Connecticut Association for Community Action
CAFCA Connections – September 15, 2015
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FFY 2015/2016 LIHEAP Plan Approved
The FFY 2015/2016 Low Income Heating Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Allocation Plan was approved on September 3rd by the Appropriations, Human Services, and Energy and Technology Committees of the Connecticut General Assembly…
CAAs now accepting energy assistance applications
It's never too early to start thinking about the upcoming winter season! Connecticut's Community Action Agencies (CAAs) are now accepting applications for the CT Energy Assistance Program (CEAP).
Community Action Highlights
- Senator Murphy impressed by YouthBuild projects (Jeff Gebeau, New Britain Herald, 9/11/15)
- Community action leaders and staff attend Partnership's Annual Convention
- ChiliFest set for September 19th in New Haven (New Haven Register, 9/9/15)
- Human Resources Agency launches new phone system (Jeff Gebeau, New Britain Herald, 8/24/15)
Check It Out – Items of Interest
- How the geography of U.S. poverty has shifted since 1960 (Jens Krogstad, PEW Research Center, 9/10/15)
- Area agencies to collect information from homeless (Andrew Ragali, Meriden Record-Journal, 9/10/15)
- Doing the numbers on food insecurity in the United States (Elaine Waxman, Urban Institute, 9/9/15)
- 2 in 5 American Children Spend at Least a Year in Poverty, Report Says (Tanya Basu, TIME, 9/9/15)
- Adult Basic Skills Programs: A crucial tool in fighting poverty (Stephen Reder, Portland State University, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, 9/8/15)
- It's expensive to be poor (The Economist, 9/5/15)
- State agencies asked to prepare cuts (Elizabeth Regan, CT News Junkie, 9/2/15)
- Lembo says Wall Street, other factors could strain budget (Keith Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 9/1/2015)
- UW-Madison study: Severe poverty affects brain size (Guy Boulton, Duluth News Tribune, 8/30/15)
- How much money do U.S. families need to get by? (Aimee Piccchi, CBS, 8/26/15)
Community Events
- "Neighborhood Fathers Unite" Fundraiser – HRA
- CAANH's 23rd Chilifest – September 19
- Bobby Bonds Memorial Scholarship Golf Classic – September 29 (New Opportunities, Inc.)
- TEAM's 50th Anniversary Gala – October 3
- 2015 CT CAA Conference: Changes, Challenges and Opportunities – October 9
National Events
NASCSP
2015 Annual Training Conference
September 15-18 in Sacramento, CA
Community Action Partnership
2016 Management and Leadership Training Conference
January 6-8, 2016 in New Orleans, LA
