July 2019 Newsletter – Connecticut Association for Community Action

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CAFCA Connections – July 1, 2019
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The Connecticut Association for Community Action, Inc. (CAFCA) announced the selection of Deb Polun as its next Executive Director. Deb has worked on policy matters impacting low-income people in Connecticut over the past 20 years, in positions with the Senate Majority Office of Connecticut’s Legislature, at the Connecticut Commission on Aging, and most recently as Vice President for External Affairs at the Community Health Center Association of CT – read more.

• Meals in Motion providers food, company to older residents (Mike Patrick, Republican-American, 6/28/19)
• In conjunction with USDA and CT Department of Education, CRT administers free Summer Food Service Program to provide meals to children

• Trump seeks to cut out food stamps, CT Dems push back (Ana Radelat, CT Mirror, 6/27/19)
• CT's projected budget surplus soars to $700M (Joe Cooper, Hartford Business Journal, 6/21/19)
• State homelessness at lowest point in 12 years, study finds (Maya Moore, CT Mirror, 6/21/19)
• Administration's poverty line proposal would cut health, food assistance for millions over time (Aviva Aron-Dine, et al., CBPP, 6/18/19)
• Release of 2018 Opportunity Index highlights need for action to diminish inequity (Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, 6/14/19)
• Unpacking the power of poverty (Peter Reuell, The Harvard Gazette, 5/17/19)

• CRT's 10th Annual Tee Off With Women, July 17
• TEAM's Fashion Show & Luncheon, August 24
• Save the Date! CAANH's 27th Annual Chilifest, September 21