Campbell: Eversource is like that bad boyfriend
If you are a Connecticut utilities customer and are struggling to meet your bills, you could be excused for not knowing there are multiple, state-mandated ways to get help. Your …
Child Advocates Seek Data on Pedestrian Stops
“Racial profiling of Black and brown people is a common problem in Connecticut and across the country,” Rivera said in the testimony. “More specifically, youth of color complain about continually …
Doctors, lawyers team up to help low-income families
Medical-Legal Partnerships … ensure that special needs students are not being discriminated against as schools reopen amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Bonnie Roswig, an attorney with the Center for Children’s …
Litigation Leads 4 Connecticut School Districts to Train Staff on Use of Insulin Pumps
In what legal proponents of students with disabilities are calling a groundbreaking mandate, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut has said that personnel in four Connecticut school …
Justice Dept Agreement: Emergency Medication for Children with Epilepsy
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) clearly establishes the rights of children with disabilities to participate in programs that are available to non-disabled children. “It is inconceivable that a childcare …
CCA Prevails for School Children with Diabetes
Settlement Agreements: US Dept of Justice Directs ADA Compliance for Districts of Glastonbury, East Lyme, Wethersfield, and Stamford U.S. Attorney John Durham and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Soufer entered into …
End State-Sanctioned Violence Against Black Lives
The Center for Children’s Advocacy, an organization dedicated to fighting the injustice of discrimination against children and youth affected by institutional bias and endemic racism that pervades our society, stands …
Don’t leave Bridgeport children behind
Kathryn Meyer, Director, Educational Success Project, CCA No one could have planned for our school closure crisis and all the disparities it has laid bare. We must see this closure …
