News Coverage
- CT Insider: Mental health and homeless services at risk in Connecticut as funds run out (Feb 2025)
- CT Mirror: A doctor’s orders: CT needs a child tax credit (Feb 2025)
- Data Haven: DataHaven analysis of Connecticut 211 calls reveals widespread increase in requests for food- and housing-related assistance during the past year (Feb 2025)
- Greenwich Times: CT can get disconnected youth on the right track (Feb 2025)
- Only in Bridgeport: 9-1-1? Don’t Forget 2-1-1: Flat Funding Hurts Connection To Resource Demands (Feb 2025)
- WTNH: Never seen anything like this’: Connecticut homeless shelters face pressure due to high demand (Feb 2025)
- News Times: Mental health and homeless services at risk in Connecticut as funds run out (Feb 2025)
- CT Mirror: CT’s 211 hotline under strain amid housing crisis (Feb 2025)
- CT News Network: Capitol News Briefing with Sen. Lesser and United Way of Connecticut on National 2-1-1 Day (Feb 2025)
- Fox 61: Recognizing 211 Day in Connecticut (Feb 2025)
- NBC News: 211 center received more than 1.7 million requests for help in 2024 (Feb 2025)
- CT Public Radio: CT’s 211 hotline under strain amid housing crisis (Feb 2025)
- WTNH: National 211 day (Feb 2025)
- WICH: Interview with Danial Fitzmaurice about 211 (Feb 2025)
- Yahoo News: National 211 Day: Connecticut residents encouraged to dial 211 for 24/7 support services (Feb 2025)
- Identidad Latina: United Way of Connecticut celebró el “Día Nacional del 211” (Feb 2025)
- News 12: 211 Day raises awareness about local services available to people in need (Feb 2025)
- WTNH: National 211 Day: Connecticut residents encouraged to dial 211 for 24/7 support services (Feb 2025)
- CT News Junkie: United Way of Connecticut Seeks More Funding To Continue Operating 2-1-1 (Feb 2025)
- CT News Junkie: Connecticut Needs A Child Tax Credit (Feb 2025)
- The Day: A doctor’s orders: Connecticut needs a Child Tax Credit (Feb 2025)
- NBC News: East Hartford warming center sees people from all over CT as temps drop (Jan 2025)
- CT Mirror: Lamont’s commitment to CT’s fiscal ‘guardrails’ is being tested (Jan 2025)
- NBC CT: Tax filing time: free tax resources available for CT residents (Jan 2025)
- WTNH: More than 400 Connecticut families refunded unclaimed COVID relief money (Jan 2025)
- Audio Boom: United Way ‘Get Your Refund CT’ (Jan 2025)
- WICH: The Stu Bryer Show (Jan 2025)
- Hamlet Hub: CT Residents Refunded a Half Million Dollars in COVID Relief Money (Jan 2025)
- Northend Agents: CT Residents Refunded a Half Million Dollars in COVID Relief Money! (Jan 2025)
- Hartford Courant: Rising prices hit student budgets in CT. UConn food pantry averages 80+ students a day. (Jan 2025)
- CT News Junkie: Connecticut Democrats Advocate for Permanent Child Tax Credit to Ease Family Burden (Jan 2025)
- CT Mirror: Nonprofits call federal funding freeze ‘beyond comprehension’ (Jan 2025)
- The Daily Campus: United Way of CT continues assistance in tax filing, claiming COVID benefits through April (Jan 2025)
- NBC CT: Tax filing time: free tax resources available for CT residents (Jan 2025)
- NBC CT: Tackling Loneliness: Surgeon General is raising awareness (Jan 2025)
- MSN: More than 400 Connecticut families refunded unclaimed COVID relief money (Jan 2025)
- CT Mirror: Support for ‘guaranteed income’ is growing. Is public funding next? (Jan 2025)
- Yahoo News: More than 400 Connecticut families refunded unclaimed COVID relief money (Jan 2025)
- UConn Today: InCHIP Scholars Lead Conversations at Moving Beyond Implications: Research into Policy Conference (Jan 2025)
- WTNH: More than 400 Connecticut families refunded unclaimed COVID relief money (Jan 2025)
- CT By The Numbers: Addressing Urgent Behavioral Health Needs of Youth (Dec 2024)
- The Paid Leave Podcast: The United Way Reports a Jump in Connecticut Residents Struggling. (Dec 2024)
- Middletown Press: Debate over CT’s ‘fiscal guardrails’ is getting heated. Here’s why you should care (Dec 2024)
- Fox 61: Connecticut Paid Leave provides income for residents experiencing housing insecurity (Dec 2024)
- Hartford Courant: ‘Simply unaffordable’: What’s driving the high cost of living in Connecticut (Dec 2024)
- CT Examiner: Homelessness Among New London Students Surges (Dec 2024)
- CT By The Numbers: CT Must Invest in Opportunities for At-Risk Youth to Forge A Better Future for All of Us (Dec 2024)
- NBC 30: Advocates push for more money to support struggling teens and young adults (Dec 2024)
- NBC 30: Nonprofits raise concerns about disengaged young adults in Connecticut (Dec 2024)
- CT Examiner: Youth Advocates Call for Better Data, Launching ‘Office of Youth Success’ (Dec 2024)
- Newsbreak: Advocates and lawmakers talk critical issues facing Connecticut’s disconnected youth (Dec 2024)
- WSHU: ‘Disconnected youth’ advocates lay out their hopes for 2025 legislative session (Dec 2024)
- CT News Junkie: Young People Make A Case For Greater State Investment In Reaching Disconnected Youth (Dec 2024)
- Fox 61: Advocates, lawmakers talk critical issues facing Connecticut’s disconnected youth (Dec 2024)
- News 12: Youth advocates: Nearly $1 billion proposal could cut teen crime and boost Connecticut’s economy (Dec 2024)
- CT Mirror: Report: About half of the population lacks economic security (Dec 2024)
- The Day: 40% of Conn adults struggling financially or just getting by amid rise in housing and food insecurity (Dec 2024)
- Hartford Courant: Report: 40% of Connecticut struggles to make ends meet. ‘A wake-up call.’ (Dec 2024)
- CEO World: Economic Struggles Persist for 40% of People in Connecticut Amid Rising Insecurity (Dec 2024)