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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday July 12, 2020 ( 8 items )  

Keep America Beautiful Launches Community Improvement Grant Program to Help Beautify MLK Corridors Across the Nation
STAMFORD, Connecticut, July 9 -- Keep America Beautiful issued the following news release: Keep America Beautiful(R), the nation's leading community improvement nonprofit organization, in partnership with Diageo North America and its Diageo Community Activity and Relief Efforts ("Diageo C.A.R.E.s") program, announced the creation of the Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Grant program to support the efforts of volunteers, residents, community groups, and business owners/employees to p  more

Psychodynamic Psychiatry Journal Issues Research Articles in June 2020 Edition
BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut, July 7 -- Psychodynamic Psychiatry, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features psychodynamically informed assessment and treatment, including psychoanalysis from the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Considering Psychodynamic Therapy for Older Adults * Countertransference Processes in Psychodynamic Therapy with Dependent (Anaclitic) Depressed Patients: A Qualitat  more

Save Children Statement on Renewal of U.N. Cross Border Resolution
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, July 11 -- Save the Children issued the following statement by President and CEO Janti Soeripto: Despite a sharp increase in humanitarian needs across Syria, the United Nations Security Council failed to renew Resolution 2504 (2020), which would have ensured that the UN and partners could continue to deliver aid using border crossings not controlled by the government of Syria. Save the Children condemns the non-renewal in the strongest terms. The border crossings were t  more

Save Children: First COVID-19 Case in North West Syria - Fears of Rapid Outbreak in This Densely Populated Region
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, July 10 -- Save the Children issued the following statement by Syria Response Director Sonia Khush after hearing of the first case of COVID-19 found in North West Syria: "The first case of COVID-19 in North West Syria is a major blow to the millions of civilians - mainly women and children - living in this area. Now more than ever, guns need to remain silent, the ceasefire needs to hold and all efforts have to be geared toward the aid and health response. "Syria is now   more

Save the Children: Number of Sudanese Children Facing Extreme Hunger Doubles to 1.1 Million Due to Impact of COVID-19
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, July 10 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: 1.1 million children in Sudan are going hungry as the country faces its worst food crisis in recent years./i. The number of children who are living through emergency levels of food insecurity has doubled since 2019, with half a million more children at risk of suffering the severe consequences of extreme hunger compared to the same time last year./ii A combination of spiraling food prices, inflation, and jo  more

Save the Children: Yemen - Tens of Thousands of Severely Malnourished Children are Left Without Treatment Since March
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, July 10 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: Tens of thousands of children in Yemen are missing out on life-saving treatment for severe malnutrition due to funding shortfalls, Save the Children says. The international humnaitarian organization's analysis of Yemen Health Cluster data found services to help bring children back from the brink of starvation have plummeted by 74 percent since March. A monthly average of just 9,500 children under the age o  more

The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in New Haven and Lower Naugatuck Valley
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 9 -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven issued the following news: A new public-private partnership is offering low-interest and partially forgivable loans to local minority-owned and women-owned small businesses. The initial loan pool of $1.5 million will offer loans of up to $25,000 for small businesses located in New Haven and the lower Naugatuck Valley cities of Derby and Ansonia. The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses  more

Yemen: Thousands of Children's Lives at Risk as Health Care Services Plummet
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, July 7 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: Health care for children in war-torn Yemen has been further devastated by a combination of funding cuts and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Save the Children warns. Between January and April of this year, the number of people accessing child health care services plummeted by 81 percent, according to recent data. Some remaining health care resources are now focused on providing COVID-19 services, familie  more