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1)We released our final Keep Kids in School: Improving School Discipline Project report on Feb. 7, 2011 that showcases policies and practices that successfully solve disciplinary challenges without removing students from school.
2) Our 2010 research in the Hamden, CT school district was included in a 5-state collaborative Appleseed report entitled "The Same Starting Line: How School Boards Can Erase the Opportunity Gap Between Poor and Middle-Class Children" that was released in 2011.
3) Survey of Connecticut immigrants' current and desired use of financial services, as well as reasons for their hesitation to use mainstream financial products and services.
4) With assistance from pro bono attorneys, Connecticut Appleseed & NAMI-CT have developed "Understanding the Criminal Justice System: A Guide for Adults with Mental Illness, Advocates & Families" and is distributing this document
throughout the state
5) Legal booklets for parents on how to navigate the education system on their children's behalf:
In Spanish:
 6)
Connecticut Appleseed partnered in 2007 with the Connecticut
State Conference of NAACP, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement
Now (ConnCAN) and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law to create and distribute a guidebook to better empower
parents to take advantage of every possible advantage under
the law to ensure a high-quality public school education for
their children.
 7)
Connecticut Appleseed collaborated with the Elder Law Section
of the Connecticut Bar Association to produce “Connecticut
Elder Law Resources” and is distributing this document
throughout the state at senior center workshops on Elder Law
 8)
Connecticut Appleseed partnered with the New York City office
of King & Spalding LLP, a national law firm headquartered
in Atlanta, to produce “Mental Illness, Your Client
and The Criminal Law”, a handbook that:
- Educates lawyers how to approach and work with a mentally
ill client;
- Analyzes relevant sections of the Connecticut codes and
assess recent legal developments that would impact individuals
with mental illness; and
- Helps inmates’ family members know what to expect
in the criminal justice system.
 9)
Connecticut Appleseed was one of the 6 state-based Appleseed
Centers that collaborated to produce “It Takes a
Parent: Transforming Education in the Wake of the No Child
Left Behind Act”.
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