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    2022 Valley Community Index (PDF)

    The Valley Community Index report document may be downloaded by clicking on the Document link below. Please see the main report page for details (on the main report page, you may also download the report using the blue button).

    November 15, 2022

  • Race, Economics, Environment Continue To Drive State’s Asthma Disparities

    [Excerpt of feature article by Erik Ofgang, which appeared in C-HIT as well as in major newspapers like the Hartford Courant] Kamyle Dunn used to sleep with her hand resting on her mother’s chest so she could feel it expand and contract and know that her mom hadn’t stopped breathing during the night. Dunn’s mother, Maria Cotto, has long had severe asthma. Dunn inherited the condition, though she has mostly grown out of it as an adult. Now, Dunn’s 12-year-old son also has severe asthma.

    October 27, 2022

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    Rural Health in Connecticut (2022)

    Introduction (excerpt) This 2022 report is an update and expansion upon “An Assessment of Rural Health in Connecticut: Overview, Obstacles, and Opportunities” — the previous rural health assessment completed in 2015.

    October 26, 2022

  • Rural Health in Connecticut: A Comprehensive Review of Social Determinants, Community Resources, Health Outcomes, and Wellbeing (PDF)

    This 2022 report is an update and expansion upon “An Assessment of Rural Health in Connecticut: Overview, Obstacles, and Opportunities”—the previous rural health assessment completed in 2015.

    October 26, 2022

  • Food Insecurity Doubles For Families With Children

    [Excerpt of article by Christine Stuart, 9/27/22] The U.S. Census Bureau announced last week that the federal child tax credit contributed to a decline in child poverty and a new survey from DataHaven and Siena College Research Institute found that since its expiration food insecurity for families with children has nearly doubled. 

    September 29, 2022

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    Food insecurity in CT higher this year amid inflation, expiration of child tax credit, survey shows

    [Excerpt of front page news feature by Alex Putterman, 9/19/2022 across all Hearst CT newspapers] Food insecurity in Connecticut has increased in 2022, new survey data shows, amid a rise in inflation and the expiration of federal benefits such as last year's enhanced child tax credit.

    September 20, 2022

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