Members of the Latino Endowment Fund (LEF) at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation (formerly the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving) have approved grants totaling $50,000 to support Greater Hartford students pursuing post-secondary education and career advancement.
Read MoreDecember 14: Newtown, now Providence. The fact that these college students were elementary school students in 2012 underscores the sobering truth: an entire generation of youth in America has grown up with threats of being shot in a classroom.
Read MoreThe Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has announced that it will change its name to the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation in January 2026.
Read MoreThe Village for Families & Children has been awarded a grant of $150,000 from The Cigna Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Cigna Group, to help address the youth mental health crisis.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) has announced that it will launch a competitive national search in 2026 for the next permanent chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system.
Read MoreConnecticut has a newly elected Governor. The fifth graders of Connecticut have spoken and have elected Theresa "Tessa" Hallinan of Green Acres Elementary School in North Haven as Connecticut's 2026 Kid Governor.
Read MoreLaw firm Hinckley Allen, with offices in eight states including Connecticut, hosted a book launch celebration recently for the release of the third edition of Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving, an acclaimed, research-based guide for parents, co-authored by Connecticut resident and firm partner Timothy Hollister.
Read MoreConnecticut’s Family and Medical Leave Act (CTFMLA) and Paid Leave Act (CTPL) administrators recently published a detailed overview of employee rights under state law.
Read MoreDuring the just-concluded fiscal year, according to a new report,15,678 calls came into the Mobile Crisis line at 2-1-1, resulting in 11,608 episodes of care.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Health Foundation has recently awarded 29 grants totaling $742,000 to organizations across the state to further health equity and access, including some supporting the work of trusted messengers in the community and others designed to assist amidst the current ongoing shifts in federal policy.
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