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CAFCA Connections – May 31, 2017
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Community Action Highlights
- CAFCA attended the 2017 Northern New England Community Action Conference held on May 17-19th
- Cartus teams up with moving company to fight hunger; donation will feed up to 450 families (LisaMarie DeSanto, Danbury Hamlet Hub, 5/26/17)
- CRT receives behavioral health accreditation (The Middletown Press, 5/11/17)
- Groups combine for disruptive strategic planning (Robin Vinci, New Britain City Journal, 5/4/17)
Check It Out – Items of Interest
- Earned income tax credit faces a cut in Connecticut budget proposals (Harriet Jones, WNPR, 5/30/17)
- President's budget would shift substantial costs to states and cut food assistance for millions (Stacy Dean, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 5/30/17)
- Senate sends plan to close current CT budget deficit to House (Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 5/30/17)
- Department heads told to limit spending (Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5/24/17)
- Trump's federal budget punishes and rewards Connecticut (Russell Blair and Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 5/24/17)
- Trump budget would drastically cut safety net (Spotlight Staff, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, 5/23/17)
- SNAP helps millions of low-wage workers (Brynee Keith-Jennings and Vincent Palacios, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 5/10/17)
Community Events
CAAWC's Third Annual Wine Tasting, Thursday, June 1st
CRT's Finding the Wonder Woman Within, Thursday, June 1st
Access's 4th Annual Logee's Summer Solstice Event, Saturday, June 17th
Access's Travelers Championship Birdies for Charity from May 2nd- June 25th
National Events
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