The Community Action Agency of New Haven (CAANH) is pleased to announce the launch of its new HOPE (Healthy Options Pathways to Essential Foods) Voucher program, for our most vulnerable clients who are food insecure. CAANH will provide clients who are at or below 125 % of the federal poverty level nutritious option that will help reduce obesity, hypertension, diabetes, depression, and other medical conditions associated with inferior food options.

While Connecticut…

TANGO (The Alliance for Nonprofit Growth and Opportunity) are helping nonprofits thrive with our exclusive business services platform.  Here what our Members have to say (click here for video)!

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Community Foundation President & CEO Will Ginsberg shares his thoughts about Charlottesville, New Haven and our community's future on The Foundation's blog.

The time of testing is upon us. Will we stand up to the powerful forces that would substitute hatred and demonization for the inclusive, unified and optimistic spirit of community that we have so painstakenly built over the decades? 

Read the post at …

The human mind is crazy!  I went from sitting on my couch laughing internally over an old Martin Lawrence show to listening to a sales pitch from Tony Little (the fitness guru) on a live QVC pillow sale, and before I knew it I  had my phone in my hand with the number dialed.  Anyway, the Martin Lawrence show had a particular character that I took notice of, “Tommy”.  I am pretty sure throughout the entire length of the series you never knew what he…

EDUCATION AGENDA - To say that James Hillhouse High School Is Going through Transition is to make a GROSS understatement.

OneWorld invites you to read the article and posted comments in the New Haven Independent linked below.

• Superintendent Garth Harries said the district could have managed this year’s transition better. Why not start right…

LA Police Inflicted Death Blows on Rodney King In 1991

King’s Physical Death Was Finalized in 2012

Roger Smith, actor, brought the story to a New Haven stage in 2015. Only by reading the well-written NHI article can you decide: What’s the purpose? How is language appropriated? Are there benefits and costs of using certain words, and to whom do these benefits and costs accrue?

How do we, the readers, appropriate our time?  What’s important to us and why? It often takes…

How Men Can Succeed in the Boardroom and the Bedroom

By SHERYL SANDBERG and ADAM GRANT, MARCH 5, 2015

IT’S easy to see how women benefit from equality — more leadership positions, better pay at work and more support at home. Men may fear that as women do better, they will do worse. But the surprising truth is that equality is good for men, too.…

The information in the blog below, starting with the topic: Charter Schools Suspend, etc., was taken in its entirety from an article written by James Vaznis in the Boston Globe, dated Nov. 19, 2014.  His email contact information is at the end of the post.  The article raises several salient questions for parents, education administrators and teachers.  Importantly, it requires us…

The information included here is part of a comprehensive and informative article from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:

Timothy Landers, PhD, CNP, and Jason Farley, PhD, MPH, CRNP, are Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholars.  In his work, Landers focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of…

CHIP at Risk: Why Connecticut Should Pay Attention

This article was written by Eva Marie Stahl, Ph.D., Project Director, New England Alliance for Children’s Health at Community Catalyst.

Unless Congress acts, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will run out of funds by the end of 2015. CHIP covers about…

REDUCING WASTE IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM & REDUCING POTENTIAL HARM

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE, AS HEALTH CARE CONSUMERS, TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW ABOUT THE TYPES OF HEALTH CARE  TESTS WE GET AND FOR WHAT REASONS. VARIOUS LINKS IN THIS BLOG PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION IN THAT REGARD.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PATIENTS…

The Autism Spectrum – with OneWorld’s Marc Palmieri

Autism Spectrum Disorders is…

EDUCATION AGENDA OCT 24, 2013 - COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS INITIATIVES: MYTHS Vs FACTS

Forty-five states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity have adopted the Common Core State Standards.

In this posting we bring you a documentation of the popular…

Why the Lowest Income Families Might Care the Most About Their Neighborhoods

The Atlantic Cities, Emily Badger, 07/08/2013…

New Video Explains How Adults Can Lessen ‘Toxic Stress’ In Kids

WBUR, Sascha Garrey, 06/25/2013

Almost one in four American children are living in poverty, according to a new report by the…

Looney Leads The Charge  (Dealing with GUNS in our Community)

“We need to shine a light on better mental health care for younger children,” Looney said.

Each of the three working groups—mental health, gun violence and school security—are working against a Feb. 15 deadline to recommend legislation to the overall task force they are part of. At that point, Looney will be key…

Another VERY Interesting and Informative Article about NHPS

Graduation Rate Rises To 70.5%

by Melissa Bailey | Jan 22, 2013 3:21 pm

You may read the entire article linked below.  After reading the article, if you do not have time to read all the comments, we are posting one here for you. Draw your own conclusions.…

Study: Few Children Meet Physical Activity and Screen-Time Guidelines 

Education Week, Bryan Toporek, 01/07/2013 …

Looking for a Real Mental Pick-me-up?  Read this NHI article linked below.

Destination: College - Solanlly helps her peers with pre-calculus.

 “College is the place for me.” Chastity said.

15 Seniors Head To College Early

by Melissa Bailey | Jan 7, 2013 12:00…

New Partnership Aims to Curb Childhood Obesity by 2015

Education Week, Bryan Toporek, 11/16/2012 

A new collaborative effort announced Thursday between the…