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Friday, November 21, 2014

CT NONPROFIT GETS PEOPLE INTO JOBS


Platform to Employment, a nonprofit job-coaching and wage-subsidy program for people who have been out of work for more than six months, expanded to a statewide program with the help of a $3.6 million grant from the state. This year, about a quarter of its graduates couldn't come to their graduation ceremony--they already had jobs. Since it began in 2011, 80% of graduates have gotten a tryout with a company with up to 8 weeks wages paid by the nonprofit, and 90% of those workers remain on the payroll after the subsidy ends.

 

Source: Hartford Courant, 10/29/14, Jobs

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