[Excerpt] “Transportation is a civil rights issue,” Mayor Toni Harp announced at a public meeting in January 2014. “It’s an economic development issue. It’s a jobs issue.” The data agrees.
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"A Connecticut foundation says economic inequality is creating stark disparities in education and employment opportunities for young people across Fairfield County.
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation has tracked this trend through its Community Wellbeing Index, which it created with DataHaven.
[Note: This article/op-ed was originally posted in the New Haven Independent on September 5, 2017. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/data_haven/]
by CAMILLE SEABERRY & MARK ABRAHAM
This is a comprehensive report about the impact of opiates on Northwest Connecticut (Litchfield County) and the state as a whole. It includes Connecticut data from a variety of sources including CTDPH, DMHAS, and area hospitals.
According to the report, in 2012, there were 357 accidental overdose/ intoxication deaths in Connecticut. By 2015, that number more than doubled to 723 deaths. In 2016, there were 917 deaths.