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About Dress for Success Hartford

Location:

280 Trumbull Street - 2nd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103, US

Mission Statement

The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

Description

Dress for Success Hartford celebrates their 25th Anniversary in 2023! They have served more than 8,500 women throughout Connecticut.

Our Employment Readiness and Employment Retention programs and services are designed to grow with our women. By offering Professional Skills Training through our Employment Readiness Program, Financial Literacy Education through our Professional Women's Group, Employment Mentoring through our Career Management Coaching Program and Professional Attire through our Suiting Program, our organization addresses the needs of women and promotes economic security and self-sufficiency.

In order to ensure that we are serving those most in need of our support, every woman is referred to us through a network of partner agencies. These agencies include a variety of educational institutions, reentry programs for the formerly incarcerated, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, rehabilitation programs and more. We work with more than 140 partner agencies throughout Connecticut.