HARTFORD— The National Fund for Workforce Solutions has awarded a $300,000 grant to Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford to expand its work supporting partnerships designed to prepare workers and jobseekers for sustainable jobs. United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut is a funder and lead agency of the collaborative.

Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford, a collaborative led by United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut and one of 22 national sites supported by the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, is sharing in national recognition from the Council on Foundations. The National Fund for Workforce Solutions received the Distinguished Grantmaking Award for Collaboration April 27 from the Council on Foundations, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit membership association of some 2,000 grantmaking foundations and corporations.