Disabled voters with permanent absentee ballot status will no longer have to apply repeatedly to receive a ballot.
A new law taking effect Tuesday allows people with the status to automatically receive an absentee ballot for each election, primary and referendum in the municipality where they’re eligible to vote.
For more on this story, visit: New Conn. law allows certain disabled voters to automatically receive absentee ballots.
How to go to the drive thru without arms
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A proposed rule would force businesses to hire disabled workers. Why is that making companies with existing disability programs uneasy?
As companies such as AMC Theatres, Home Depot, and Microsoft can attest, disabled workers can be a great asset. But only about 20% of Americans with a physical or cognitive disability participate in the traditional workforce, and of that group 14% are unemployed–roughly twice the nondisabled rate. A regulation being pushed by the Department of Labor would try to improve those numbers by requiring any company with a federal contract worth $10,000 or more to give 7% of its jobs to people with disabilities. If passed, roughly 200,000 companies would be affected. For very different reasons, both companies with and without disability programs are worried about the proposal.
For more on this story, visit: The Debate Behind Disability Hiring | Fast Company.
New website cracks down on abusive caregivers
New website cracks down on abusive caregivers | Video Library | The News-Press.
Office Address :
GIAIMO FED BLDG
150 COURT ST 4TH FL
NEW HAVEN, CT 06510
Offices closed Thursday, November 22.
As of Monday, November 19, 2012, all offices will close 30 minutes earlier. Most office hours will be 9:00 to 3:00.
For more on this story, visit: Social Security Office for New Haven, CT 06515 | SocialSecurityHop.com.
The announcement Tuesday that the federal government is releasing $3.1 billion in low-income heating assistance, of which Connecticut’s take is $72.4 million, couldn’t come at a better time for local social service agencies that deal with the state’s neediest.
“Norwich is the largest city in southeastern Connecticut, and unfortunately we have a lot of people who are out of work,” said Norwich Human Services Director Beverly Goulet. “We don’t have the jobs that we once had. Sadly, I think we are going to see more first-time applicants.”
The LIHEAP funds for southeastern Connecticut are managed through Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc.’s Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
For more on this story, visit: The Day – Connecticut receiving $72.4 million in low-income heating assistance | News from southeastern Connecticut.
VSA International Young Soloists Award Recipient Niv Ashkenazi. Photo by Scott Suchman.
Since 1984, the VSA International Young Soloists Program has identified talented musicians who have a disability. The VSA International Young Soloists Competition annually selects up to four outstanding musicians from the United States and the international arena, and supports and encourages them in their pursuit of a career. These emerging musicians receive $2,500, professional development opportunities, and a performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
For more on this story, visit: VSA – Education – The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The CT Bar Association and its Insurance Law Section provide storm victims with free insurance advice through a free public hotline.
Via a toll-free number (1-866-209-5099) and email address ( hotline@ctbar.org), CBA members will provide free legal advice to individuals and businesses in need of guidance about insurance claims for property damage after a storm or other disaster. The initial contact will go to CBA staff in New Britain, who will fill out an intake form. Staff will then forward the intake form to the next lawyer on the list of participating volunteers.
Call during regular business hours, and emails should use the following subject line: CBA Disaster Insurance. The program has been developed cooperatively with representatives of FEMA, the CT Insurance Department, and the CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
For more on this story, visit: New Haven BULLETIN: CT Bar Association Insurance Hotline Is Open.
Meet two U.S. elite Paralympians and hear their inspirational stories.
Wednesday, 6:30-8 p.m., Nov. 14, Hartford Public Library, Center for Contemporary Culture, 500 Main St., Hartford.
On Friday, “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,” a benefit concert to aid victims of the storm that devastated the Northeast, will air at 8 p.m. ET on the networks of NBC Universal.
For more information and a good list of organizations you can support, visit: Sandy’s aftermath: How you can help – The Daily Nightly.