Centers to help inventors create jobs

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) - A new program has been announced that gives people in Connecticut a chance to turn their dreams into reality, and in the process jobs will be created.

Governor Dannel P. Malloy is talking about funding innovation as a way to create jobs, but at his Meriden job center where folks are out of work, many say they can't wait for the next big thing, because they need to take care of their families, and pay the bills now.

"I've been laid off since October of last year, I've been looking but there isn't a lot out," says Darelene Davis.

The Governor is announcing a program to aid in funding innovation by setting up regional centers in hopes to help entrepreneurs.

Mallary Kievman,13, of Manchester is the inventor of hiccup curing lollipops. Her target consumer is cancer patients because hiccups can be a side effect of chemotherapy.

The eighth grader has a business plan that could mean jobs, but she first needs the help of Malloy's new program. To produce her lollipops, people would have to be hired.

"Basically manufacture, perhaps open our own factory," says Kievman.

While the program would help create jobs, the governor admits actual job creation takes time.

"In all seriousness job growth does not happen overnight," says Malloy.

"I just want to work, I got a family to support," says Davis.

The job centers will continue to help people find jobs. In the future the regional innovation centers could be in New Haven and possibly Fairfield County.