I am pleased to announce Head Start on Housing, a cross-agency collaboration that will work to expedite housing subsidies for Head Start households.
Housing is the most important foundation for a healthy and stable life, especially for children who are the most vulnerable segment of the population.
| Services can often be delivered in the most efficient manner when agencies work together and this effort uses a multi-pronged approach to help provide permanent housing to as many families with children as possible. |
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| Head Start on Housing is a partnership between the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Connecticut Department of Housing, Connecticut Head Start State Collaboration Office, Connecticut Head Start Association, and the National Center for Housing and Child Welfare.
Combating homelessness is another component and step forward in our overall goal of improving the lives of our young residents to give them the best opportunity for future success.
I look forward to this plan benefiting children in need and to the positive impact it will have on families and neighborhoods across the state. |
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Below is a message from the Environmental Working Group:
The EPA has just proposed new lifetime health advisories (LHAs) for four of the infamous toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
The new LHAs are significantly lower than previous EPA standards. In fact, the advisories for PFOS and PFOA are near zero. This new guidance means that the EPA believes PFAS chemicals to be a greater danger to our health than previously thought.
The EPA is finally acknowledging just how dangerous these chemicals really are, but LHAs are non-enforceable and the agency is still allowing chemical companies to recklessly dump these toxic chemicals into our air and water.
EWG is fighting to clean up the PFAS contamination crisis! Click here to join today. |
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| Reminder: Apply for the CT Child Tax Rebate |
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| Connecticut's first ever child tax payment has just gone into effect and it's already a massive success!
Since applications were first opened to the public on June 1, more than 90,000 households have filed to receive the $250 per child tax payment (up to three children). This was included in the $650 million tax relief package that House Democrats approved as part of the 2022 state budget to give much-needed financial relief and flexibility to working families across Connecticut.
If you have a child born before Jan. 1, 2022 and haven't yet applied, I want to remind you that there is still time to apply to receive your check! This tax payment is available to single parents who earned less than $100,000 and two-parent households that made less than $200,000 during the 2021 tax year.
For more information on the payment and to submit an application with the Department of Revenue Services before the July 31 deadline, click HERE.
Below is a video on the importance of applying for the rebate today! |
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As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2022:
Data updates on testing in Connecticut
The following is a summary of newly reported data on COVID-19 in Connecticut from the past 7 days.
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| To read the full daily data report, visit data.ct.gov/coronavirus and click the button labeled, “Daily Data Report.” That website also contains several other data reports, including on the topics of vaccinations, schools, nursing homes, child care, congregate settings, and economic impact. |
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