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.
Oct. 26, 2022
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
[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.
Sep. 29, 2022
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[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.
Sep. 20, 2022
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Economy, Health
This is a CSV (raw data) file with the state, county, and town-level data used in our community profile pages, updated with 2020 5-year ACS data (released by Census Bureau in December 2021). For Connecticut counties and select Connecticut towns, the dataset also contains a small number of estimates from the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey. Please refer to the survey page for full crosstabs and results.
The CSV may be downloaded using the "Document" link below.
Jun. 6, 2022
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[Excerpt of article by Nancy Trout, MD, MPH]
For more than two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought devastating loss along with political, economic and social disruption to our nation. While we no longer see televised images of snaking lines of cars containing food insecure families lined up for assistance, food and nutrition insecurity rates remain high. As we begin to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, we must look for opportunities to change structures and policies to promote food justice. Access to nutritious food must be viewed as a fundamental human right.
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Apr. 1, 2022
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