State of Connecticut secondary Archives: on Welfare & Poverty
Dan Malloy:
$103 million to maintain the safety net
I am proposing we spend $103 million to maintain the safety net and other critical services that help define us as a compassionate and decent people.
That money is necessary because the national economic recovery has been slow, and the people who depend on the safety net, and their caregivers, have suffered enough.
Source: Connecticut 2012 State of the State Address
Feb 8, 2012
Maggie Hassan:
Help Out New Hampshire volunteerism tour
I continue to be inspired by the "all-hands-on-deck" spirit of our people. I see it in Granite Staters who finish a hard day of work and then go help a nonprofit, or coach a youth team, or engage in their school boards and town meetings.My husband
Tom has seen the same spirit at the Tillotson Center in Colebrook, at the Claremont Soup Kitchen, at the New Hampshire Veterans Home, and in every county in the state through his "Help Out New Hampshire" volunteerism tour.
Source: 2014 State of the State address to Connecticut legislature
Feb 6, 2014
Tom Foley:
New urban enterprise zones and urban renewal initiatives
I want everyone in Connecticut to have a job that pays much more than the minimum wage so workers can comfortably support themselves and their family and move on to even greater opportunities. Governor Malloy hasn't done that with his huge tax increase
and other policies that have cost us jobs and hurt working families. I am running for governor because I want to turn that around. I want everyone in Connecticut to have a job that pays much more than the minimum wage so workers can
comfortably support themselves and their family and move on to even greater opportunities.I have a plan for bringing more and better jobs to Connecticut including new urban enterprise zones, workforce training programs, better transportation access to
New Haven and Bridgeport, and urban renewal initiatives. Working together with our legislature, creating more and better jobs for Connecticut's working families will be my number one priority as governor.
Source: 2014 Connecticut Governor campaign website, TomFoleyCT.com
Sep 1, 2014
Ned Lamont:
Our biennial budget doubles our investment in housing
Our biennial budget doubles our investment in housing -- workforce housing, affordable housing, supportive housing, elder housing, and downtown apartments. We are taking this model across the state, and we will be looking for input from towns and cities
-- where do you want the housing to be, what is the density, and how far are you from public transportation and schools? The state will be your partner in completing the financing ASAP to get that shovel in the ground.
Source: 2024 State of the State Address to Connecticut legislature
Feb 7, 2024
Chris Murphy:
Raise $41,500 salary limit for subsidized childcare
[Transcript of Senate floor speech]: A family's life falls apart when they don't have access to good child care. In my state, I've had 124,000 parents report that their work has been disrupted by child care issues. 89% of [childcare providers] report
that they've had difficulty hiring staff; 60% of them say that right now they are understaffed; and 70% of them say that they have waitlists for new families.That delivers an enormous harm to families but also to our workforce. I met a young woman
and she's got a very young child. They are on the waitlist for a subsidized child care slot. She can't get into the workforce. Why? Because she has to stay home to take care of her young child.
In Connecticut, we have a program called Care for Kids.
This program gives lower income families some subsidy so that they can afford child care. But that program cuts off for a one child family at $41,500 a year in income. Now that's a lower middle income salary in Connecticut.
Source: 2024 Connecticut Senate press release (2023: "Child Care")
Nov 30, 2023
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