News from CCA
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July 2025 Newsletter
CCA’s Legislative Accomplishments During the 2025 legislative session, CCA advocated for several bills using the unique perspectives gained from the lived experience of the families, youth, and children we work …
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CCA Statement Regarding Resolution of Systemic Legal Complaint Against Bridgeport Public Schools
CCA successfully resolved a systemic legal complaint filed on behalf of CCA clients and certain similarly situated children with complex disabilities in the Bridgeport Public Schools who were in classrooms …
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CCA response to audit showing Connecticut is not meeting basic needs of vulnerable children in state care
The Center for Children’s Advocacy is dismayed by yet another governmental audit showing that Connecticut is not meeting the most basic needs of vulnerable children in state care. While federal authorities …
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Powerhouse Legal Orgs Join Challenge to State’s Denial of Social Services
Contact: kkb@berlinrosen.com Children transitioning into early adulthood with disabilities across the state are denied social services BRIDGEPORT, CT – Law firm Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder, along with the Center …
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CCA Statement: Corrective Action. New Haven Public Schools.
The Center for Children’s Advocacy, a statewide nonprofit legal rights organization, filed a successful complaint on behalf of multiple children and secured systemic relief for students in need of homebound …
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Press Release: August 6, 2025
Center for Children’s Advocacy, a non-profit civil rights law firm representing low-income children in Connecticut, filed a systemic complaint this summer with state officials alleging that as a result of …
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CCA responds to impact of federal action on access to gender affirming care
The Center for Children’s Advocacy is alarmed that our federal government’s intrusion into the private medical decisions of families is forcing Connecticut healthcare providers and health care facilities around the …
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May 2025 Newsletter
Mental Health Awareness May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health is essential for the overall well-being at every stage of life. Regardless of age, background, or experience, prioritizing mental …
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Press Release: May 2nd 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: mason.miller@berlinrosen.com CENTER FOR CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY TO HOST ‘GIVING CHILDREN AVOICE: IN CHALLENGING TIMES’ EVENT WITH SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY The Senator’s current advocacy on the federal level and …
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Statement from the Center for Children’s Advocacy re Report from the Office of the Child Advocate/Informational Hearing on Homeschooling
As most states have already done, Connecticut needs to do more to address the withdrawal of a child or non-enrollment of a child in school for the stated purpose of …
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March 2025 Newsletter
Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Developmental Disabilities Advocacy March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. It is a time to talk about on developmental disabilities and highlight the ways our communities come …
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Important Education Bills That Need Your Support
SB 1 AN ACT INCREASING RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION Invests in early childhood education, increases education funding, expands home visiting and student supports, creates greater transparency and …
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CCA’s January Newsletter
A Message from CCA’s Executive Director, Sarah Eagan CCA stands with our communities, with vulnerable children and families, with immigrants and LGBTQ+ individuals, and all others seeking support, refuge, acceptance, …
