Career Resources Inc

Strive is a three week, fulltime work readiness training program featuring a series of highly effective and engaging attitudinal workshops in a simulated work environment. Training focuses on developing positive attitudes and work habits for successful longterm employment. Career resources assumed the operations of strive new haven in april of 2012, and now operates all four strive sites in bridgeport, hartford, waterbury and new haven connecticut. Strive has helped train and place nearly 300 participants last year.

Reentry and community release operates three homes with a forty-five bed capacity (male). The organization also operates one home with a fifteen bed capacity (female). The organization provides treatment and rehabilitation services for the male and female residents of the program and works with local human services organizations and religious groups in providing the best available support and services to the residents. Reentry employment opportunities federal grant passed through the workplace, inc. To provide prerelease case managemnt services to participants enrolled in linking to employment activities prerelease(leap) program.

Adult and youth programs ged/eslour yearround, inhouse program provides a convenient way for our customers to receive classroom and computer based training to pass the ged test and earn their high school diploma, opening doors to a whole new range of training and employment opportunities or enhance their english coversational skills. Youth career advancement (yca) youth career advancement (yca) is a free, 5 week professional development program operated in partnership with youthworks. This program focuses on enhancing career and college readiness in the 16-24 year-olds in the greater bridgeport area. Secure jobs ct is a two-year demonstration pilot designed to increase the income of families transitioning from homelessness to housing by connecting them to the education, training and supports they need to secure and maintain stable, competitive employment. This will be accomplished by better integrating and coordinating the efforts of the homeless services, workforce and child care sectors to effectively serve families participating in the department of housing's (doh's) connecticut's rapid rehousing program (ctrrp). Foster grandparents funded by the corporation for national and community service, the foster grandparent program brings low-income senior citizens into 10 public schools in bridgeport, stratford, and fairfield to mentor children facing challenges in schools. Ipad academy-funded by the workplace, this program serves wioa-eligible out-of-school between the ages of 16 and 24. Participants use ipads to receive job-readiness training, conduct career path research, and develop leadership skills. Participants receive customer service credentials andindividualized tutoring in math and reading.

The bridge on main is a project of career resources, inc. (cri). It is a collaborative resource center located in downtown bridgeport that will provide system-impacted individuals and their families with direct access to multiple programs and services offered by cri and other community-based partners. These programsand services are focused on job training, job placement, and wraparound support services designed to help individuals overcome obstacles to achieving steadyemployment, economic self-sufficiency, and successful community reintegration and reducing recidivism.the bridge on main is a private-public partnership that will spur economic growth, bringing transformative change to bridgeport's workforce, business sector andcommunity. The facility will serve as a community resource, providing a street level social venture coffee shop, commercial kitchen, office and conference space,and access to venue space on the lower level that can be used for public or private events and meetings, job fairs and exhibits, and other community events andactivities. He bridge on main is scheduled to open in late 2026.