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Building Equitable Opportunity Grant Program – United States
120SHARES
Deadline: 15-Feb-21
The Connecticut Community Foundation is seeking applications for the Building Equitable Opportunity Grant Program to explore solutions across generations and systems.
Their focus on equitable opportunity emerged from research on the deep educational and economic disparity that exists in their region. They found disparity based on race, and also income, age, geography, and gender/sexuality.
Income: The median household income of Waterbury residents was $40,879 in 2017, compared to over $93,000 for the towns in the Litchfield Hills.
Age:Children and youth are most likely to be low-income in Waterbury with 64% of the population being under the age of 17.