Food insecurity in CT higher this year amid inflation, expiration of child tax credit, survey shows
New Haven Register September 20, 2022
[Excerpt of front page news feature by Alex Putterman, 9/19/2022 across all Hearst CT newspapers] Food insecurity in Connecticut has increased in 2022, new survey data shows, amid a rise in inflation and the expiration of federal benefits such as last year's enhanced child tax credit.… Read More
A Community-Centered Approach to Data Sharing and Policy Change: Lessons for Advancing Health Equity
Center for Health Care Strategies August 15, 2022
[Excerpt from report summary by CHCS, published August 2022 and authored by Liz Buck and Alissa Beers, Center for Health Care Strategies, and Waldo Mikels-Carrasco, Data Across Sectors for Health]… Read More
Data suggests Connecticut’s COVID death toll has been larger than official numbers say
New Haven Register June 6, 2022
[Excerpt from front-page feature article by Alex Putterman, Sunday, June 5, 2022] Officially, Connecticut has recorded 10,972 COVID-19 deaths over the past two-plus years, a devastating total that once would have seemed unimaginable. Staggering as that figure is, however, the pandemic’s true death toll in Connecticut might be even higher.… Read More
Food is Medicine: The Essential Connection Between Food Security and Health
Advancing Kids April 1, 2022
[Excerpt of article by Nancy Trout, MD, MPH] For more than two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought devastating loss along with political, economic and social disruption to our nation. While we no longer see televised images of snaking lines of cars containing food insecure families lined up for assistance, food and nutrition insecurity rates remain high. As we begin to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, we must look for opportunities to change structures and policies to promote food justice. Access to nutritious food must be viewed as a fundamental human right. [....]… Read More
Data demonstrates how pandemic exacerbated New Haven’s wealth disparities
Yale Daily News February 24, 2022
[Excerpt of feature article by Sophie Bograd and Sylvan Lebrun, February 23, 2022] More than four in 10 New Haven residents lost their job, used emergency food services or suffered financially during the pandemic. … Read More
Connecticut’s richest residents got richer while poorest residents got poorer during pandemic, survey finds
Hartford Courant February 17, 2022
[Excerpt from front-page feature by Alex Putterman, February 13, 2022] The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly difficult for Connecticut residents in the state’s poorest cities, a large statewide survey has found. While 19% of Connecticut adults say they are worse off financially than they were two years ago, according to the survey, that number was 31% in Hartford, 29% in Bridgeport, 20% in New Haven and 28% in Waterbury.… Read More