More than 2,000 group home workers threaten to strike by May 21
Work stoppage could exceed 5,000 caregivers if nursing home staffers strike as well
Oak Hill School. Group home workers have threatened to strike.
Connecticut’s largest health care workers’ union announced Friday that more than 2,000 group home staffers who serve the developmentally disabled and people suffering from mental illness or drug addiction plan to strike on May 21.
The announcement by SEIU District 1199 New England comes just seven days before 3,400 of its member nursing home workers are set to hit the picket lines a move that dramatically increases the pressure on state officials to increase public support for health care services.
CCM creates special committee to recommend allocating $1 56 billion in federal funds for Connecticut cities and towns
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CCM creates special committee to recommend allocating $1 56 billion in federal funds for Connecticut cities and towns
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The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities today announced the formation of a statewide public-private advisory committee designed to help municipalities administer funding from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
In a statement, the organization said local governments will need some level of guidance when it comes to allocating and disbursing the expected influx of federal dollars.
“With the scale and depth of these unprecedented funds, CCM believes that establishing the [American Rescue Plan] Advisory Committee to assist towns and cities will provide an even greater return on these federal funds for local government,” said CCM Executive Director and CEO Joe DeLong.
According to DeLong, the advisory group will work with CCM member communities on a case-by-case basis to analyze and recommend uses for the stimulus money, as well as methods for keeping track of it.
Committee advances Democratic budget focused on equity
SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
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The Connecticut General Assembly s budget-writing committee approved, along party lines, a proposed two-year $46 billion state spending plan crafted by the majority Democrats who say that it attempts to address many equity issues that came to light during the pandemic and the nation s reckoning on race.
The committee s budget bill is essentially a response to Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont s proposed budget unveiled in February, which also spends roughly $46 billion over two years. However, it includes more money than Lamont s budget for financially struggling nonprofit agencies that provide social services, as well as to local health and school districts, workforce development programs, higher education and other initiatives.