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School Readiness Education Coordinator

 Who We Are Looking For

Are you a talented early childhood professional looking to help programs across our city improve their quality? Are you good at working with teachers and directors to help them be the best they can be?…

This is a new program funded by the CT Department of Housing and Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and administered by LISC Connecticut, designed to introduce women of color to the community development sector. Recruitment is still underway for a new cohort of participants for 2023. The deadline to apply has been extended to Friday, December 16^th.

Elements of the HCDLI include:

• Monthly workshops with industry…

A volunteer holds a sticker to give to a voter at a polling place on Election Day, Nov.…

On Wednesday, July 29 (9 am - noon), Continuum Recovery Services will be hosting a FREE Virtual Training on Emergency Response to a Mental Health Crisis ...needed now more than ever.

Earn 3 CEUs, and learn the steps for best outcomes during a mental health crisis from the perspective of police, mobile…

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” - Greek Proverb

The City of New Haven--in partnership with the Urban Resources Initiative--is offering FREE TREES to New Haven residents this spring.  This is a great…

Do you want to make a difference in your community? 

Join us at an orientation session for the 2018 Neighborhood Leadership Program.…

Applications are being accepted for The Community Foundation's 2016 Neighborhood Leadership Program.

The Neighborhood Leadership Program is an eight month training and grant program that supports community leaders in imagining, developing, testing and realizing projects which build community and provide positive outcomes in New Haven neighborhoods and contiguous towns.

If you are a resident of New Haven (or contiguous towns) who has…

In March 2010, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (NHS) launched its first annual Resident Leadership Program.

Based on a curriculum developed in conjunction with our national partner, NeighborWorks^® America, the program consists of five units. The primary goals of this program are to transfer concrete leadership skills to residents, create a space for participants to share their experiences with one another, and increase residents’ sense of being agents of…

PARENT UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN OFFERS FREE WORKSHOPS

http://punh.org/

for New Haven Public School Families

Neighborhood Workshop Schedule

Soft Skills Job Training…

Program Targets Homeless Families Across US

Associated Press, Kelli Kennedy, 09/12/2012

Federal child welfare officials announced Wednesday they are expanding a pilot program that provides housing and case workers to homeless families most at risk for having a child enter foster care. The five-year, $35 million expansion to several areas across the country provides permanent housing for a few hundred families who have been…

Conflict Coaching is one of the many conflict resolution tools used to help individuals, businesses and organizations manage conflict.   Coaching involves consultation and guidance on a specific dispute or conflict to get clear on the needs and to open up new options for strategies to meet those needs.  It can also be used to evaluate and improve personal conflict and communication skills.

Coaching is appropriate for conflicts where mediation is not possible or necessary.  Conflict…

WorkPlace seeking training providers.  Excerpt follows.  Use this link to access full document. http://www.workplace.org/news.php

Core/soft employability skill areas to be provided include:

• Work Readiness –Attitude and expectations
• Interviewing and resume development
• Job search techniques
• Interpersonal communications
• Problem Solving
• Planning and…

The Grove, partner to The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, for training of Neighborhood Leadership Grant recipients was featured in Fast Company Magazine. Grove Founders Slate Ballard and Ken Janke developed the training modules for our neighborhood leadership grants recipients with Community Organizer Kevin Ewing.

Read: "Why You Should Start A Company In... New Haven"…

Three Full Scholarships Available

Due to multiple philanthropic support, (three) full scholarships are remaining for next week’s Facing Change Executive Director Summer Retreat for Greater New Haven area nonprofits. If you are an Executive Director of a Greater New Haven nonprofit and would like to apply for the scholarship please contact Linda Friedman at linda.friedman@uconn.edu or…

Go behind the scenes of the NEW HAVEN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Apply today for the Citizens’ Police Academy.

The Citizens’ Academy is an 8 week course designed to enlighten residents about the New Haven Police Department. The Goal is to Bridge the information Gap between the Community and the Police Department.

Participants must be 18 yrs or older.

Learn more, ask questions... get answers, role play... See what its like to walk in…

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas Fall 2010 is pleased to announce its Fall 2010 Fellowship program. The inaugural program was launched in January 2010, providing opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to develop their communication and leadership skills as they prepared to pursue college and/or enter the workforce.



The program combines instruction in critical writing, nonprofit management and various arts disciplines, with opportunities for job shadowing…