Grant funding boosts programming at The WorkPlace

More grant funding is on its way to The WorkPlace to help train Bridgeport youth. The Bridgeport-based organization is expected to receive $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Labor toward its YouthBuild Bridgeport program which provides at-risk city youth an education and job training. “We’re very excited for it,” said Tom Long, vice president of marketing and communications. The federal funding is part of an $85 million total that the DOL is dividing among 81 YouthBuild programs nationwide, according to a Wednesday press release. Grants range from about $700,000 to $1.1 million.

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