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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) Aims to Help Families Struggling to Make Ends Meet

Release Date: 
02/06/2019
... by the IRS, where trained volunteers prepare and file state and federal returns for low- and moderate-income ... areas prepared 3,422 tax returns, returning $5,904,289 in state and federal refunds to local families including ... also connects our residents to invaluable community resources that they may not otherwise make use of, for ...
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CCP Members
Community Foundation
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Human Services

Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz Launches Connecticut Complete Count Committee to Help Prepare for 2020 Census

Release Date: 
02/04/2019
... Count Committee (CCCC) to inform and help direct the State's efforts in the upcoming 2020 Census. Committee ... of the 2020 Census to ensure that we are the best counted state in the nation,” said Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz. “An ... accurate census count is critically important to our state as it is the foundation to determine federal funding ...
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Policy News
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CCP Members
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Census 2020

Fairfield County’s Giving Day 2019 Launches New WHY I GIVE Video Contest!

Release Date: 
02/05/2019

NORWALK, CT -- Fairfield County’s Community Foundation announced the launch of the new Fairfield County’s Giving Day WHY I GIVE video contest to give nonprofits participating in Giving Day the opportunity to truly sizzle, spread their message and create awareness for their missions. Contest video submissions can be made from Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 12:00am ET through Friday, February 22, 2019 at 11:59 pm ET.

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Community Foundation
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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Granting

Member eBrief - January 2019

Release Date: 
01/25/2019
... Jobs in Philanthropy >> The power of good ideas . . . New resources >>        Trends and perspectives >> The power ... connections and relationships with other nonprofits in the state, and we hope it will lead to some new and exciting ... 2 statewide, issue-focused meetings, including the State Budget Impact Forum on March 7 . We will once again offer the ...
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CCP Members

With Support from Hartford Foundation, New Hartford Land Bank to Conduct Citywide Property Survey and Market Analysis

Release Date: 
01/16/2019
... efforts to eliminate blight in Hartford. In addition, the State of Connecticut authorized $5 million to create the ... property owners, including the elderly, by providing resources they need to maintain their properties. The ... to execute a blight remediation strategy to target resources where they will be most effective. This strategy ...
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Community Foundation
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Community Improvement & Capacity

Latino Youth Internship, Mentoring, College Prep and Financial Literacy Program Receives Grant from the Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation

Release Date: 
01/14/2019

HARTFORD, CT -- More Greater Hartford Latino youth will have an opportunity to gain real-life job experience, thanks to a $20,000 grant to the Center for Latino Progress from the Latino Endowment Fund (LEF) at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

Connecticut Community Foundation Awards $96,000 in Grants to Support the Economic Vitality of Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills

Release Date: 
01/14/2019
... the region make communities stronger for us all.” Career Resources was among three organizations awarded grants for ... of formal education or history of incarceration. Career Resources’ intensive three-week training, based on the ... for gainful employment. Scott Wilderman, CEO of Career Resources, said, “For the minimum amount of investment, the ...

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