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  • New DataHaven report investigates why discrimination and other social factors lead to a 20-year divide in life expectancy in Connecticut, and how they are compounded by COVID-19

    For immediate release -- June 18, 2020 For media: Download this media advisory and an Executive Summary as a PDF: 

    Jun. 18, 2020

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety

  • Towards Health Equity in Connecticut

    Towards Health Equity in Connecticut: The Role of Social Inequality and the Impact of COVID-19, is a comprehensive new report that summarizes five broad social determinants of health and discusses how various groups of people are affected by their opportunities in each category.

    Jun. 18, 2020

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety

  • Towards Health Equity in Connecticut: The Role of Social Inequality and the Impact of COVID-19 (PDF)

    Towards Health Equity in Connecticut: The Role of Social Inequality and the Impact of COVID-19, is a comprehensive new report that summarizes five broad social determinants of health and discusses how various groups of people are affected by their opportunities in each category. Each section begins with general comparisons of many groups across several indicators, and ends with an example of how those social circumstances relate to a specific health outcome.

    Jun. 18, 2020

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety

  • Organizers Push to Cancel Rent

    [Excerpt from feature article by Thomas Breen, New Haven Independent, June 5, 2020] Local and statewide tenant organizers are turning to a simple, if profound, solution for staving off a pending eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness crisis. Their rallying cry? “Cancel the rent.” Organizers with the Cancel Rent CT movement appeared Thursday on\ WNHH Radio’s “Pandemic Organizing” to talk about the urgent need they see for not just deferring, but outright forgiving renters’ debts for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis.

    Jun. 6, 2020

    All DataHaven Programs, Economy, Housing

  • Newsletter: DataHaven Informs CT Path Forward, New Health Equity Report, Meet Our Summer Interns

    Subscribe, view past issues, and view the newsletter in its original format at https://mailchi.mp/762128fd56c9/maycovidresponse.

    May. 31, 2020

    All DataHaven Programs, Civic Vitality, Economy, Health

  • Food Safety Nets Are Straining Under Economic Meltdown

    [Excerpt from feature article by Peggy McCarthy, C-HIT] Beyond the gleaming office towers overlooking I-95 in Stamford and the pleasure boats that frequent the city’s marinas, thousands of city residents are struggling with hunger, a situation worsened by the pandemic.

    May. 17, 2020

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Economy, Health

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