May 2019 Newsletter – Connecticut Association for Community Action

Connecticut Association for Community Action
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CAFCA Connections – May 13, 2019
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• Access receives food donations from "Fighting the Good Fight on Hunger" through CT Mission of Mercy Free Dental Clinic
• Hartford nonprofit seeking employers to hire 200 students (Joe Cooper, Hartford Business Journal, 5/9/19)
• Cooking for a cause at the 12th Annual 'Men Who Cook' (Bill Bittar, Valley Independent Sentinel, 4/28/19)

Check It Out – Items of Interest

• Marathon debate, then House votes for $15 minimum wage (Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror, 5/9/19)
• Trump's plan to lower poverty by redefining it, explained (Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Talk Poverty, 5/8/19)
• Paid family leave sparks bipartisan debate (Peter Urban, CT News Junkie, 5/8/19)
• Lawmakers eye solutions for food deserts (Stell Simonton, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, 5/8/19)
• Governor Lamont announces Elena Trueworthy will serve as Connecticut's Head Start Coordinator (The Office of Governor Ned Lamont, 4/23/19)
• Study: Crisis in Connecticut's urban centers (Claire Dignan, NH Register, 4/18/19)
• Simulation at Gateway Community College shows how poverty hurts (Brian Zahn, NH Register, 4/11/19)

• CANNH’s 40th Anniversary Gala, June 13