Connecticut Association for Community Action
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CAFCA Connections – September 14, 2016
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Community Action Highlights
- CT CAA leaders attend and present at Community Action Partnership Convention!
- Thank you community members and Savers for supporting the Windham Area Hour Exchange (Hartford Courant, 9/12/16)
- HRA, IRS discuss city's financial education services (Christopher Fortier, New Britain Herald, 9/7/16)
- HRA's Summer Youth Employment Program designs 3D model of CCSU campus, HRA of New Britain
- TVCCA among USDA CT WIC program awards, CT Department of Public Health
Check It Out – Items of Interest
- Municipalities say CT's property tax system is unsustainable (Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 9/12/16)
- In Connecticut, a wealth gap divides neighboring schools (Elizabeth A. Harris, Kristin Hussey, New York Times, 9/11/16)
- Court orders far-reaching reforms for public schools (Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant, 9/7/16)
- Too rich to be poor, too poor to get by (Lili Holzer-Glier, Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2016)
- State of working Connecticut (Ray Noonan and Derek Thomas, CT Voices for Children, September 2016)
- CT spending cap problem: slow economy and rising debt costs (Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 9/2/16)
- USDA attempts to encourage healthy eating worries convenience stores (Julia Perkins, Danbury News Times, 8/31/16)
- Meriden's Back to School expo draws thousands (Pete Paguaga, Record Journal, 8/24/16)
Community Events
CAANH's 24 Annual Chilifest (Sept. 17)
NOI's 22nd Bobby Bonds Memorial Golf Classic (Sept. 19)
National Events
2016 NASCSP Annual Training Conference
September 27-30 in Omaha, NE
2017 NCAF Legislative Conference
March 14-17 in Washington, DC
March 14-17 in Washington, DC