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Tentative Budget Deal in the Legislature
Word has surfaced that Governor Dannel Malloy and the Democrat-controlled legislature have agreed on a tentative two-year budget plan. The initial budget plan that the governor proposed, which would have broken the designated spending cap, proved unsuccessful. Under Governor Malloy’s … Continue reading
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Obamacare: it might just work as intended
Way back in 2009, when the CBO was estimating how much people were going to pay for health insurance in the soon-to-be-created exchanges, they gave a pretty startling number: $433 a month per person, on average, for a silver plan. … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Numbers and data, State Policy
Tagged ACA, exchange, Obamacare, premiums
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Potential Changes in Care4Kids will help Working Mothers
A recent Legislative bill aims to make changes to the Care4Kids program so that women taking unpaid leave from work due to birth or impending birth will be given six weeks of payment eligibility during leave. According to SB 887, … Continue reading
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Possible Relief for CT Employees Taking Unpaid Medical Leave
A bill before the Legislature will create a task force to study Family Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI), a wage replacement program that Connecticut’s workers can access when they need time away from work to care for themselves during an illness, … Continue reading
Kids Count: the data book
CAHS officially presented the 2013 Kids Count Data Book at the Legislative Office Building in the Capitol. You can find the whole book here in PDF form with detailed town by town information in more of a dozen indicators. The … Continue reading
Kids Count data point of the day: test scores
CAHS will release the 2012 Kids Count data book April 30th at 1 pm in an event at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Join us! The fourth grade Connecticut Mastery Test gives a good indication of where children stand … Continue reading
Posted in Early Care and Education, KIDS Count, State Policy
Tagged education, mastery tests, test scores
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Kids Count datapoint of the day: child poverty
CAHS will release the 2012 Kids Count data book April 30th at 1 pm in an event at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Join us! In 2004, Connecticut was the first state to set a goal to reduce child … Continue reading
Posted in Inequality, KIDS Count, State Policy
Tagged Child poverty, Data point of the day, KIDS Count
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America is failing to provide quality day care
Jonathan Cohn, at the New Republic, has an epic, 30,000 character article at The New Republic on the state of early care and education in America. His conclusion: we, as a county, are doing a terrible job at it. American … Continue reading
Posted in Early Care and Education, Fiscal policy, State Policy
Tagged Budget, care 4 kids, cuts
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Kids Count data point of the day: SNAP in Connecticut
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipient numbers are fairly clear—there are across the board increases, both nationwide and in Connecticut. The number of households receiving SNAP assistance in the state has more than doubled from 2005 to 2010, and … Continue reading
Children’s Advocates Seek “Better Choices” for Connecticut
CAHS took part in a press conference today, as a member of the Better Choices for Connecticut Coalition, calling on the Legislature for a balanced approach to addressing the deficit that would include revenues. Advocates asked Connecticut lawmakers to address … Continue reading