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Connecticut families have until July 31 to claim the Connecticut Child Tax Rebate. The Department of Revenue Services estimates that only about half of eligible households have applied for assistance.
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Connecticut state regulators have been working to help people disproportionately affected by the war on drugs gain a foothold in Connecticut’s legal adult-use cannabis industry.
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Beth-El Center in Milford has offered services to help curb homelessness and hunger for nearly 40 years. As temperatures reach over 95 degrees this week, the center opened its dining hall for the first time as a cooling center.
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Heat doesn’t affect everyone equally. Maps from UConn's Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation show who is most vulnerable to heat.
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Across Greater Hartford, over 1,000 students have kicked off their summer with a paid job. For six weeks, these young people in and around Hartford will gain professional skills in everything from the retail sector and governmental organizations to hospitals and law firms through the Summer Youth Employment and Learning Program. Still, organizers say they didn't have enough openings to meet the demand of thousands of student applicants.
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A report by the group Connecticut Voices for Children focuses on the hurdles that immigrant and refugee families face when trying to access early child care and education services.
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Mayor Luke Bronin has announced that Hartford will award nearly $2 million to over 60 groups providing youth services across the capital city.
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Around one in every 10 people in Connecticut are food insecure. Community fridges have popped up in Connecticut in the last few years to help meet this need. They are public pantries, most are open 24/7 and all the food is free, no questions asked.
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Food prices have risen 10% in the U.S. in the last year, making groceries even harder to afford for low-income people. In Connecticut, 12% of residents don’t have access to adequate nutrition. Fridgeport is one of half a dozen community fridges run through mutual aid that have popped in the state in the last few years to help meet that need.
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As Connecticut tenants face skyrocketing rent prices and an uptick in no-fault evictions, some renters in large apartment complexes are unionizing in hopes of demanding change. And now tenant unions in New Haven could be some of the first in Connecticut to be recognized by their local government.