The growth has effectively wiped out any projected shortfall after the next gubernatorial election.
CT Community Nonprofit Alliance
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Nonprofits say COVID exacerbated staffing woes into a crisis
Nonprofit leaders say their ability to assess the crisis is hindered by delays in getting state funding to community-based caregivers.
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Workers to launch strike against major group home operator
The state’s largest health care workers’ union launched a strike Tuesday against a major chain serving the developmentally disabled.
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Potential strike at group homes may hinge on state’s ability to distribute dollars faster
Nonprofits who serve the developmentally disabled still don’t know all details about their state funding for this year and next.
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Threat of strikes returns at group homes for the developmentally disabled
A major healthcare workers’ union plans to strike Oct. 5 against two group home operators for the developmentally disabled.
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House adopts $46B budget that avoids tax hikes
The House approved a new budget early Wednesday that avoids tax hikes and invests in municipalities and social services.
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Union, Lamont reach last-minute deal to avert strike at group homes for the disabled
Gov. Ned Lamont and CT’s largest health care workers union averted a strike at group homes for the developmentally disabled.
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Strike threat could push hundreds out of group homes and into nursing homes
Hundreds of group home residents, trapped in a game of state budget brinkmanship, could be transferred into nursing homes.
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Group home strike is forestalled after union, CT officials make progress in talks
The state’s largest health care workers’ union has suspended plans to strike at more than 200 group homes Friday.
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More than 2,000 group home workers threaten to strike by May 21
A work stoppage could exceed 5,000 caregivers if nursing home staffers strike as well.
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CT budget panel leaders pledge to reverse years of eroding funds for social service safety nets
State spending for nonprofits has grown by about 10% over about two decades. With inflation, nonprofits say they lost money.
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CT nonprofits scrambling to stay afloat during COVID, survey finds
A new survey showed Connecticut’s nonprofits scrambling to stay afloat in the pandemic, with two-thirds having cut services.
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Nonprofits: Lamont has not delivered promised PPE
Nonprofit social service agencies accused Gov. Ned Lamont with failing to deliver protective gear pledged two weeks ago.
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GOP’s Fasano presses Lamont to delay raises during pandemic
The Senate GOP leader pressed the governor to suspend state employee raises and funnel the savings to non-profits.
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Nonprofit agencies say they are on brink of financial disaster
Nonprofit agencies say they aren’t treated as “essential healthcare workers,” provided little PPE and on brink of financial catastrophe.