ScoreSheet: Connecticut's Digital Divide
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ScoreSheet looks at Connecticut stats that reveal the state of Connecticut. In this edition: Connecticut’s digital divide, by the numbers.
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Olivia, Liam Lead the Way: Most Popular Newborn Names in CT 2019
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America’s No. 1 name for girls born in 2019 ― Olivia ― also dominated on the state level according to data compiled by the Social Security Administration (SSA), taking the top spot in 25 states, including Connecticut.
Read MoreConnecticut Receives $3.5 Million To Enhance Suicide Prevention Activities; Statewide Plan Released
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Connecticut has been awarded a five-year grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enhance a range of suicide prevention activities coordinated among several state agencies. The grant, awarded to the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), will run through August 31, 2025. The state has also released its Suicide Prevention Plan.
Read MoreConnecticut Book Awards Span Genres, Venues, and Subjects - and Great Stories
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Spending more time at home during the past seven months has meant an opportunity to do more reaching for many Connecticut residents. Which may explain the interest in this year’s Connecticut Book Awards, held virtually for the first time last week.
Read MoreConnecticut Initiative Seeks to Better Prepare Future Pediatricians to Address Behavioral Health Needs of Children
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In Connecticut, the prevalence of diagnosed behavioral health conditions or developmental delay among children ages 3 to 17 years old increased from 16% in 2007 to 25% in 2018. Few would be surprised if the percentage today, seven months after the arrival of COVID-19 in Connecticut and all that it has wrought, is even larger.
Read MoreCT's Paid Family Leave Program Nears, Launches New Explanatory Website
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Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Paid Leave Authority have announced the launch of a new website – CTPaidLeave.org – with the goal of supporting all Connecticut residents to understand their roles, rights, and responsibilities based on Connecticut’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA), described as the most comprehensive in the nation.
Read MoreA Majority of Young Adults Live With Their Parents – Highest Percentage Since Great Depression Era
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The coronavirus outbreak has pushed millions of Americans, especially young adults, to move in with family members. The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has now become a majority the first time that has occurred since the Great Depression era, according to a new analysis of national data by the Pew Research Center.
Read MoreMarketing Competition for Teenage Girls A Success of Connecticut’s COVID Summer
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One of the bright spots in an otherwise unsettling summer for a few dozen Connecticut 6th -12th grade girls was the time spent participating in a virtual marketing competition known as Camp Erio. The focus was on deeloping a business idea or product that must work to solve the problem and/or improve the lives of people being negatively effected by this problem. The results: impressive.
Read MoreLibraries Provide Critical Services for Working Low-Income Families, Particularly During COVID
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Access to public libraries is especially important for low income working families across Connecticut, “because libraries provide information on social services and job opportunities, free internet and computer access, and a range of free programs, community meetings, and even 3-D printers,” according to a new report issued by Connecticut’s United Way organizations.
Read MoreConnecticut Data Indicates Screening Youth in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems for Trauma is Practical, Useful, and Effective
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More than 60% of youth nationally report direct exposure to violence, crime, or abuse in the past year, according to data highlighted by Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut (CHDI). The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to increase rates of trauma exposure. An analysis of evidence from screening efforts in Connecticut suggests that trauma screening is feasible, and helpful for providing effective services.
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