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One of the greatest threats to the wellbeing and safety of vulnerable children in the state of Connecticut are our BUDGET GUARDRAILS, which have choked off adequate investment in human services, basic needs, and education for so long.
Connecticut General Assembly
The Connecticut General Assembly 2025 Regular Session convenes January 8th, 2025 and adjourns June 4th, 2025
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May 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the greatest threats to the wellbeing and safety of vulnerable children in the state of Connecticut are our BUDGET GUARDRAILS, which have choked off adequate investment in human services, basic needs, and education for so long.
Opinion | Lack Of Regulation Makes It Easy To Hide Abuse Of Children Withdrawn From School ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/05/10/o...
Opinion | Lack Of Regulation Makes It Easy To Hide Abuse Of Children Withdrawn From School | CT News Junkie
Attorney Sarah Eagan, the Center for Children's Advocacy's new executive director, says Connecticut's lack of oversight of homeschooling makes it easy for some families to hide abusive conditions for ...
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May 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Opinion | Lack Of Regulation Makes It Easy To Hide Abuse Of Children Withdrawn From School ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/05/10/o...
Opinion | Lack Of Regulation Makes It Easy To Hide Abuse Of Children Withdrawn From School ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/05/10/o...
Opinion | Lack Of Regulation Makes It Easy To Hide Abuse Of Children Withdrawn From School | CT News Junkie
Attorney Sarah Eagan, the Center for Children's Advocacy's new executive director, says Connecticut's lack of oversight of homeschooling makes it easy for some families to hide abusive conditions for ...
ctnewsjunkie.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Opinion | Lack Of Regulation Makes It Easy To Hide Abuse Of Children Withdrawn From School ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/05/10/o...
Opinion | Lack Of Regulation Makes It Easy To Hide Abuse Of Children Withdrawn From School ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/05/10/o...
Opinion | Lack Of Regulation Makes It Easy To Hide Abuse Of Children Withdrawn From School | CT News Junkie
Attorney Sarah Eagan, the Center for Children's Advocacy's new executive director, says Connecticut's lack of oversight of homeschooling makes it easy for some families to hide abusive conditions for ...
ctnewsjunkie.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Opinion | Lack Of Regulation Makes It Easy To Hide Abuse Of Children Withdrawn From School ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/05/10/o...
Needing specialized education services has left some low-income children without access to breakfast and lunch at school. CCA is working with state and local officials to fix this problem.
Mother Challenges Lack of School Meals for Outplaced Special Ed Students ctexaminer.com/2025/04/07/m...
Mother Challenges Lack of School Meals for Outplaced Special Ed Students ctexaminer.com/2025/04/07/m...
Mother Challenges Lack of School Meals for Outplaced Special Ed Students
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April 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Needing specialized education services has left some low-income children without access to breakfast and lunch at school. CCA is working with state and local officials to fix this problem.
Mother Challenges Lack of School Meals for Outplaced Special Ed Students ctexaminer.com/2025/04/07/m...
Mother Challenges Lack of School Meals for Outplaced Special Ed Students ctexaminer.com/2025/04/07/m...
CCA testified in the state Judiciary Committee today to support re-entry services for incarcerated children, oversight of DCF youth shelters, raising the minimum age of arrest to 12 (its now 10!), and barring the use of handcuffs with young kids.
March 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CCA testified in the state Judiciary Committee today to support re-entry services for incarcerated children, oversight of DCF youth shelters, raising the minimum age of arrest to 12 (its now 10!), and barring the use of handcuffs with young kids.
Waterbury man’s decades in captivity prompt concerns that homeschooling is hiding abuse in CT www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Waterbury man’s decades in captivity prompt concerns that homeschooling is hiding abuse in CT
Connecticut lawmakers are considering how to prevent hidden child abuse after police say a Waterbury man was held captive for decades after pulled from school.
www.ctinsider.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Waterbury man’s decades in captivity prompt concerns that homeschooling is hiding abuse in CT www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
As restraint and seclusion of children with disabilities continues to rise in Connecticut's schools, CCA joins with disability rights advocates around the state to call for urgent reforms to address these traumatizing incidents. www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/educati...
'Shocked by these figures': Restraint and seclusion increased in CT schools last year
More than 4,000 special education students in Connecticut were restrained or secluded more than 46,000 times in 2023-24.
www.stamfordadvocate.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As restraint and seclusion of children with disabilities continues to rise in Connecticut's schools, CCA joins with disability rights advocates around the state to call for urgent reforms to address these traumatizing incidents. www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/educati...
In the wake of the horrifying case of a young man held captive since childhood, allegedly via a "pretense" of homeschooling, CCA advocates for needed reforms to ensure safety and wellbeing of children permanently removed from school. www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Waterbury man’s decades in captivity prompt concerns that homeschooling is hiding abuse in CT
Connecticut lawmakers are considering how to prevent hidden child abuse after police say a Waterbury man was held captive for decades after pulled from school.
www.ctinsider.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
In the wake of the horrifying case of a young man held captive since childhood, allegedly via a "pretense" of homeschooling, CCA advocates for needed reforms to ensure safety and wellbeing of children permanently removed from school. www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
No more regional civil rights enforcement for CT. Will need state officials to do more on local level. CSDE and CHRO will need more staffing for local monitoring and enforcement.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
No more regional civil rights enforcement for CT. Will need state officials to do more on local level. CSDE and CHRO will need more staffing for local monitoring and enforcement.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
A gutted Ed. Dept. is a disaster for children with disabilities. Civil rights to education and integration are meaningless without enforcement. State will have to make sure CSDE is willing and able to enforce the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff (Gift Article)
The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A gutted Ed. Dept. is a disaster for children with disabilities. Civil rights to education and integration are meaningless without enforcement. State will have to make sure CSDE is willing and able to enforce the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
Medicaid funding at the state level equally important as protecting funding by Congress! Children need Connecticut policymakers' support for healthcare more than ever. Rates in CT are too low in the state, and investment badly needed.
Medicaid On The Chopping Block ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/03/07/m...
Medicaid On The Chopping Block ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/03/07/m...
Medicaid On The Chopping Block | CT News Junkie
HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut leaders and healthcare advocates gathered at Charter Oak Health Center to denounce proposed Medicaid cuts they say will devastate the state’s most vulnerable residents.
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March 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Medicaid funding at the state level equally important as protecting funding by Congress! Children need Connecticut policymakers' support for healthcare more than ever. Rates in CT are too low in the state, and investment badly needed.
Medicaid On The Chopping Block ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/03/07/m...
Medicaid On The Chopping Block ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/03/07/m...
Catastrophe for people with disabilities: 1) cutting Medicaid consigns many children and adults with disabilities to hospitals, institutions, and homelessness; 2) eliminating the Dept of Ed leaves many children with no meaningful enforcement of their civil right to an education.
The House of Reps is planning to vote today on a bill that will start a process to cut $800 billion from Medicaid over the next decade. Call NOW & tell them not to take away health care & essential services from millions of people w disabilities, children, & older adults: bit.ly/4bcPiiV
March 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Catastrophe for people with disabilities: 1) cutting Medicaid consigns many children and adults with disabilities to hospitals, institutions, and homelessness; 2) eliminating the Dept of Ed leaves many children with no meaningful enforcement of their civil right to an education.
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Gov. Lamont is not meeting the moment… He plans to veto funding for #specialeducation #plannedparenthood #lgbtq orgs and #refugee services #connecticut #abortion #advocacy #politics
March 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Gov. Lamont is not meeting the moment… He plans to veto funding for #specialeducation #plannedparenthood #lgbtq orgs and #refugee services #connecticut #abortion #advocacy #politics
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Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
March 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
17 states are suing in federal district court challenging the constitutionality of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the first landmark federal law offering meaningful civil rights to people with disabilities. Advocates must fight the dismantling of civil rights protections!
February 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
17 states are suing in federal district court challenging the constitutionality of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the first landmark federal law offering meaningful civil rights to people with disabilities. Advocates must fight the dismantling of civil rights protections!
Vulnerable people that rely on non-profit and other services are not "other" people. They are our neighbors, our parents, our children. They are us. Life gets lifey. We will all love someone "Vulnerable." We will all be Vulnerable. Its not an if. Its only a when. We must build better.
Connecticut Nonprofits Warn Of Devastating Cuts As $19 Million Budget Shortfall Threatens Vital Services #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics
Connecticut Nonprofits Warn Of Devastating Cuts As $19 Million Budget Shortfall Threatens Vital Services
HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut’s nonprofit service providers are facing a dire financial shortfall, with leaders warning Tuesday that a proposed budget cut could result in an effective $19 million loss in the first year, jeopardizing essential services for…
dlvr.it
February 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Vulnerable people that rely on non-profit and other services are not "other" people. They are our neighbors, our parents, our children. They are us. Life gets lifey. We will all love someone "Vulnerable." We will all be Vulnerable. Its not an if. Its only a when. We must build better.
Important to understand "nonprofits" as "essential service providers" to every community. They are there for us and for the state.
Connecticut Nonprofits, Advocates React To Lamont’s Budget Address #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics
Connecticut Nonprofits, Advocates React To Lamont’s Budget Address
HARTFORD, CT – Gov. Ned Lamont's biennial budget address prompted a range of reactions from advocacy groups, nonprofits, and local officials on Wednesday, with some arriving even before the completion of a morning briefing by his budget chief, Office of…
dlvr.it
February 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Important to understand "nonprofits" as "essential service providers" to every community. They are there for us and for the state.
Why does this matter? minimal oversight of autism clinics means no guarantees of accessible, safe, or quality care for some of the state's most vulnerable children: young, often communication impaired, and entirely dependent on caregivers for health and safety. Need policy solution!
Autism centers aren’t regulated in the same way as similar facilities like child care centers or group homes, and a new report cited several gaps in oversight of these centers.
ctmirror.org/2025/02/03/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/02/03/c...
CT autism centers need more oversight, child advocate report says
The OCA report notes that autism centers don't have the same oversight or follow the same regulations as child care centers or group homes.
ctmirror.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Why does this matter? minimal oversight of autism clinics means no guarantees of accessible, safe, or quality care for some of the state's most vulnerable children: young, often communication impaired, and entirely dependent on caregivers for health and safety. Need policy solution!
Yes. So basic and yet we still have this problem. At some point we really need to decide what our values are.
Health and Human Services Chair To Push For Diaper Coverage Under Medicaid #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics
Health and Human Services Chair To Push For Diaper Coverage Under Medicaid
HARTFORD, CT – Legislative leaders and health professionals announced Monday morning a new legislative proposal to help families on Medicaid afford the soaring costs of diapers.
dlvr.it
January 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Yes. So basic and yet we still have this problem. At some point we really need to decide what our values are.
Every day CCA lawyers are hearing from advocates and families afraid to send their children to school or to doctors. Fear, confusion, and chaos are the direct result of incoherent and potentially draconian tactics on immigration.
Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Voices Concern Over Rising ICE Presence In Connecticut #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics
Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Voices Concern Over Rising ICE Presence In Connecticut
HARTFORD, CT – The Legislative Black and Puerto Rican Caucus expressed concern Monday over the increasing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity across Connecticut and elsewhere.
dlvr.it
January 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Every day CCA lawyers are hearing from advocates and families afraid to send their children to school or to doctors. Fear, confusion, and chaos are the direct result of incoherent and potentially draconian tactics on immigration.
YES. Medicaid is also a broad legal entitlement for children, requiring states to promptly meet children's need for medically necessary services. With thousands of kids looking to hospital EDs for behavioral health care each year in CT, we fall woefully short of compliance with this federal law.
Under Cloud Of Uncertainty, Legislative Leaders Promise Increased Medicaid Reimbursements #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics
Under Cloud Of Uncertainty, Legislative Leaders Promise Increased Medicaid Reimbursements
HARTFORD, CT – Democratic leaders of both the House and Senate announced Tuesday morning that they would push for the first rate adjustment for Medicaid reimbursements in nearly 20 years, even as a memo from President Trump halting all federal grants and…
dlvr.it
January 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
YES. Medicaid is also a broad legal entitlement for children, requiring states to promptly meet children's need for medically necessary services. With thousands of kids looking to hospital EDs for behavioral health care each year in CT, we fall woefully short of compliance with this federal law.
CCA: While dealing with debt is critically important to, we must also heed that the lack of meaningful investment in kids and communities will eventually, if not already, result in catastrophe.
Lawmakers and child welfare advocates have a slew of goals for this year’s legislative session.
ctmirror.org/2025/01/22/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/01/22/c...
CT free school lunch, school safety among lawmakers' priorities
The Committee on Children's priorities will include child care costs and staff pay, safety technology in schools and universal free meals.
ctmirror.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
CCA: While dealing with debt is critically important to, we must also heed that the lack of meaningful investment in kids and communities will eventually, if not already, result in catastrophe.
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Lawmakers and child welfare advocates have a slew of goals for this year’s legislative session.
ctmirror.org/2025/01/22/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/01/22/c...
CT free school lunch, school safety among lawmakers' priorities
The Committee on Children's priorities will include child care costs and staff pay, safety technology in schools and universal free meals.
ctmirror.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Lawmakers and child welfare advocates have a slew of goals for this year’s legislative session.
ctmirror.org/2025/01/22/c...
ctmirror.org/2025/01/22/c...
NECESSARY. Chronically low reimbursement rates for behavioral health care are why there are thousands of children in hospital EDs throughout the state each year, many of whom get "stuck" there because their families can't access the care they need. No investment, no workforce, no services.
State Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a $250 million, three-year plan to increase how much Medicaid pays to physicians for services provided to low-income residents.
CT Medicaid increase proposal comes amid federal aid uncertainty
CT Dems unveiled a $250M plan to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates, saying ‘we can’t stop doing our jobs’ amid federal funding uncertainty.
ctmirror.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NECESSARY. Chronically low reimbursement rates for behavioral health care are why there are thousands of children in hospital EDs throughout the state each year, many of whom get "stuck" there because their families can't access the care they need. No investment, no workforce, no services.