To provide background on child and family issues, Connecticut Voices for Children has developed several issue briefs and has distributed these to all candidates for the state legislature, as well as candidates for federal office. The briefs are available below, along with links to related resources, lists of Connecticut candidates, and voter registration forms. And remember to vote on November 4!

Issue briefs | Voting Resources

Issue Briefs: Issues Facing Connecticut Families

• State Budget Challenges Facing the 2009 General Assembly Session
• Building a Reliable, Fair and Accountable 21st Century Revenue System

Related tax and budget resources:

• CT's Emerging State Budget Crisis resource page
• Is It Raining Yet? The Governor's Rescissions to the FY 09 Budget
• Public Investment for a Mediocre Future: Where Connecticut Stands On State and Local Revenues
• "Who Pays?" How Our State and Local Tax System Burdens Connecticut's Poor and Middle Class
• Starstruck? Connecticut's Block-Busting Spending on Entertainment Industry Tax Credits - Part 1: The Credits and Who is Claiming Them
• Business Tax Credits: The Blank Check in Connecticut's Economic Development Portfolio?
• Other State Tax and Budget publications from CT Voices

• Strengthening Economic Security for Connecticut Families

Related economic security resources:

• The State of Working Connecticut, 2008: Wage Trends
• Pulling Apart in Connecticut: Trends in Family Income, Late 1980s to Mid 2000s
• Income Gaps are Harming Connecticut's Children
• The Earned Income Tax Credit – What It Does For CT, And How It Could Do Much More
• The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit by State Legislative District
• Poverty, Income & Health Insurance in Connecticut: Summary of 2007 U.S. Census Data
• Other Family Economic Security publications from CT Voices


• High Quality Education & Training: A Proven Investment in Connecticut's Future

Related education resources:

• Missing Out: Suspending Students from Connecticut Schools
• Bars Over Books: Connecticut's General Fund Spending on Corrections Outpaces Its Spending on Higher Education
• Excluding Children from School: The Unintended Costs of Suspension Policy
• Increased Higher Education Costs and Debt Limit Young People's Options
• Fostering School Stability for Children in Connecticut's Care
• Other Education publications from CT Voices

• Investing in the Early Years: A Great Return for Kids and for Connecticut

Related early care resources:

• School Readiness: A Budget Update
• School Readiness: What We Need to Do To Get Kids "Ready By Five"
• Beyond Child Care Centers
• Other Early Care publications from CT Voices

• Keeping Children and Families Healthy and Insured Through HUSKY

Related health resources:

• Uninsured Children in Connecticut: 2007
• Poverty, Income & Health Insurance in Connecticut: Summary of 2007 U.S. Census Data
• Trends in New Enrollment in the HUSKY Program: 2006-2007
• HUSKY At A Glance
• How is the HUSKY Program Performing?
• Covering Kids & Families resource page
• Other Health publications from CT Voices

• Child Well-Being Data by Town, 2008
  
• Family Well-Being Indicators for Connecticut Cities, 2007

Voting Resources

Voter registration forms (PDF) English | Spanish

Absentee ballot application (PDF) English | Spanish (print on 8.5" x 14" paper)

Registrars of Voters Office Addresses (PDF)

Polling place locator

Lists of Connecticut candidates

• State representative
• State senate
• U.S. Congress
• Registrars of voters
• CT candidate committees and contact information (PDF)