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Zedlewski, Sheila; Giannarelli, Linda; Wheaton, Laura – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2010
States require a measure of poverty that captures all family resources net of taxes and nondiscretionary expenses and uses thresholds reflecting current needs in the state to assess the well-being of families under current and alternative policies. This paper describes the implementation of a poverty measure for the State of Connecticut based on…
Descriptors: Poverty, Measurement, Poverty Programs, Public Policy
Colman, Rosalie Marson; And Others – 1988
The Connecticut Haitian American community has recently become large enough and sufficiently well established to develop programs to assist economic and educational development in the Republic of Haiti. Southern Connecticut became a destination for large numbers of Haitian emigrants and political refugees in the 1950s, in 1964, and again in 1971.…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Role, Cultural Awareness, Ethnic Groups