American Rescue Plan

More public school students in Connecticut will receive free meals, including breakfast, for the upcoming school year. The state is spending $16 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to expand the program.

Bridgeport, Connecticut officials say more than 2,000 formerly incarcerated residents have benefitted from the city’s prisoner reentry programs funded by the American Rescue Plan.

The Connecticut Energy Assistance Program’s coffers have been swelled with $30 million in additional American Rescue Plan Act money approved by state lawmakers last November, and another $20 million from the federal omnibus spending package passed by Congress last December.

There is an affordable housing crisis, an eviction crisis and a homelessness crisis in Connecticut. While they are interrelated, solutions differ. A group of unhoused people and their allies in New Haven want to provide safety and dignity for people who are homeless right now.

Connecticut's newest and largest job training program, called CareerConneCT, was launched in August. More than 1,100 residents have already enrolled.

A new program announced by Governor Ned Lamont is expected to enhance internet access and reliability for Connecticut residents.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Andrew Brown to discuss his article, “CT towns got $1.5 billion from feds. They’ve budgeted roughly 1% for housing,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

The failure to spend American Rescue Plan funds on housing is a missed opportunity to make Connecticut a more affordable place to live, advocates say.

Connecticut is spending $70 million in federal coronavirus relief funding on a statewide job training program. It’s aimed at getting 6,000 people employed in skilled jobs.

Governor Ned Lamont’s "Connecticut Summer at the Museum" program gives kids free admission to over 130 attractions across the state.