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Connecticut Association of Nonprofits (CAN)
www.ctnonprofits.org The mission of the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits is to support and strengthen nonprofit organizations in building and sustaining healthy communities in Connecticut.

Connecticut Community Foundation Nonprofit Assistance Initiative (NAI)
www.conncf.org/nai/index.htm The Nonprofit Assistance Initiative was established in 1998 as a joint project of the Connecticut Community Foundation and the United Way of Greater Waterbury to provide organizational development support to nonprofit agencies in the area. Our goal is to enhance services to residents of Northwest Connecticut by strengthening the governance and improving the management capacity of nonprofit organizations. NAI Services include education and training workshops to provide information and learning opportunities on a range of nonprofit management and governance issues.

Executive Forum
www.putnamarea.com/executiveforumwcsu.org/news.html The Executive Forum (EF) of Western Connecticut State University is a partnership between the University and the private non-profit human service sector. The Executive Forum is itself a collaboration, joining together faculty from the Department of Social Work (School of Professional Studies) and the Management Department (Ancell School of Business). This joint venture, with the University serving as a conduit, identifies and makes accessible expertise, resources, supports, and other mechanisms for capacity building in the non-profit sector.

Executive Transitions Program: Third Sector New England
www.tsne.org
The Executive Transitions Program (ETP) of Third Sector New England offers support to nonprofit organizations about to or currently undergoing an executive transition. Third Sector New England is a managing organization for ETP, and provides transition planning, consultation and interim executive placement in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. They are available to speak to boards of directors, funders and others about the important window of opportunity an executive transition offers a nonprofit for insight, growth and capacity building.

United Way-Pace University Not-for-Profit Management Center
The center provides the nonprofit community with high-quality and relevant learning opportunities at an affordable cost. Providing these educational experiences are the Pace University faculty, special consultants, professional trainers as well as organizations focusing on the needs of nonprofits.

University of Connecticut, Cooperative Extension System (CES). The mission of CES is education. The system has training workshops for agency staff who work with limited income families, welfare to work clients, at-risk families and teen parents. For more information contact Lynn Grant, Extension Educator at 203) 207-3263 or at lynne.grant@uconn.edu