October 2019 Newsletter – CAFCA

Connecticut Association for Community Action
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CAFCA Connections – October 3, 2019
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Deb Polun, Executive Director, and Kelley Hall, Development, Communications, and Grants Manager, CAFCA, attended the Community Action Partnership's national convention, Community Action: A Voice for Change, in Chicago, IL last week.  They learned and networked with Community Action colleagues from across the country, and attended workshop sessions on topics like social determinants of health, changing the narrative for human services, strategic planning, crisis communications, and more – see newsletter for links to keynote speakers and more.

• CRT’s 18th annual Meals on Wheels Golf Classic raises $70,000
• New Opportunities awarded CT Health Foundation Grant
• TVCCA receives grant from Liberty Bank Foundation
• Community Action attends Veterans Stand Down event

• Warnings that millions more could go hungry as Trump pushes $4.5 billion in food benefit cuts (Common Dreams, 10/2/2019)
• New state laws start today (Christine Stuart, CT News Junkie, 10/1/19)
• Census finds poverty inched up in Connecticut in 2018 (Christine Stuart, 9/27/19)
• State poverty figures show positive trends, but some places still struggle (Bill Lucia, Route Fifty, 9/26/19)
• Racial disparities in child poverty persist in Connecticut (Andrea Sears, Public News Service, 9/24/19)

• Access’s Bartender Night, Oct. 3
• TEAM's 16th Annual Festival of Trees, Nov. 23-24
• HRA to mark World AIDS Day, Dec. 2