May is “National Mental Health Awareness Month.” Across the country organizations will work to raise awareness in an effort to reduce stigma.Yet, each day the front pages of Connecticut’s newspapers are likely to report new incidents of tragic violence of … Continue reading
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The town will receive a $200,000 boost from the state to make several deteriorating sidewalks around town handicapped accessible. First Selectman Kurt Miller said the $200,000 Small Town Economic Assistance Program, or STEAP, grant, will enable the town to continue … Continue reading
In celebration of the 24th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we are thrilled to seek poets with disabilities to participate in a Poetry Slam. We seek poets who can captivate, connect, and energize an audience. Good presentation skills … Continue reading
Contact House and Senate Leadership TODAY! Stop a tax hike on Connecticut’s working-poor families! Call leadership NOW to make sure last year’s cut to the earned income tax credit (EITC) is reversed as planned. The Connecticut EITC reduces the income … Continue reading
The nation is shocked that Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families has sent an abused girl in its care – a girl facing no criminal charges – to an adult prison. I wish that I could be shocked, too. However, … Continue reading
A legislative committee approved a controversial first contract Tuesday between the state and the union representing nearly 11,000 personal care attendants who help the elderly and disabled remain in their homes. The workers, who originally gained bargaining rights through an … Continue reading
Callers who wanted to talk to a Department of Social Services worker by phone last month had to wait an average of 39 minutes and 29 seconds to do so. That’s down from one hour and 13 minutes in February. … Continue reading
Funding Will Spur an Additional $116 Million in Private Investment (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein, and Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) President and Executive Director Eric Chatman today announced investments … Continue reading
In April, the providers of Opening Doors-New Haven will launch a 100-Day initiative to kick-start their Coordinated Access system and to make strides toward ending chronic homelessness. Alison Cunningham, executive director of Columbus House, and John Bradley, executive director of … Continue reading
I’m not going to lie, my experience at UConn has been an inexorable, maladaptive struggle since I arrived last January. Masochistically subscribing to the pre-med track, I have sought to pursue a career that requires studying multiple difficult math and … Continue reading