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 …
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 …
