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CURRENT/NEW DOCUMENTS

1) Legal booklets for parents on how to navigate the education system on their children's behalf:

In Spanish:

2) Survey by Greenwich Associates of bank community representatives to determine which products and services they offer to Connecticut immigrants

3)  Resources for both immigrants and banks related to expanding immigrants’ access to financial services:

In English:

In Spanish:

4)  Connecticut Appleseed partnered in 2007 with the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN) and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to create and distribute a guidebook to better empower parents to take advantage of every possible advantage under the law to ensure a high-quality public school education for their children.


5)  Connecticut Appleseed collaborated with the Elder Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association to produce “Connecticut Elder Law Resources” and is distributing this document throughout the state at senior center workshops on Elder Law


6)  Connecticut Appleseed partnered with the New York City office of King & Spalding LLP, a national law firm headquartered in Atlanta, to produce “Mental Illness, Your Client and The Criminal Law”, a handbook that:

  • Educates lawyers how to approach and work with a mentally ill client;
  • Analyzes relevant sections of the Connecticut codes and assess recent legal developments that would impact individuals with mental illness; and
  • Helps inmates’ family members know what to expect in the criminal justice system.


7)  Connecticut Appleseed was one of the 6 state-based Appleseed Centers that collaborated to produce “It Takes a Parent: Transforming Education in the Wake of the No Child Left Behind Act”.

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QUICK LINKS TO OUR PROJECTS:
arrow Schools to Prisons Pipeline
arrow Dental Care for Disadvantaged Children
arrow Education: Improving Parental Involvement in No Child Left Behind (“NCLB”)
arrow Education: Parent Empowerment Workshops in 2007
arrow Education: Increasing Parent Access to Basic Education Law Information
arrow Mental Illness and The Criminal Justice System
arrow Elder Law Education
arrow Expanding Immigrants’ Access to Financial Services
arrow Literacy Connects Inmates & Their Children

 

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