August 2021 Newsletter – CAFCA

Connecticut Association for Community Action
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CAFCA Connections – August 9, 2021

• Community Action Agencies Now Accepting Energy and Heating Assistance Applications, CAFCA press release
• CRT's Tee-Off With Women Event a Success – Facebook photos

• Eviction orders spiked in Connecticut when federal moratorium lapsed (Jacqueline Rabe Thomas & Jim Haddadin, CT Mirror, 8/6/21)
• Legislators say new low-income housing plan hurts eastern Connecticut (Sten Spinella, New London Day, 8/5/21)
• Battle over critical race theory moves to the ballot box as Republicans seize on the issue in Connecticut school board elections (Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant, 8/4/21)
• Attorney General Tong urges Congress to permanently extend expanded Child Tax Credit (Elizabeth Benton, Press Release, 7/29/21)
• The time tax (Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 7/27/21)
• Unprecedented surplus in new CT budget may be even larger than legislators thought (Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 7/27/21)
• Key funding secured for Connecticut passive housing project (Affordable Housing Finance, 7/9/21)

• Stratford Avenue Neighborhood Office Ribbon-Cutting, Alliance for Community Empowerment, Aug. 11
• 20th Annual Meals on Wheels Golf Classic, CRT, Sept. 13

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