Career Resources’  Fathers for Life Program offers an intensive parenting curriculum that covers topics such as child health and development,  co-parenting and communication skills and how to get along with your child’s other parent even when you don’t live together. Career Resources Inc. (CRI) was one of the first agencies to partner with the state’s […]

CRI’s STRIVE program recently completed a weeklong training for two groups of teens as part of the Mayor’s Summer Youth Initiative. The program is featured in this video and story in the Norwalk edition of “It’s Relevant.” From the story: Priyanka Thakkar, a first time participant said “The training is great so you know what to […]

Thanks to UIL Holdings for its generous $10,000 contribution this week to the New Haven STRIVE! UIL has been a longtime and consistent supporter of CRI and its programs. Next STRIVE cycle in all three Connecticut locations – Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven – starts July 7. Click here for details on how to enroll. Thanks […]

Youth and staff from Hartford’s STRIVE undertook a community service project yesterday, cleaning up Sigourney  Square Park. Gloves, rakes, shovels, trash bags and a lot of hard work went into the endeavor.  At the end of the afternoon there was no litter to be seen and the paths were all swept clean.   They plan to […]

Matilda Bonilla, a Training Specialist at STRIVE New Haven, took on another role last week: Graduate and Commencement Speaker. Matilda was among those featured in a New Haven Independent story about the city’s Adult Education Graduation. Others included former child soldiers from Sudan who have built a life in the US. The story describes her journey: […]