1973

29 town region.  Comprehensive Manpower Program under CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act)/ Holcombe Street

Partners Agencies included: CREC, ULGH, CRT, Poor People’s Federation

1978

Hartford area Private Industry Council, Inc.  created through the greater Hartford Chamber Of Commerce to manage title 7 of (Private Initiatives program) under CETA – The Hartford area Private Industry Council, Inc. was one of the first incorporated nationally as a 501-C3.  Capital Workforce Partners identifies this year as the year it was “established” as an organization.  It was also the year, the organization started using the phone number 860-522-1111 for its central switchboard – that number is still in use today.

1983

1990s

1994

1996 - 1997

Dual organization.  There was a shift in Federal legislation that transitioned from CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) in the city of Hartford to JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act):

• Required a private sector led organization.

• Created Employment Resource Development Agency

• Transition from being led by the municipality (1973 – 1983) to private sector -  led (1983+)
• However, staff still city employees

• The 90s represented a shift to a more “regional focus” for workforce development. One Stops had begun to be established regionally, technology put in place to support a broader system.

The CTWorks brand was established for the state’s One-Stops, which were located at this time in the Capital Region in Hartford, Manchester and Enfield

1997

Moved Hartford One-Stop presence from Washington/Holcombe Streets to 3580 Main Street

1998

Capital Region Workforce Development Board took over client services from ITT Hartford

1998

The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 began to change the way regions administered welfare to work programs; and was enacted to replace the Job Training Partnership Act.

1999

The Hartford Jobs Funnel began as Hartford Construction Jobs Initiative

2000s

The new millennium served as a growth period for the agency in terms of staff, services offered and impact to the communities served. Focused initiatives throughout the region spawned more community engagement in the workforce development process.

2000

Youth Opportunity Grant was awarded - $28M

2001

The majority of the leadership team, Tom Phillips, Alex Johnson and Pamela (Walsh) Nabors joined the Capital Region Workforce Development Board

2002

Consolidated all staff to Pratt Street

• Jobs Funnel relationship formalized
• - YES Academy launched for inner city youths

2003

Consolidation statewide workforce regions from 8 regions to 5.

• CWP picked up 7 municipalities – NB One-Stop and Bristol
• The Capital Region Workforce Development Board was rebranded to today’s Capital Workforce Partners.
• Hartford Jobs Corps broke ground – opened East Hartford satellite

2004

Moved from Pratt St. to One Union Place – Hartford, CT

• DOL closed Manchester office
• WIA opened Manchester satellite

2005

Youth Opportunity Grant sunset; and sustainability plan – the Future Workforce Investment System was launched in Hartford with five target areas – Youth Work Experiences; Hartford Public Schools Prevention Teams; Adult/Alternative Education; Justice Involved Youth and Tracking and Reporting

2005

Youth Program YES Academy becomes “Career Connections” 

2006

Youth Committee reorganizes youth services into Future Workforce Services to address specifically on addressing the alarming low graduation rates in the region’s city schools – and launched the Summer Youth Employment and Learning Program

2006

CWP Career Competency System Launched

2007

Through the procurement of significant grants, a major initiative to address the talent pipeline training needs of those in the Allied Health profession began to take shape.  These efforts are still in full force.

2009

Closed East Hartford, Bristol, due to interim loss of TANF

2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was passed to help alleviate the strains of a steep recession.

2009

The Mortgage Crisis Job Training Team was put in place to help individuals who are threatened with foreclosure  to find employment services, training and placement assistance so that foreclosure could be avoided.

2009

Hartford Jobs Funnel Serves over 2,000 in ten years

2010

U.S.Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, partakes in Jobs Funnel 10-Year Anniversary celebration and chooses Hartford to host a national press conference on behalf of Youth Employment