July 2019

Hunger in America is Changing

Today, food insecurity rates in America are holding steady at the highest levels ever. With a strong economy and low[...]

Workforce

How’s It Going? It’s All a Matter of How You See Things.

The lead message in the “Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2018” conducted by the Federal Reserve[...]

Workforce

Rock-a-Bye-Bye Paycheck.

Need daycare in Connecticut? If so, get ready to kiss a sizable chunk of your income goodbye. The Hartford Courant[...]

Education

We Just Make the Grants. They Create Miracles.

It ain’t easy being a nonprofit nowadays. Government funding is waning and donations from individuals have fallen off as well.[...]

Education

Fewer Teachers. Bigger Gap Than You Think.

Kids need teachers’ full support. Yet, researchers have estimated that, overall, K-12 schools in the US were about 110,000 teachers[...]

Grant Spotlight

The ‘A’ in Affordable Housing Also Stands for ‘Absolutely Indispensable.’

A recent two-part series in the Hartford Courant branded Connecticut, “a state with more separate — and unequal — housing[...]

Events

374 Hands-Worth of Helping

June is Liberty Lends a Hand month at the bank. It’s our way of letting communities know that we don’t[...]

Housing

Where’s all the Affordable Housing?

Fifty-eight percent of housing stock in Connecticut was built prior to 1969, according to the Partnership for Strong Communities. So[...]

Housing

Journey Home Has a New Home

Liberty Bank Foundation partner Journey Home received front-page coverage in the Hartford Courant for its inauguration of brand-new warehouse space[...]

Workforce

When Less Really is Less

This is now the longest period in US history without an increase in the federal minimum wage. It stands at[...]