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 # Walgreens’ Inclusive Training Program Brings On CT Employees That Identify As Disabled

 

##### The company partners with the state to recruit people with disabilities, then trains and hires those employees at the Hartford-area distribution center.

 

 

 Nov 9, 2023 12:30 PM ET

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[Originally published by NBC Connecticut](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/walgreens-inclusive-training-program-brings-on-ct-employees-that-identify-as-disabled/3113850/)

By [**Jane Caffrey**](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/author/jane-caffrey/)

Watch the interview [here](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/walgreens-inclusive-training-program-brings-on-ct-employees-that-identify-as-disabled/3113850/)

October kicks off Disability Employment Awareness Month, but one company is already recruiting workers that identify as disabled - and they have been for 16 years now.

A Walgreens distribution center in Windsor was one of the company’s first sites in the country to start an inclusive training program.

Continue reading[ here](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/walgreens-inclusive-training-program-brings-on-ct-employees-that-identify-as-disabled/3113850/)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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