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 …
CCA and Yale Child Study Center Create Medical-Legal Partnership in Children’s Behavioral Health Setting
The Center for Children’s Advocacy and Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) have joined forces to open a Medical-Legal Partnership on-site at YCSC. The collaboration is the first Medical-Legal Partnership on …
Billions in school construction in CT hasn’t made a dent in segregation — but this year, things could be different
… civil rights leaders point out that incentives historically have not broken the gridlock to integrate schools in many Connecticut towns. For example, suburban districts for decades have been offered …
Advocates Worry About Utility Shut-Offs As Winter Approaches
With state utility regulators and Eversource Energy deliberating whether and how to extend a pandemic-related moratorium on utility shut-offs, advocates say it’s important for struggling ratepayers to know their rights …
Governor Takes a Bow for Students Logging On. Data Doesn’t Back It Up.
Last spring, that datapoint of how many students didn’t log on at all was almost identical: 4%. There’s no way to gauge if more students are attending more often than …
CT Law Tribune 2020 Awards to CCA Attorneys Jay Sicklick and Stacy Schleif
Connecticut Law Tribune 2020 Leadership Awards Distinguished Leader in the Law Jay Sicklick, Esq. CCA Deputy Director and Director of the Medical Legal Partnership New Leader in the Law Stacy …
Billing Assistance Is Available, But Regulators Say Utilities Didn’t Do Enough To Tell Customers
On Wednesday, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) told utilities they had to email customers a verbatim message: COVID-19 payment plans “are available to any customer requesting financial assistance, without …
