Resources Search

This section features reports, webinars, member spotlights, best practices, sample documents, and resources we believe can help grantmakers and foundations. Some of these items are only available to members. There are several different ways to search the resource library. Using the filters on the right side of this page, you can search by type of Resource Type, Topic, Funding Area, or Audience. For example, if you are looking for a Report, select Resource Type, then you can filter by Audience or Topic to refine the results.

Please note, the search box below only searches for resources. If you're looking for news or events, use the search box in the top navigation bar.

Care for Kids in Connecticut: The Impact of Program Closure on Children, Parents, and Providers

Publication date: 
03/2017

A new report from Connecticut Voices for Children brings togather data analysis, provider perspectives, parent stries, and policy solutions to assess the role that Care 4 Kids plays in supporting families across the state and the effects of these budget cuts on the tens of thousands of families it serves. The Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Coillabotrative, a project of Connecicut Council for Philanthropy was a funding partner for this brief.

Find More By
Resource type: 
Issue Brief
Audience: 
CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood

Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System

Publication date: 
03/2017

Find early childhood resources by topic through the Early Childhood National Centers for Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA). T/TA promote excellence through high-quality, practical resources and approaches and they are designed to build early childhood program capacity and promote consistent practices across communities, states, Tribes, and territories. These Centers bring together the knowledge and skills from Head Start, child care, and health partners across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Find More By
Resource type: 
Resource Link
Audience: 
CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood

Design Principles for a New School Funding Formula in Connecticut

Publication date: 
01/2017

NEW HAVEN, CT -- A number of Connecticut’s leading education organizations -- the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE), the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS), the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS), the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN), and the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) have agreed to a set of design principles for the development of a new school funding formula that supports student learning. These guiding principles were developed with Professor Ken Wong, of Brown University and with the assistance of the independent, nonpartisan Connecticut School Finance Project.

Find More By
Resource type: 
Public Policy Materials
Research
Audience: 
CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Education

Fairfield County's Community Wellbeing Index 2016

Publication date: 
01/2017

NORWALK, CT -- Examining regional demographics, economic opportunity, education, health, quality of life, and happiness, Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2016 was released by DataHaven, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation and a team of leaders from regional hospitals, foundations, government agencies, and community organizations.  

Funding Formula Guidebook

Publication date: 
11/2016

The Connecticut School Finance Project's new release, Funding Formula Guidebook, is a comprehensive guidebook that examines the components of an equitable school finance system and how Connecticut can achieve fair funding for its more than 540,000 public school students.

Find More By
Resource type: 
Guide
Audience: 
CCP Members
Funding Area: 
Education
Equity and Inclusion

Framework for Connecticut's Statewide System of Early Childhood State and Local Partnerships

Publication date: 
10/2016

The Early Childhood Funder Collaborative, a project of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, developed this report for the purpose of developing recommendations for an infrastructure connecting state child-serving agencies with local communities and communities with each other.

Find More By
Resource type: 
Report
Audience: 
CCP Members
Topic(s): 
Logic Models/Theories of Change
Funding Area: 
Early Childhood
Education

State of the Child in Bridgeport

Publication date: 
09/2016

For over thirty years Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition has provided Bridgeport with highly valued and comprehensive reports.

Find More By
Resource type: 
Report

Metro Hartford Progress Points 2016

Publication date: 
08/2016

The third edition of Metro Hartford Progress Points, driven by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, is the result of collaboration between nine stakeholders representing local government, businesses, nonprofits, academic and philanthropic institutions and organizations committed to making long-term progress in our region. The report includes a timeline of past efforts aimed at addressing the region’s long-standing challenges, not to be disheartening, but instead to highlight where positive changes have been made and how our region remains committed to learning from our collective past while working to create opportunities for all Greater Hartford residents.

Pages

Subscribe to Resources Search