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The Hartford Courant, Conn., Business Briefs Column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2003

The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 23--STATE AWARDED GRANT FOR IT WORKER TRAINING: Connecticut has won a $3 million federal grant that state officials say should help information-technology workers improve their skills -- and keep IT jobs in the state as a result.

The grant from the U.S. Department of Labor will provide training to more than 900 workers whose employers are part of the I-84 Capital Corridor IT Consortium in the Waterbury, Southbury, Hartford and New Haven areas. Employers have contributed another $1.85 million for the three-year program.

The grant will be administered by the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board. The state Department of Labor, one of the participants in the...

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