The original post was published on May 22, 2025. The updated post was published on July 1, 2025. Both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House proposals, if enacted, dramatically cut funding to services and programs Connecticut residents rely on and makes it harder for residents to access healthcare, afford food, and attain higher education degrees […]
Emerging Issues
by Protect CT CoalitionMay 20, 2025 @ 12:02 am Connecticut faces unprecedented threats, but we are also witnessing an unprecedented coming together of 11 leading advocacy and service nonprofit organizations united by a single, powerful goal: protecting the people of our state from the damage caused by years of systemic inequities and the current erosion […]
Do you know how much Connecticut gets in federal funding for education, healthcare, and food assistance? We’ve pulled together town-level data that includes important facts about federal funding to school districts, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Town-level data is linked below using the most recent data available. This means the education data […]
by Kathy Taylor et. al. February 18, 2025 @ 12:01 am While Connecticut, one of the wealthiest states in our country, may seem like an ideal place to raise a family, for far too many children, it is not. Beneath the state’s picturesque towns and affluent neighborhoods lies a troubling reality —high child poverty rates […]
Happy new year! Today marks the start of the legislative session. As 2025 begins, we’ve recalibrated our Connecticut Families Plan, initially launched in 2022, to reflect the current landscape and meet the moment. Nestled within this plan are policy priorities for each year, which advance our vision of a Connecticut where all children achieve their […]
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 life is forever changed and nothing is ever certain, […]
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 for, together, are included: · over $100 million toward child care […]
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 Boston Globe. Our open […]
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 count and subvert the […]
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 Haven and Hamden communities. A lifelong resident of the greater New […]