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We Stand with Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

September 23, 2022 •

Traducción al Español Resilient is a word that’s too often used to described communities of color. These past few years have been especially exhausting—necessitating more effort, more grace to push through the day. In spite of it all, we rise every morning and persevere. While we know lif...

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2022 Legislative Wrap-up!

May 5, 2022 •

Dear Voices Community – The 2022 legislative session has concluded! This year, the Connecticut General Assembly passed a FY23 budget adjustment that provides unprecedented support to the state’s hardworking families. We are pleased to report that a number of the policies we have fought f...

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Open Letter: Teach Us Everything

December 3, 2021 • Emerging Issues

Here at Nellie Mae, we are committed to equitable public education and teaching the truth, and those values are under attack from special interests who do not actually care about our students. We are taking a stand in support of education alongside our partners in this week’s Sunday edition of the...

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We Must Hold Onto Hope and Act in Love

January 8, 2021 •

The world joined us as we watched in horror. The violence and insurrection in and on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, incited by people who care more about power and politics than country and democracy, will forever be a memory. Thinking of the extremist attack—an attempt to stop the electoral cou...

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Connecticut Voices for Children Welcomes Leonard Jahad and Garth Harries to the Board

October 28, 2020 •

Dear Voices Community – I’m delighted to announce our newest board members: Leonard Jahad and Garth Harries! Leonard Jahad is the Executive Director of the Connecticut Violence Intervention Program (CT-VIP), where he supervises a team of outreach workers that mentor at-risk youth in New Have...

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Counselors Not Cops

Within the past year and a half, Connecticut Voices for Children has examined the factors that contribute to students facing punishment, exclusionary discipline, and arrest in school and the efficacy and prevalence of  School Resource Officers (SROs) in Connecticut. Through our research we’ve dis...

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We Have A Choice.

June 2, 2020 • Emerging Issues

Translación en español le sigue. Dear Voices Community – Connecticut Voices for Children stands in solidarity with the Black community. We are outraged by the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. However, we are not surprised by these senseless deaths because state sanc...

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Supporting Children At Home – Part 2

Translación en español le sigue. The 21st century is an era of increased economic interdependence, unpredictability, variability, and dynamic change. Advancing technology plays a critical role in globalization and the shifting educational paradigms in which online learning has become necessary to ...

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Q & A Blog Series: Childcare & K-12 Education

Translación en español le sigue. In just a few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on the lives of all Connecticut’s families and children.  A virus with no vaccine, no treatment, and no prior human exposures to enable us to develop some individual and herd immunity, it sweeps...

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Q & A Blog Series: Family Economic Security & More

Translación en español le sigue. In just a few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on the lives of all Connecticut’s families and children.  A virus with no vaccine, no treatment, and no prior human exposures to enable us to develop some individual and herd immunity, it sweeps...

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