone to bolster job readiness and career placement efforts. This grant is focused on youth aged 18-24 who have recently been released from prison and live in the Promise Zone. For the full story, see here.
Mayor Luke Bronin invites you to the next meeting of the collaborative which will take place on Monday, March 28th at 12 noon at the Hartford Public Library (Downtown).
Meeting materials are here. Presentations are here.
SUGGESTED VIEWING
Aspen Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund
We All Start Somewhere
Road Trip Nation Says We All Start Somewhere from Get Schooled on Vimeo.
Who Do We Think We Are? (Starts at 21m09s)
America Needs Talent
100,000 Opportunities Initiative in Chicago
Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative
c/o Capital Workforce Partners
One Union Place
Hartford, CT 06103
hoyc@capitalworkforce.org
