[Excerpt of front page article by Sasha Allen, CT Mirror, 10/24/25]
Connecticut families receiving at least $25 in SNAP benefits will lose nearly $200 monthly on average if cuts take effect in November as threatened, a bigger hit than families will feel in any other state and only just behind those living in Washington, D.C., according to preliminary estimates from the Urban Institute.
[Excerpt from news article by Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, October 21, 2025]
"As the federal government shutdown reached Day 20 on Monday, state and federal officials are concerned that about 360,000 Connecticut residents could lose their food stamp benefits starting on Nov. 1.
Nat Markey, Andrew Carr, and Mark Abraham (DataHaven)
October 10, 2025
Kelly Davila, DataHaven
October 10, 2025
Vita Health and Wellness Partnership, Charter Oak Communities, City of Stamford
Using a combination of public data sources and information collected from ten local organizations serving housing-insecure residents, the report offers a detailed view of Stamford's housing affordability challenges.
PDF of 2025 Stamford Needs Based Housing Assessment. See main report page for more information.
Community Action Task Force (CATF), UConn Health Equity Lab for the People, and DataHaven
September 09, 2025
Healthy Hartford Hub Community Action Task Force, UConn College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, UConn Health Equity Lab for the People, Invest Health, City Health Dashboard, United Way of Central and Northeastern CT, other CATF supporting partners
This report supports advocacy for health equity in North Hartford. It begins with a demographic overview, followed by findings aligned with the CATF’s four pillars: expanding access to healthy food options via the establishment of a full-service grocery store, supporting locally owned small business growth, attracting healthpromoting services, and increasing the number of owner-occupied and rental housing options.
PDF of North Hartford Health Report: Data to Action (June 2025). See the main report page for more information.
Document:
DH_NorthHartfordHealthRpt_FIN_WEB.pdf
[Excerpt from news article by Sasha Allen, 9/5/2025]
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cause millions of people to lose Medicaid coverage over the coming years — with estimates of between 100,000 and 170,000 people potentially impacted in Connecticut.
The law, passed on July 4, makes several changes to Medicaid and imposes limits on the amount of funding states can collect from the federal government for the program. However, this change would hit low-income areas the hardest.
Link:
https://ctmirror.org/2025/09/05/ct-medicaid-loss-town-data/
Today, DataHaven released a new report titled "Coverage at Risk: Projected Losses in Medicaid and Access Health CT by Town and Community," analyzing the projected reductions in health insurance coverage tied to recent federal policy changes (see
