The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) and Watkinson School, moments from each other’s campus nearly straddling the Hartford-West Hartford line, have announced a collaborative partnership that will include a new USJ scholarship for Watkinson seniors, a USJ tuition discount for Watkinson employees and a reduced tuition rate at Watkinson for the children of USJ employees.
Read MoreAll CT Reads is a year-long initiative to promote lifelong reading, learning, and connection that uses a rotating community committee structure to select one main book title and three shortlist book titles, each calendar year for three age groups: kids (ages 8-12), teens (ages 13-18), and adults.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) has announced its first series of grant awards to seven organizations throughout the state, with the distribution of funds distributed with guidance from the Commission of Community Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention.
Read MoreAdding front-of-package ingredient disclosures significantly increases caregivers' ability to identify the presence and absence of common ingredients in sweetened fruit drinks and flavored waters and unsweetened 100% juice, according to UConn researchers.
Read MoreAfter several months of research, analysis, and stakeholder engagement the Board of Trustees of the Amistad Center for Art and Culture has developed and adopted a plan that will guide operations over the next three years.
Read MoreThe Jordan Porco Foundation’s “Fresh Check Day was established a decade ago in Connecticut with a basic premise: to provide the mental health messaging needed to spark conversation and education, and reduce the stigma associated with this topic with peer centered activities,
Read MoreThe Campaign to KeepKidsSafe is working with public health, law enforcement, and gun violence prevention groups to host the 3rd Annual #KeepKidsSafe CT Statewide Gun Buyback & Gun Safe Giveaway events in eight communities across Connecticut on Saturday, October 28.
Read MoreTo respond effectively to Connecticut residents facing homelessness or an imminent housing crisis, and with the support of additional funding appropriated in the state’s biennium budget, United Way of Connecticut/211 will resume 24-hour service, seven days a week on the 211 Housing Crisis Line as of December 1, 2023,
Read MorePresident Biden has announced the establishment of the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, aimed at reducing gun violence and implementing and expanding upon key executive and legislative action, drawing praise from Sandy Hook Promise and other advocacy organizations on the issue.
Read MoreDuring the first two years of the pandemic, the number of Connecticut households unable to afford the basics grew to 39%, an 11% increase, and Greater New Haven has the highest percentage of families struggling to make ends meet at 42%, according to a new report.
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