We need relationships among:

• CT.gov COVID-19 Resource Page

• Department of Developmental Services (DDS) - provide information to families (Mission Statement)

• Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) - Anti-Racist lens to mental health resources for Black & Brown Individuals (https://portal.ct.gov/DMHAS/Programs-and-Services/DMHAS-Directories/INDEX---DMHAS-Directories)

• Department of Children and Families (DCF) - We need data people holding state workers and employers to racial disparities and anti-racist training.

• Department of Correction (DOC) - We need to revitalize re-rentry program and welcome leadership among youth (18-24) - residential facilities, DOC facilities, Boys and Girls Village to be trained, given therapeutic resources, paid and marketed as conflict resolution counselors.

• Judicial Branch/Court Support Services Division (CSSD) - Civil Review Board + Conflict Resolution Counselors

• Office of Early Childhood (OEC) Hold lawmakers and committee accountable for inaction (https://ct.gov/oec/lib/oec/OEC_ActionPlanBro_C5_V2_Print_Ready.pdf)

• Department of Labor (DOL)

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Holding state agencies accountable for their role in dismantling systemic oppression by addressing and eliminating racial disparities will echo to federal agencies facilitating funding to create an anti-racist policy reform across the country.

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• U.S. Small Business Administration

• National Council for Behavioral Health

• American Network of Community Options & Resources (ANCOR)

• National Council of Nonprofits

• Americans for the Arts