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Holyoke E for All, Springfield Works, New North Citizens Council receive state Urban Agenda business development grants
The EforAll Holyoke business accelerator program will offer its first Spanish-language program with $100,000 from the state Urban Agenda Grant Program. Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov Karyn Polito announced this week a total of $2 million in grants to 23 projects statewide, according to a news release. The money is going to programs in…
Read MoreRep. Richard Neal, quoting Ronald Reagan, makes case for expanding earned income, child tax credit
Neal spoke Tuesday during a gathering at Valley Venture Mentors and the Springfield Innovation Center in Springfield, where the Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center, a Boston-based think tank, released its most recent study on the tax credits. The meeting was organized by the Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts, Springfield Works and Children’s HealthWatch of…
Read MoreInaugural Class To Graduate From Whole-Family Workforce-Readiness Program
Partners of Springfield WORKS – HCS Head Start Inc., Dress for Success of Western Massachusetts, and Springfield Partners for Community Action will recognize the graduates from the inaugural class of the Two-Generation Whole Family Approach to Jobs Workforce Readiness program.
Read MoreBaker-Polito Administration Supports Nine Community-Driven Initiatives
The program seeks to unlock community-driven responses to local obstacles, and promote economic development opportunities through partnership-building, problem solving, and shared accountability in urban centers.
Read More‘Team Springfield’ Honored By Boston Fed For Working Cities Challenge
In June, the Boston Fed announced that Springfield will receive $475,000 in Working Cities Challenge grant money for programs linking low-income residents to the in-demand training needed for jobs that often go unfilled.
Read MoreSpringfield Works Gets State Funding To Expand Programs To Help Job Seekers
The state awarded $500,000, including $75,000 to Springfield Works, through the Urban Agenda Grant Program designed to promote economic development in Massachusetts through the building of community partnerships in addressing obstacles to employment.
Read MoreSpringfield WORKS Takes Collaborative Approach To Job Growth
Springfield WORKS, a collaboration by city, community, education, and employer leaders to develop strategies to transform the region’s workforce ecosystem, was funded with a three-year grant from the Boston Federal Reserve Bank’s Working Cities Challenge grant. One concrete application of those strategies, an innovative job portal, was launched with fanfare last week during an event…
Read MoreBoston Fed Awards Springfield $475K Grant To Help Low-Income Residents Get Work
The Working Cities Challenge is a competitive grant program administered by the Boston Fed and designed to get the public, private and nonprofit sectors in Massachusetts’ postindustrial Gateway Cities working together to solve economic challenges.
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