Uplifting Community: LGBTQ+ Dedicated Funds Across New England
Boston Spirit May 31, 2024
[Excerpt from feature article by Rob Phelps, May 13, 2024] All across New England, LGBTQ+ organizations do amazing, life-affirming, often lifesaving work to support our community. But who’s supporting them? For pro-LGBTQ+ programs and initiatives to survive and thrive, they need support too. Stepping up to offer that support are dedicated funds throughout our six New England states—some based within major philanthropic foundations, others scrappy grassroots orgs themselves, all sharing similar missions to uplift all LGBTQ+ people in our region. [....]… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Answer the Call to Improve Your Community”: DataHaven and Partners Urge Residents to Participate in Landmark Wellbeing Survey of Connecticut Thousands of randomly-selected residents from all 169 Connecticut towns will participate in the 2024 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey, the seventh wave of a large survey on happiness and quality of life that has been fielded since 2012… Read More
New Haven area's fatal overdoses set new record high, new study shows
New Haven Register April 15, 2024
[Excerpt from front-page article by Cris Villalonga-Vivoni, New Haven Register, Sunday, April 14, 2024] The rate of fatal overdoses in New Haven is about three times higher than the statewide average and has been sharply increasing since 2020, a new report found.… Read More
New maps show CT child tax credit statewide impacts
Public News Service March 25, 2024
[News coverage from Edwin J. Viera, 3/25/24] New data show the impacts of Connecticut's proposed child tax credit. Broken down by town, and state House and Senate districts, 268,000 eligible families would receive $306 million in tax credits. Places like Bridgeport, Hartford, and Waterbury have the largest populations of eligible families. Municipalities across the state could see a 38% return on investment for local economies.… Read More
United Way of Connecticut and DataHaven Maps Show Potential Impact of a Proposed CT Child Tax Credit on Local Communities
by Mark Abraham March 18, 2024
New maps show that 268,000 eligible families statewide would receive $306 million in total tax credits, benefiting 75 percent of all Connecticut families.… Read More
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