Connecticut Association for Community Action
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CAFCA Connections – June 9, 2016
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Community Action Highlights
- TVCCA eliminates two house programs after budget cuts (Claire Bessette, The Day, 6/2/16)
- East Windsor woman volunteers 35 years for Meals on Wheels (Alyssa Hurlburt, Journal Inquirer, 6/2/16)
Check It Out – Items of Interest
- Ryan unveils antipoverty proposal as part of election-year policy agenda (Kelsey Snell and Mike DeBonis, Washington Post, 6/7/16)
- CT towns say aren't prepared for last minute cuts to state aid (Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 6/3/16)
- Homeless to Harvard: Liz Murray trumps over poverty (Mary Ellen Fillo, CT Magazine, 6/3/16)
- Malloy signs CT budget but trims down aid to offset prison costs (Keith M. Phaneuf and Mark Paznoikas, CT Mirror, 6/2/16)
- Impact of the final FY 2017 budget on children and families (Nicholas Defiesta and Derek Thomas, CT Voices for Children, 5/2016)
- How will Connecticut's budget crisis affect efforts to end homelessness? (Susan Campbell, WNPR, 5/24/16)
Community Events
CRT To Hold All Women Golf Tourney To Benefit Domestic Violence Survivors – The Community Renewal Team is sponsoring its 7th annual Tee Off with Women Golf Tournament on July 19, 2016…
National Events
2016 CAPLAW Training Conference
June 22-24 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2016 Community Action Partnership Annual Convention
August 30-September 2 in Austin, TX
2016 NASCSP Annual Training Conference
September 27-30 in Omaha, NE
Regional Events
Save the date! 2016 Southern New England Conference
September 15-16 in Mystic, CT
