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CAFCA Connections – August 4, 2017
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2017 Southern New England Community Action Conference
October 2-3 in North Falmouth, MA – registration
Conference focus areas: ROMA Next Generation, Board Governance, Organizational Standards, CAA Best Practices & Applications, and Management & Leadership Development
Community Action Highlights
- New playground dedicated at New Britain HRA (Skyler Frazer, New Britain Herald, 7/21/17)
- Social service agency ABCD opens Norwalk office (Kaitlyn Krasselt, The Hour, 7/12/17)
- Veterans' Coffeehouse Success Spells Growth, Change (Denise Coffey, Hartford Courant, 7/12/17)
Check It Out – Items of Interest
- After day of drama, senate democrats unite to back concessions (Mark Pazniokas and Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 7/31/17)
- Applications filed to run Norwalk Head Start (Kaitlyn Krasselt, The Hour, 7/31/17)
- Toubman: 'If we don't raise revenue somehow, we shared the safety net' (Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 7/30/17)
- Hundreds of families in need receive food donations in Hartford (Jennifer Joas, NBC Connecticut, 7/26/17)
- 2017 scorecard: economic momentum leaving too many households behind (Kasey Wiedrich, Prosperity Now, 7/25/17)
- Proposed cuts in food aid worry those who fed the needy (Julia Werth, CT Mirror, 7/20/17)
Community Events
NOI Pig Roast to Benefit Meals on Wheels, Sunday, August 13
TEAM Runway for Meals on Wheels, Saturday, August 26
National Events
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