CT Community Nonprofit Alliance Highlights Ongoing Funding Shortfall For Key Service Providers
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Gian-Carl Casa, president and CEO of the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance, speaks to reporters Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, about the funding shortfall – driven by inflation and other costs – faced by the state’s nonprofit service providers during a news conference at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Photo dredit: Doug Hardy, CTNewsJunkie
At a news conference Monday, Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, D-West Hartford, said everyone in the room likely knew someone who had experienced addiction.
By Doug Hardy, CTNewsJunkie.com
Connecticut’s nonprofit community service providers urged lawmakers Monday to find an additional $186 million to fund their work next year or risk some agencies shutting down, as well as higher downstream costs for things like untreated addiction, hunger, homelessness, or an inability to get healthcare.
That’s what Gian-Carl Casa, president and CEO of the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance, told reporters and elected officials during a news conference at the Legislative Office Building on Monday as he shared some grim realities as part of their ask to the General Assembly.
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