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Mental Health Staff and Women’s Rights Advocates Urge State Leaders to “Restore Lifesaving Services for Women and Girls
On Wednesday, March 8th, mental health providers in state facilities and partner organizations held a rally and press conference at the Capitol to commemorate International Women’s Day by urging elected officials to “Restore Lifesaving Services for Women and Girls” in Connecticut. Right now, the State of Connecticut is turning away women and girls from receiving
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Personal Care Attendants Engage in Civil Disobedience at the LOB to Denounce State’s Broken Promises on Health Insurance Stipend for Home Care Providers
On Wednesday, March 1st, in the Legislative Office Building, home care providers, Union leaders, and community partners rally and engage in civil disobedience to denounce the State of Connecticut’s failure to deliver on the health insurance stipend benefit won in our PCA Union contract. Over 1,500 of the state’s 11,000 independent waiver personal care attendants
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Coalition Highlights Needed Investments in DOC to Create True “Second Chance Society”
Justice Reinvestment Coalition advocates held a press conference on Friday, February 24th, at 3:30 PM in Hearing Room 1D of the Legislative Office Building. Advocates and partners highlighted the Coalition’s funding proposals addressing the staffing crisis, improving medical attention, mental health supports, and reentry programs, while providing more oversight throughout DOC healthcare. The Coalition is
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Expand Services To Save Lives: Building a Robust & Proactive Public Health System in Connecticut
Connecticut’s public health safety net is crumbling. Every day, people seeking medical attention, mental health support, and addiction recovery services are turned away from receiving the care they need. Hundreds of frontline healthcare jobs at public state facilities remain vacant. The combination of direct care staffing shortages and lack of resources to navigate the system
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Home Care Personal Care Attendants Honor MLK in Capitol Candlelight Vigil
In anticipation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s upcoming holiday commemorations, Connecticut home care workers honor his legacy with a candlelight vigil at the State Capitol today. Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) and allies continue fighting for Dr. King’s vision to ensure that all working people — Black, Latina, APII, white or Native American — can
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CMS Aprueba Fondos para Mejorar Condiciones de PCAs y Cuido Doméstico
SEIU 1199NE recibió información de que los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS) aprobaron los fondos federales necesarios para el contracto de Asistentes Domésticos Personales (PCA) en Connecticut. Esta aprobación permitirá, por primera vez, que las personas que trabajan de PCA puedan recibir un estipendio para suplementar los gastos de seguro médico. Actualmente,
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CT’s Funding Application for PCA Health Insurance Denied by CMS, Resubmitted
Thousands of home care workers are pleading for the State of Connecticut to fund their health insurance stipend and paid time off benefits, after learning that the state’s initial application for matching federal dollars was denied. State administrators from the Department of Social Services informed the Union that the federal funding application to the Centers
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As Worker Organizing Soars Nationwide, Connecticut Nursing Home Caregivers to Join “Unions For All” Nationwide Women’s Day of Action
On Saturday, September 17th SEIU 1199NE nursing home caregivers gathered for a press conference at Hamden High School, to raise awareness on the critically short-staffed nursing home conditions, followed by a day of canvassing in Hamden, because long-term care funding and high-quality standards are established by the people we elect to office. “Certified nursing assistants are
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Solnit Children’s Center In Urgent Need of Staff as Acute Units Remain Closed
Children and families in urgent need of support are waiting to receive mental health care at top state facilities like the Solnit Children’s Center in Middletown. SEIU District 1199 New England is calling on Gov. Ned Lamont to take immediate action by staffing all critical health care and mental health and addiction services to save