Fernando Muniz News Today

“I know the narrative can be changed,” said Corrie Betts, member of the NAACP Connecticut Chapter. A second chance – that’s all it took to turn Corrie...

If you’re spring cleaning, you may want to think about donating to a special cause, one that helps men start a new life after they’ve been released from...

A workforce shortage in the state’s nonprofits was of primary concern during a Tuesday news conference.

The nonprofit network that delivers most state social services says the coronavirus pushed longstanding staffing woes into a crisis that is shrinking access for the disabled, abused children and others in need. And leaders of the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance and the legislature’s budget-writing panel say their ability to fully assess the crisis is being hindered by prolonged delays in getting state funding to community-based caregivers.

Nonprofit organizations across Connecticut say the COVID-19 pandemic has made it tougher to serve the disabled, abused children and others because they can’t fill critical jobs.

The nonprofit network that delivers most state social services says the coronavirus pushed longstanding staffing woes into a crisis that is shrinking

Nonprofit leaders say their ability to fully assess the crisis is hindered by delays in getting state funding to community-based caregivers.

The nonprofit network that delivers most state social services says the coronavirus pushed longstanding staffing woes into a crisis that is shrinking

Published January 29. 2021 8:15PM  Keith M. Phaneuf, The Connecticut Mirror Leaders of the legislature’s budget-writing panel pledged Friday to dramatically bolster Connecticut’s community-based social services and reverse more than a decade of eroding funding for the nonprofits that run these programs. Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, and Rep. Toni E. Walker, D-New Haven, said the relief plan likely would be phased in over five or six years, similar to a pitch made last year by the state’s ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are being asked to consider a new,...