October & November 2023

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Norwalk Workforce Development Recap

On November 13th, Norwalk Public Schools, the City of Norwalk , and supported by Norwalk ACTS hosted The Norwalk Workforce Development Career Fair. This event served over 170 community members, and we hope the members of community were able to connect with employers and providers to learn about new workforce development opportunities.


We would like to thank all of participating vendors for connecting and sharing opportunities with the Norwalk community, and CT State Norwalk for providing valuable job prep workshops. A special thank you to our sponsor, Nuvance Health for sponsoring the cost of the resource swag bags, and the professional headshots provided to the community.


A special thank you to the City of Norwalk, CT, and Norwalk Public School Schools Workforce Development for collaborating on second annual Career Fair.

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Norwalk ACTS was thrilled to partner with Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Business Collaborative for Education Equity in releasing “Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: Equitable Education and Career Pathways for Opportunity Youth in Fairfield County.” The study outlines concrete steps to placing Opportunity Youth job seekers into livable-wage career tracks, providing upward progression and enabling further training and industry credentialing.

FCCF held an event that included the findings from the white paper and a panel discussion. Our Deputy Director Jesse Buccolo spoke on the panel about the challenges and opportunities facing Opportunity Youth in attaining livable wage employment alongside our partners Social Venture Partners CT, City of Norwalk, The Carver, Norwalk Community College, and Norwalk Public Schools. You can learn more about the findings and watch the 3-part video panel discussion here.


Connecticut has an unspoken crisis—one that impacts every city and town—and it’s time it gets the attention it deserves. In 2022, one in five of Connecticut’s young people were either at-risk or disconnected. These are 119,000 young people who have either dropped out of school or are in danger of dropping out of school, and who are, for those aged 18 to 26, unemployed and in many cases unemployable. To learn more, download the full report below.


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CareerConneCT is a program that offers skilling, re-skilling, and up-skilling in growing industries. It offers certificate training programs and industry recognized credentials in as little as 5-12 weeks and gets connected with employers ready to hire. Programs in industries such as Manufacturing, Information Technology (IT), Infrastructure Construction, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Transportation (CDL), Green Jobs, and Business Services.


Job seekers can now access an online intake portal to be connected to re-skilling, up-skilling, or next-skilling opportunities, along with a continuously-growing list of training programs.
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