Reading Partnership Established to Assist Young Families and New Parents
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Read to Grow and United Way of Connecticut 211 have announced a new partnership that strengthens support for families during pregnancy and beyond.
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Greater Hartford Gives Selected as #4 Most Innovative Company in Economic Development for Education Scholarship Initiative
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The newly re-named Greater Hartford Gives Foundation has earned the #4 ranking on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Economic Development for creation of Greater Futures Scholarship Program, developed to addresses higher education’s increasingly high cost.
Read MoreConnecticut Students Dream Big with Higher Education Savings
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State Treasurer Erick Russell, Trustee of the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET), has announced the winners of the 2025 CHET Dream Big! Competition, recognizing students across the state for their creativity and ambition.
Read MoreUConn's Rudd Center Criticizes USDA’s Elimination of Annual Household Food Security Report
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“Not reporting on food insecurity doesn’t mean the problem will somehow magically disappear,” UConn’s Rudd Center points out, criticizing the USDA’s decision to discontinue an annual report that provided national data on household food insecurity across the United States.
Read MoreCIGNA Group Foundation Opens Third Year of $9 Million Youth Mental Health Grant Progam
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The Cigna Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Cigna Group, has opened its 2026 Improving Youth Mental Health grant program, part of The Cigna Group Foundation’s $9 million, three-year commitment to improve youth mental health.
Read MoreCT High School Students Demonstrate Constitutional Knowledge at Statewide Competition
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High school students from across Connecticut travelled to Hartford recently to participate in Connecticut's We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution State Finals. Winning school teams will head to national competition in the spring.
Read MoreAfter Nearly a Century in West Hartford, Children's Museum - 5th Oldest in the U.S. - is Homeless
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Affter more than a century, The Children’s Museum in West Hartford, the nation’s 5th oldest children’s museum, will not have doors open to children in the region and beyond, as the search for a new permanent home continues.
Read MoreConnecticut's Arts-Vibrancy Ranked Third in the Nation, Largest Leap Forward Among the States
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In 2025, Connecticut jumped to #3 in the state rankings from #21 a year ago, the largest advancement of any state in the annual arts-vibrancy rankings..
Read MoreConnecticut Students Gather to Address Constitutional Questions in Constitution State
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Amidst a tumultuous time in American democracy, high school students from four local school districts are headed to Connecticut’s Old State House this Saturday, January 24, to participate in Connecticut's We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution State Finals.
Read MoreLatino Endowment Fund Approves Education, Career Grants for Greater Hartford Students
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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.
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