October 2015 Newsletter – Connecticut Association for Community Action

Connecticut Association for Community Action

CAFCA Connections – October 6, 2015

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The FFY 2016 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Allocation Plan was approved on September 28th by Appropriations, Human Services, and Public Health Committees of the Connecticut General Assembly…testimony by Dr. James Gatling, President/CEO of New Opportunities, Inc. and Chair of the Connecticut Association for Community Action.

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).

• TVCCA: Low cost of oil may keep energy assistance applications down (Jaclyn Diaz, Norwich Bulletin, 10/4/15)
• Norwalk Housing Authority named Norwalk's CAA; takes over for NEON (Robert Koch, The Hour, 10/1/15)
• Derby Mayor recognizes National Diaper Need Awareness Week (Valley Voice, 9/29/15
• TEAM opens school readiness program in Shelton (Patricia Villers, Valley Independent, 9/20/15)
• CAANH holds 23rd Annual Chilifest to raise money for Open Choice Food Pantry
• New Opportunities, Inc. holds Health and Safety Training event
• TEAM, Inc. in Derby marks 50th year of helping others with needs (Jean Falbo-Sosnovich, NH Register, 9/13/15)

• Lembo joins dissent over Malloy's emergency budget cuts (Keith Phaneuf and Mark Pazniokas, 10/1/15)
• Rep. Abercrombie denounces Gov. Malloy's human service cuts; says she's open to a special session (Daniela Altimari, Courant, 9/30/15)
• CT continues to lead nation in income, but wealth poorly distributed (Ana Radelat, CT Mirror, 9/30/15)
• CT staring at another $1B deficit after next state election (Keith Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 9/28/15)
• Budget cuts will hurt CT's most vulnerable residents (Dr. Valandy Manohar, CT Mirror, 9/24/15)
• Profile in resilience: Community Action Agencies in the midst of budget stalemates (Rick Cohen, Nonprofit Quarterly, 9/24/15)
• Insurance coverage increases, but child poverty persists (Cara Rosner, CT News Junkie, 9/21/2015)
• Poverty rate in Connecticut almost unchanged (Andrew Ba Tran, Trend CT [CT Mirror], 9/21/2015)
• Larger census survey indicates poverty down, income up in 2014 (Arloc Sherman and Issac Shapiro, CBPP, 9/17/15)
• New census data shows historic health coverage gains, through disappointing results on poverty and income (Robert Greenstein, CBPP, 9/16/15)
• Census: Income, poverty numbers stay just about the same (Jessie Holland (AP, 9/16/15)

• 2015 CT CAA Conference: Changes, Challenges and Opportunities – October 9
• Access Community Action Agency celebrates 50 years

Community Action Partnership
2016 Management and Leadership Training Conference
January 6-8, 2016 in New Orleans, LA

SAVE THE DATE! Politics, Poverty and the Presidency: 2016 Presidential Forum
January 21-22, 2016 in Nashua, NH

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