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A new food pantry opened Thursday in Quaker Hill to help those with disabilities. The UCP of Eastern Connecticut said its new pantry at 42 Norwich Road will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays. Ap...

NEW LONDON — The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut announced 18 grants made through the Connecticut Social Equity Council’s (SEC) Community Reinvestment Pilot Program, an initiative to reinvest revenues from

In the past five years, over 7,000 people in Connecticut died due to opioid overdoses. That’s enough to overflow the Hartford Yard Goats’ Dunkin’ Park or fill the main theater at the Bushnell more t...

The FDA approved over-the-counter sales of the overdose-reversing drug, but 28 towns in Connecticut don’t have a store with a permit to sell it.

Despite FDA approval of over-the-counter sales of Narcan, 28 CT towns can't sell it.

The FDA approved over-the-counter sales of the overdose-reversing drug, but 28 towns in CT don’t have a store with a permit to sell it.

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.