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DANBURY, CT -- Danbury has won the Working Cities Challenge put forth by the Boston Federal Reserve and been awarded $450,000 in a multi-year commitment to improve the lives of low- and moderate-income residents.
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WATERBURY, CT -- Waterbury has been awarded a $450,000 jobs grant, which will be used in a $1 million, three-year, effort to improve employment statistics in a depressed South End neighborhood. The city is among five Connecticut communities that will each get $450,000 grants from the Working Cities Challenge. Local politicians and civic activists have spent more than a year applying for the grant through the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
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BRIGEPORT, CT -- The Tauck Family Foundation is pleased to announce it is accepting applications from organizations and initiatives committed to equipping the children of Bridgeport, Connecticut with the necessary social and emotional skills to thrive academically and in life. All application materials are due by March 28, 2018.
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HARTFORD, CT -- This month, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving approved three grants totaling $30,000 to three local agencies: Capitol Region Education Council ($10,000), Catholic Charities ($10,000), and The Salvation Army of Southern New England ($10,000). These grants will help to meet a variety of critical, basic needs (e.g., public transportation passes, housing deposits, furniture, food and clothing) to newly relocated residents from natural disaster areas.
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MIDDLETOWN, CT -- The Liberty Bank Foundation has awarded $80,000 in scholarships to community colleges and adult education programs in its market area. “We're firm believers in the idea that, through education, all things are possible,” said Sue Murphy, executive director, Liberty Bank Foundation, ...
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NIANTIC, CT -- The prison Braille program at York will be a partnership between the American Printing House for the Blind, Department of Correction and the state Department of Rehabilitation Services' Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind. The J. Walton Bissell Foundation of West Hartford awarded APH a $26,000 grant to buy computers and other equipment needed to launch the program, including a Perkins Braille embosser, translation software and Braille paper.
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The JANUARY 2018 DIGEST includes feature headlines: SAVE the DATE - CCP's 2018 Conference; Philanthropy Award Nomination Deadline Extended to Feb 15; New Issue Brief Addresses Northwest Connecticut's Addiction Crisis; Hartford Selected to Participate in National Job Quality Initiative; Cities and Towns Sign On to Sustainable CT Initiative; United Way Neighborhood Initiative Positively Impacting Literacy Assessment Scores; Foundation Releases Reports on New Britain and Waterbury; Partners Launch Reentry Welcome Center; New Assessment Process Can Help Kids Be Ready For Kindergarten; AND regular topics -- POLICY UPDATE; PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; SCHOLARSHIP NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
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WESTPORT, CT -- The Warm Up Fund is a collaborative effort between the United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, the Department of Human Services, the Westport Woman's Club (WWC) and the Clergy Association. "We come together to ensure that no one is left out in the cold," Daignault said. "The monies ...