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Ginny Monk

Ginny is CT Mirror's children's issues and housing reporter a Report for America corps member. She covers a range of topics including child welfare to affordable housing and zoning. Ginny grew up in Arkansas and graduated from the University of Arkansas' Lemke School of Journalism in 2017. She began her career at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette where she covered housing, homelessness, and juvenile justice on the investigations team. Along the way Ginny was awarded a 2019 Data Fellowship through the Annenberg Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California. She moved to Connecticut in 2021 and covered housing for Hearst Connecticut Media.

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Gisandra Bermúdez, a la izquierda, espera su turno para subirse al autobús de UniteCT en Waterbury. Bermúdez dijo que permaneció desempleada durante la pandemia en parte porque no quería aumentar la posibilidad de exponer a sus tres hijos pequeños al COVID-19, yendo a trabajar.
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Los nuevos fondos de asistencia de alquiler serán para detener los desalojos que ya están en marcha

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk November 17, 2022 @ 11:00 amNovember 17, 2022 @ 4:51 pm

Los $11 millones y $1.5 millones de un programa estatal de banco de alquiler, tendrán como objetivo evitar los desalojos.

Two women - Emily Forman and Bethanne Debellis - sit together on a couch in their new apartment in Bloomfield.
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CT expanding supportive housing for adults with disabilities

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk November 17, 2022 @ 5:00 amNovember 16, 2022 @ 2:47 pm

State funding to build housing for adults with intellectual disabilities began in 2017, but many units are only now becoming available.

The Village's south Hartford location, where mental health and substance abuse clinics take place, and home visitation staff work out of.
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CT residential facility negligent in sexual assault of girl, lawsuit alleges

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk November 16, 2022 @ 5:00 amNovember 16, 2022 @ 3:53 pm

A lawsuit claims the Village for Families and Children in Hartford allowed an 11-year-old girl to be alone with a teen boy who assaulted her.

Gisandra Bermudez, left, stands beside a fence waiting for her turn to enter the UniteCT bus in Waterbury. Bermudez said she stayed unemployed during the pandemic partially because she didn't want to increase a chance to expose her three young sons to COVID-19 by going to work.
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New rent assistance funds will go to stop evictions already underway

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk November 14, 2022 @ 5:02 pmNovember 17, 2022 @ 2:32 pm

The latest influx of money to Connecticut’s rental assistance program, UniteCT, will help prevent evictions at court mediations.

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Jahana Hayes ekes out victory over George Logan in CT’s 5th District race

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Lisa Hagen and Ginny Monk November 9, 2022 @ 8:24 pmNovember 10, 2022 @ 2:57 pm

Hayes has received a high enough percentage of votes to avoid a recount, the CT Secretary of the State’s office said Wednesday night.

The Killingly board of education meeting in April.
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Killingly school board chair claims CT official lied; demands apology

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk November 3, 2022 @ 4:17 pmNovember 3, 2022 @ 4:17 pm

Board of ed chair Norm Ferron decried ‘wild claims’ from CT officials investigating Killingly’s rejection of a school mental health clinic.

Killingly students speak about mental health center needs
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CT will conduct formal inquiry into Killingly school board

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk November 2, 2022 @ 4:36 pmJanuary 11, 2023 @ 2:54 pm

The CT board of education unanimously approved an inquiry into school board’s denial of a mental health clinic at Killingly High School.

The Killingly board of education meeting in April.
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Report: Killingly ‘failed’ to address students’ mental health needs

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk November 1, 2022 @ 11:46 amNovember 1, 2022 @ 11:27 pm

CT officials want an inquiry after the Killingly board of education rejected a proposed grant-based mental health center at the high school.

Participants in a roundtable in New Britain discuss mental health care for kids in Connecticut. From left to right: Sabrina Trocchi, president and CEO of the Wheeler Clinic; Vanessa Dorantes, state Department of Children and Family Services commissioner; Carole Johnson, Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration; Sen. Chris Murphy; and Rep. Jahana Hayes.
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Federal law expands access to mental health care for young people

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk October 24, 2022 @ 5:02 pmOctober 24, 2022 @ 5:22 pm

Federal money designed to help connect CT youth with mental health professionals comes amid a national youth mental health crisis.

Connecticut's rental assistance program -- UniteCT -- had an RV traveling the state to help people fill out an application to get aid.
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CT rent assistance program receives another $11 million in funding

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk October 11, 2022 @ 7:14 pmOctober 11, 2022 @ 7:14 pm

Connecticut’s rental aid program, UniteCT, has received an additional $11 million from the federal government for tenants in need.

Makeshift beds under the highway in the north end of Hartford. (photo by Jose Vega)
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CT homeless population rises for first time in years

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk October 6, 2022 @ 4:38 pmOctober 26, 2022 @ 7:53 pm

Experts attributed the rise to Connecticut’s lack of affordable, vacant housing units and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

A few of the 18 new affordable housing units built by Greenwich at Armstrong Court.
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Study: Room to improve in Fairfield County affordable housing plans

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk September 22, 2022 @ 6:39 pmSeptember 22, 2022 @ 6:39 pm

Some towns in southwestern CT have strong plans for improving affordable housing, but others have room for improvement, a new study found.

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CT parents, students call for school anti-racism policies

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk September 18, 2022 @ 5:00 amSeptember 17, 2022 @ 1:14 pm

Following the George Floyd protests of 2020, Connecticut parents and students say schools need clear policies to address racist incidents.

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Bob Stefanowski calls for repeal of 8-30g, CT’s affordable housing law

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk September 15, 2022 @ 6:43 pmJanuary 25, 2023 @ 2:34 pm

The Republican candidate for governor argued the law “simply hasn’t worked” and said the state should work with towns on affordable housing.

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Fighting back: How some CT tenants are organizing to improve their housing

Avatar photo by Ginny Monk and Camila Vallejo | Connecticut Public September 6, 2022 @ 5:00 amOctober 6, 2022 @ 12:14 pm

At least five tenants unions have formed in Connecticut to help renters address issues like maintenance problems, rent raises and evictions.

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