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Hope for the Holidays with the UA Network

The holidays can be a stressful time for families who are already struggling to make ends meet. They need to pay all their regular bills and provide a little extra to make Christmas special for their children. In fact, in CT 40% of households are considered ALICE...

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INSPIRE in 2022

Each January, Chela – one of our awesome Urban Alliance staff members – invites the team to share special words for the coming year. Each of us chooses a word that has personal meaning - defining our expectations and hopes for the coming year, reminding us...

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Community Garden Toolkits

As we look forward to welcoming the fall season, UA is taking the time to celebrate three network partners that leveraged a community gardening toolkit to enhance their programming over the summer. UA’s community gardening toolkits are customized to the needs...

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Supporting Mental Health Workshops

Mental health has been a long-standing challenge in our local community. According to the CDC, problems with mental health are very common, with an estimated 50% of all Americans diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some point in their lifetime....

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Free Resource: Preventing Burnout

With stress at an all-time high, many people are battling burnout, a state of emotional, mental, physical, and often spiritual exhaustion brought on by prolonged stress. That’s why UA recently hosted a learning community meeting on practicing self-care and...

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