Hartford Courant

CT college staff: cuts deprive students of basic services. They are ‘not being prepared’

Nearly 30 faculty, students and staff at CT State Manchester held an informational picket on Tuesday calling for investment in higher education after years of underfunding at CT State Community ...
The Connecticut Mirror

United Way: A family of four needs $126,000 a year to survive in CT

According to the Federal Poverty Level, a metric with roots going back 60 years, a family of four is impoverished this year if it earns $30,000 or less. But a new analysis Tuesday from the United Way ...
Hartford Courant

Basic necessities don’t come easy for some CT families. See where it’s hitting hard.

Amid an uncertain month of benefit freezes and shifting eligibility rules, families struggling to afford basic necessities are confronting another urgent need affecting Connecticut’s youngest ...
The Connecticut Mirror

Report: More CT families slipping toward poverty

A record-high 581,000 Connecticut households, about 40%, couldn’t afford a basic “survival” budget in 2023, according to a new analysis from the United Way of Connecticut. And while more than 60% of ...
New Haven Register

Report: 38 percent of Connecticut residents can’t meet basic needs

NEW HAVEN >> Two years after a United Way report found that 35 percent of Connecticut households were struggling, we are two years farther away from the Great Recession — but the percentage of ...