Calling the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial inequity “fundamental challenges to people’s lives in Greater New Haven,” The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven began the year by launching Stepping Forward, an unprecedented commitment of $26 million to address these issues, and the largest community investment in The Community Foundation’s history.
Read MoreA new analysis has found that the nonprofit sector nationwide lost nearly 930,000 jobs since the beginning of the pandemic. And although most organizations have managed to survive a short recession, a longer one could be devastating, the research found. Connecticut could see more than 400 nonprofits close their doors, according to various projections of the economic fallout from the coronavirus.
Read MoreAs Connecticut’s vaccine roll-out continues, restrictions on public gatherings are to be reduced later this month, and optimism that we may have turned the corner, on the COVID-19 pandemic grows, Connecticut hospitals appear to be taking the opportunity to remind residents that a full range of medical services are available at their facilities.
Read MoreA decade ago, Connecticut became the first state to require certain employers to provide paid sick days. At a public hearing on Thursday, advocates will be urging the state legislature’s Labor Committee to approve legislation that would update and expand that landmark law, to include workers left out when that law was passed. The proposal also responds to the impact of COVID-19 on workers, particularly women and women of color, in the Connecticut workforce.
Read MoreMattress recycling in Connecticut passed a milestone in the midst of the pandemic, as the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) completed its fifth year of operations. Since 2015, more than three quarters of a million mattresses have been collected in Connecticut and over 13,000 tons of materials recycled.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to the considerable disparities in healthcare and health outcomes among individuals of various racial groups in Connecticut. While the awareness has grown and focus has intensified, the recent data is consistent with findings highlighted in the State Plan on Aging, which was approved by the federal government last year as Connecticut’s blueprint for the next three years.
Read MoreHealth clubs and athletic facilities in Connecticut would be required to provide and maintain automatic external defibrillators if legislation now being considered at the State Capitol is approved this year.
Read MoreLegislation proposed at the State Capitol would establish a task force to study and make recommendations concerning protecting and safeguarding occupants and residents of mixed-use buildings from harm caused by secondhand smoke, especially residents and occupants who suffer from impaired respiratory function or another respiratory disability.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys is seeking a series of revisions to Connecticut law that would better protect the assets of individuals seeking to stay at home in their later years when they require at-home care under certain circumstances, and their spouses.
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