Community Action Agencies Providing Services for Residents in Need Across CT

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Community Action Agencies Providing Services for Residents in Need Across CT

The coronavirus pandemic has created challenges for people in virtually every walk of life and every demographic, but none have been impacted more than those already living in society’s margins. The depth and breadth of the need in Connecticut is reflected in the recently released annual report of the Connecticut Association For Community Action (CAFCA), which details the work of local Community Action Agencies (CAAs) across the state

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Legislators Urged to Require Businesses Receiving State Aid to Include People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities In Their Workforce

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Legislators Urged to Require Businesses Receiving State Aid to Include People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities In Their Workforce

The Connecticut legislature is considering a proposal that would require businesses receiving financial assistance from the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) to make “good faith efforts to employ persons with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Museums Seek Federal Aid to Stay in Business Beyond COVID-19 Crisis

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Museums Seek Federal Aid to Stay in Business Beyond COVID-19 Crisis

As the economic ramifications of the ever-expanding shutdown of daily life across the state and across the country due to the spreading COVID-19 pandemic accelerate, public officials are increasingly discussing how to assist families, small businesses and major industries recover. Now, another sector of the economy, museums of all types (including history museums, art museums, zoos, aquaria, gardens, science centers, and historic sites) are reaching out for financial help.

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Legislative Working Group Focused on Municipal Downtowns May Have Role After Pandemic

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Legislative Working Group Focused on Municipal Downtowns May Have Role After Pandemic

After weeks of shuttered businesses in downtown communities across the state due to government actions aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus across the state, a little noticed coalition launched at the start of this year’s legislative session may prove helpful in boosting the recovery of local businesses and municipalities.

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Small Business Administration Will Offer Loans to Impacted CT Businesses

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Small Business Administration Will Offer Loans to Impacted CT Businesses

The U.S. Small Business Administration is now offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to Connecticut small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The action came just days after a formal request by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont.

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Cancel Events of 50 or More for Next 8 Weeks, CDC Urges; CT Schools Closed by Governor

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Cancel Events of 50 or More for Next 8 Weeks, CDC Urges; CT Schools Closed by Governor

Even as Connecticut’s Governor closed all of the state’s schools, urged federal officials to provide disaster relief for small business owners and authorized the closure of state Motor Vehicles offices to slow the spread of coronavirus across the state, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stepped up its guidance to Americans.

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