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If you haven't heard, the City of Bridgeport has $1 million in funding available for small and minority-owned for-profit businesses in Bridgeport which have suffered a harmful loss of business or revenue due to the Pandemic. Click here to view the application and eligibility. The application is due by January 15, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Fred Gee,…

Tenemos buenas noticias! Este otoño organizamos nuestro primer foro comunitario del presupuesto para discutir como lograr de la justicia económica en nuestro estado. Este enero continuaremos la conversación con un segundo Foro de presupuesto comunitario en español. Hemos adaptado nuestro foro de presupuesto anual en el capitolio para brindar información sobre el presupuesto estatal y…

What assistance is available to individuals and families? Direct Payments Provides for immediate, direct cash payments to lower-and middle-income Americans of $600 for each adult and $600 for each dependent under age 17, beginning to phase out at an annual income of $75,000 for an individual and $150,000 for a household. Eligibility requirements mirror those…

Volunteer Barbara Munck, 68, had trained to give AARP presentations and was just about to start leading them when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The resulting call for social distancing and bans on in-person gatherings threatened the community education programs that are a staple of AARP Connecticut’s work around the state. Popular sessions that arm older adults and their…

Open Enrollment at Access Health CT, November 1st to December 15th and the policy would be effective January 1, 2021. Information in English Information in Spanish

Join AARP CT for this session that offers a journey through the experiences of family caregivers - the backbone of our health care system. Learn tips and tools on supporting the caregiver, the care recipient and choices to live safely and independently at home. Learn specific tools for navigating and connecting with available services, gain…

The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry announced that the 5th Annual National Tax Security Awareness Week will take place between Nov. 30 and Dec. 4.   This year, there’s a heightened need for security as fraudsters seek to use the COVID-19 to scam taxpayers and tax preparers. New protections being…

Invitation to Bid – Request for Proposals The Bridgeport Downtown Special Services District (DSSD) is requesting proposals for contract services to provide cleaning, hospitality, and safety services which will, through the management of the “Downtown Ambassador” or “Ambassador” program, improve ownership values and the urban appeal of Downtown Bridgeport for the betterment of greater Bridgeport.…