More than 1,500 long-term, unemployed Connecticut residents who recently found jobs are being awarded $1,000 bonuses.
They mark the first round of the Back to Work CT program, an initiative funded with federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Approximately $10 million has been allocated for the program, which will provide bonus payments for up to 10,000 eligible applicants through Dec. 31.
Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday that the one-time bonus will help some of the previously long-time, unemployed workers pay for critical things they need to get back to work, including child care.
