Equal Justice Center

Poverty, Neglect, and Unequal Protection in Examining Connecticut’s Child Welfare System

About Us

This project works with the Connecticut Center for Children’s Advocacy (CCA) to examine the Connecticut child welfare system's effects on families experiencing poverty. Our approach combines state policy data with personal testimonies and case-studies in grounding our research in socioeconomic equity and justice. Ultimately, we aim to build a research-based policy proposal as a framework for a draft policy proposal we build together and submit to state lawmakers.

Please contact maryam.abbas@yale.edu with any questions!