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Welcome to www.ctappleseed.org. We are committed to improving
social justice by helping Connecticut's most disadvantaged
and disenfranchised citizens. We hope this information about
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Appleseed's activities. We are most eager to expand our network
of colleagues and supporters, and welcome in particular collaborators
for current and future projects. We would of course be grateful
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 Beginning in October, 2009 our "Hartford H.E.L.P." program began providing free legal assistance to homeless individuals at two Hartford shelters. During the initial 9 months, free clinics alternated between Mercy Shelter and the House of Bread on Tuesday mornings. Connecticut Appleseed recruited local attorneys and law students, prompted and oversaw development of a training manual for volunteer lawyers and took overall administrative responsibility for the program. We collaborate with Greater Hartford Legal Aid to train the volunteer lawyers and with Journey Home (The Capitol Region 1-Year Plan to End Homelessness) to secure cooperation from the shelters.
During 2010 Connecticut Appleseed is spearheading a collaboration of financial institutions, community partners, and state and federal banking regulators to connect unbanked and underbanked state residents with mainstream financial services – including affordable checking, savings, and credit opportunities. The overall goal of this "Bank on Connecticut" project is to provide better banking products and services and wider financial education for state residents currently using fringe financial services.
Bank on Connecticut is exploring how to reward individuals for completing financial education courses, in the belief that successful financial education should reduce risks for banks – and thereby differentiate itself as a Best Practices among other "Bank On" initiatives (see www.joinbankon.org).
We have released preliminary findings in a research project that looks at the connection between school discipline policies and the juvenile justice system. Our full report Keep Kids in School: Improving School Discipline will be released in the Fall 2010. (Keep Kids in School: Improving School Discipline)
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