Campbell: Dear CT electric customer; know your rights
Dear Connecticut electric company customer: During this difficult time, you are absolutely protected from having your power shut off. You can take advantage of multiple payment programs that can help …
CTLN Opinion+ Martha Stone on Providing Resources for Children
“One-stop shop” is how Martha Stone intended the Center for Children’s Advocacy to run. Stone, a civil rights attorney and CCA executive director, started the organization with the intent of …
CCA Response to Shootings in Atlanta
The Center for Children’s Advocacy extends its deepest sympathies to the families of the victims of the mass shootings in the Atlanta area, six of whom were Asian. While these …
Bridgeport parents ask state again to fix systemic problems with special education
For the third time in eight years, a group of Bridgeport parents who are frustrated that their children with disabilities are not getting the support they need in school have …
How New Haven’s housing neglect produced a crisis of childhood asthma
Given that low-income families are more likely to live in poor-quality housing with asthma triggers, asthma is more than just a health problem — it is also a poverty and …
Advocates Prefer Ending School Officer Program
State data gathered by Connecticut Voices for Children and UConn’s Gun Violence Prevention Research Interest Project strongly suggests that “the negative impacts of police presence in schools – the disproportionate …
Agencies Launch First Large-Scale Response to Youth Homelessness in Fairfield County
If you found yourself without a place to stay for the night, what would you do? Such a prospect is intimidating for adults, but even more so for the thousands …
Advocates Ask State to Improve Response to Vulnerable Students
Connecticut officials have data showing how much school the state’s most vulnerable students are missing when they switch to remote learning, and advocates are calling on Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration …
Cardona’s Role in CT’s Complex School Desegregation Efforts Becomes Focus: Will He Give Integration a National Platform?
… if schools nationwide look to Hartford as an example, they’ll be able to promote diversity in schools in a way that’s “legally bulletproof against right-wing attacks.” With Cardona tapped …
