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New Leaders, Board Members Elected to Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces Newly Elected Board Members
New Report: Even Before the Pandemic, 38% of Families in Connecticut Struggled to Pay for Basic Needs
CT Philanthropy Digest - September 2020
CHEFA Awards $150,000 Grant to CT Early Childhood Funder Collaborative for Public-Private Partnership with the Office of Early Childhood
Governor Lamont Launches State Workforce Development Unit Focused on Building the Nation's Strongest Talent-To-Jobs Pipeline
HARTFORD, CT -- Governor Ned Lamont today announced the creation of the Connecticut Workforce Development Unit – a state office that will be responsible for developing workforce policy, utilizing data to set a vision for the workforce pipeline, and coordinating the state’s workforce ecosystem around a common strategy and set of goals.
Coalition Asks Connecticut Legislature to Act on Land Use Reforms
Initiatives will increase housing supply, generate housing diversity, and improve the process for approving new residential development
Summer Youth Learning and Employment Program to serve 1,500 of the Region’s Youth
The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in New Haven and the Lower Naugatuck Valley
NEW HAVEN, CT -- A new public-private partnership is offering low-interest and partially forgivable loans to local minority-owned and women-owned small businesses. The initial loan pool of $1.5 million will offer loans of up to $25,000 for small businesses located in New Haven and the lower Naugatuck Valley cities of Derby and Ansonia. The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in New Haven and the Lower Naugatuck Valley was created through a partnership among The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, HEDCO, Inc., the Amour Propre Fund and The City of New Haven.
CT Philanthropy Digest - Summer 2020
New Leaders, Board Members Elected to Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
Hartford Launches $1 Million Small Business Grant Program, Plans Additional $300,000 Grant Program, and Awards $120,000 to Small Businesses
HARTFORD, CT -- Today the City of Hartford, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, HEDCO, Inc., and Capital for Change launched a $1 million Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program to provide at least 100 small Hartford businesses with a grant of up to $10,000 to make lease or mortgage payments, pay salaries, make vendor payments, pay taxes, or pay for other eligible expenses.
Multiple CT Connections on New Panel Focused on Restarting Regional Economy
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut may have three representatives on the newly appointed 21-member multi-state panel charged by Governors in the region with plotting a course to re-start the economy, but the state may receive an extra boost from members representing other states who have more than a cursory awareness of Connecticut.
CT Philanthropy Digest - Spring 2020
U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham Statement on 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19
Nonprofits Say State Funding Boost Would Save Taxpayers Money
Greater Hartford Wellbeing Index Highlights Challenges and Opportunities in the Region
HARTFORD, CT -- We are excited to share the highlights from the Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index 2019 to build a shared understanding and promote dialogue on the challenges and opportunities we face as a community.
Cromwell in Center of Fight Over Nonprofits’ Tax-exempt Status
HARTFORD, CT -- “There have been an increasing number of towns that have been incorrectly assessing property taxes on community nonprofits that are by law property tax exempt,” said Gian-Carl Casa, president and CEO of the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance, which represents hundreds of nonprofits statewide. “It’s a cynical play, and it’s one that violates something that for hundreds of years has been the case in Connecticut.”
Opinion: Census 2020: Connecticut’s avoidable fiscal problem
HARTFORD, CT -- This op-ed, written and supported by leaders from Connecticut's philanthropic community, urges the state government to invest additional funds in the 2020 Census to ensure an accurate count or risk recieving a full compliment of federal funds.