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CAFCA Connections – March 10, 2020
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Community Action Highlights
- Griffin, TEAM, others donate to Valley food banks (Bill Bittar, Valley Independent Sentinel, 2/25/20)
- Resolve to empower people and improve communities all year long (Deb Polun, Deb Monahan, CT Mirror, 2/13/20)
- The Northeast No-Freeze Project Opens Doors for Homeless
- New TVCCA Veterans' Coffeehouse to Open in Montville
News Items of Interest
- Public Option 2.0 gets a public hearing (Christine Stuart, CT News Junkie, 3/5/20)
- Trump Budget seeks deep non-defense appropriations cuts, in break with bipartisan agreement (David Reich, Jennifer Beltran, CBPP, 3/5/20)
- After one alarming tax fairness study, CT is wary of launching a second (Keith Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 3/3/20)
- 2020 federal poverty guidelines: why it might get harder to be considered poor under Trump (Aimee Picchi, USA Today, 3/1/20)
- Understanding Deep Disadvantage in America: A Conversation with Kathryn Edin (Kathryn Edin, Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity, 2/19/20)
Community Events
- TEAM's 13th Annual Men Who Cook Fundraiser, April 25
National Events
2020 CAPLAW National Training Conference
June 30 – July 2 in Chicago, IL
2020 Community Action Partnership Annual Convention
August 26-28 in Seattle, WA
Regional Events
2020 New England Community Action Partnership (NECAP) Spring Conference
May 18-21 in Newry, ME