May 2017 Newsletter – Connecticut Association for Community Action

Connecticut Association for Community Action

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CAFCA Connections – May 31, 2017
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• 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)

• 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)