Rising rates of anxiety and depression among children have exacerbated longstanding strains on the behavioral health system and its workforce, a report and series of recommendations developed by the Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI) and Clifford Beers Community Health Partners point out in a Policy Brief and accompanying recommendations for Connecticut.
Read MorePreserving waterways and protecting wildlife are crucial, more than ever, in saving the environment and protecting ocean life. During September and October 2022, Save the Sounds’s Connecticut Cleanup Crews came back for the 20th year. And picked up immense amounts of trash, cleaning the environment and protecting animals.
Read MoreThe 2022 Connecticut Book Awards Winners have been selected by the Connecticut Center for the Book. The awards recognize the best books of 2021 which are either about Connecticut or by authors and illustrators from Connecticut. A total of 113 books were submitted among all categories and each went through a rigorous review process to select the finalists and winners in each category.
Read MoreThe State of Connecticut is embarking on an ambitious endeavor: a transformative state branding campaign to serve as the identity for Connecticut for years to come. The effort is beginning with a survey of key stakeholders to “help to inform this transformative state branding campaign” and “ to provide a diverse and inclusive vision for our state.”
Read MoreConnecticut’s $2.4 million share of the $84.5 million donation awarded to Girl Scouts USA and 29 local councils selected by philanthropist MacKenzie Scott made the state’s Girl Scouts part of the largest donation from a single individual in the national organization’s 110-year history.
Read MoreWith Election Day less than three weeks away, Connecticut’s Department of Economic Development has announced plans for the second annual Connecticut Economic Development Summit, to be held at the Yale School of Management in New Haven on Tuesday, November 29 – just three weeks after the election.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Foundation for Open Government (CFOG) has announced that a former state comptroller, a longtime state official, a clinic at Yale Law School and a columnist for The Day of New London have been selected to receive the inaugural Mitchell W. Pearlman Freedom of Information Award.
Read MoreAs nearly everyone who has been driving, cycling or walking on a Connecticut roadway since the pandemic began to recede will tell you, speeds have picked up, recklessness has increased, and the distractions and accompanying dangers are ever-present.
Read MoreThe University of Saint Joseph’s Womens Leadership Center WLC feature four women leaders in sport, media, and law reflecting on the ESPN acclaimed docuseries, 37 Words, which outlines the history of Title IX, the 1972 amendment passed by Congress to forbid discrimination based on gender.
Read MoreThe world, as they say, is changing. And that is as true in the workplace as it is in any other aspect of life. Recent reports and data analysis suggests that the Land of Steady Habits, known also as Connecticut, may stand to benefit, even in the shadow of major metropolises and with its largest cities not nearly as large as the nation’s largest.
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