Eight thousand five hundred (8,500) youth volleyball players on 730 teams from across the Northeast and Canada are coming to the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford this month to compete in the “2025 NIKE New England Winterfest Volleyball Tournament”.
Read MoreA new program in New Haven, designed in a collaboration of two local organizations, teaches young adults the skills they need to kick start their career working with technology. It covers hardware topics, such as how to build, repair, and troubleshoot computers and peripheral equipment, as well as software topics, such as introductory coding and networking.
Read MoreThe Urban League of Greater Hartford has addressed economic disparities experienced by Black residents and other marginalized communities in the region since 1964. To help support the organization’s growth and impact, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded the nonprofit a two-year, $600,000 flexible funding grant, the largest ever received by the organization.
Read MoreConnecticut’s Paid Leave program is reminding Connecticut residents that income replacement is available for workers with a serious health condition, and their caregivers, to help offset the cost of living when they need to take time away from work to recover or provide care, as we head into the holiday season.
Read MoreWith Americans donating hundreds of billions of dollars to charity per year, the personal-finance website WalletHub has released its report on the Most Charitable States, to highlight where people spend the most time and money helping others. Connecticut, to the surprise of many, ranked relatively low in the ranking, at number 31 in 2023, falling from number 17 in 2022.
Read MoreThe Society for Implementation Research Collaboration has presented the prestigious 2024 SIRC Mission Award to a successful partnership between the Child Health and Development Institute, the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, model developers, and a statewide network of community-based providers and schools.
Read MoreThe Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has named Dr. Karen DuBois-Walton as the next president and chief executive officer of the region’s community endowment and largest grant maker to local nonprofits.
Read MoreTo more effectively respond to the unmet needs of the state’s immigrants, refugees, and employers, the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI) has finalized the acquisition of a new headquarters in Bridgeport.
Read MoreUrgent Crisis Centers in Hartford, New Haven, New London and Waterbury are walk-in outpatient clinics offering crisis stabilization support, comprehensive mental health assessments, safety planning, connections to additional services, and follow-up support for children and adolescents experiencing urgent mental or behavioral health crises.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, April 10, childcare providers across Connecticut will close for a portion of the day to participate in the Morning Without Child Care, statewide rallies to highlight the crisis in early childhood education affordability and access,
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