Publications

BCAC is in the process of making our reports available on our web site. In the meantime, if you would like to receive one of our reports by mail, please call Nicole Bass at (203) 549-0075, x10 or email Nicole at nab@bcacct.org.

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2008 Legislative Agenda

State of the Child 2007

Denied, Delayed and Diverted: Problems with funding school repair projects in Bridgeport

2007- City Response to Bridgeport’s Affordable Housing Crisis: Housing… But for Whom?

 

Affordable Housing City Response to Bridgeport’s Affordable Housing Crisis: Housing… But for Whom? [PDF] Spring 2007

Bridgeport's Affordable Housing: Everyone Pays the Price [PDF] December 2004
 

Housing [PDF: 172kb] - 23 December 2002

 

Child Care Choosing Child Care [PDF: 538kb] - 7 February 2003

 

Education

Denied, Delayed and Diverted: Problems with funding school repair projects in Bridgeport  [PDF] September 2007

"Equity in State Funding" Leave No City Behind, Copy of Powerpoint Presentation,  [PDF] April 2006

"Bridgeport Schools Receive Less City Funding" Leave No City Behind, Copy of Powerpoint Presentation, [PDF] April 2006

School Violence Report December 2005 [PDF]
You Can’t Learn If You Don’t Feel Safe: School Security Problems in the Bridgeport Schools and What Can Be Done

Critical Education Issues FACT SHEET
(from Town Meeting on Education with Mayor Fabrizi), [PDF] December 2004

Education Facts: The Challenges Bridgeport schools face
[PDF] April 2004

Addressing the Achievement Gap: SMALL CLASSES ARE BETTER
[PDF] December 2003

Help Wanted: Classroom Teachers [PDF: 316kb]
A report on teacher recruitment and retention in the Bridgeport public school system.

Education [PDF: 200kb] - 23 December 2002

Is Education a Priority in Bridgeport? February 2001
A 10-year look at what the city spends on education.

 

Fact Sheets

 

 

Affordable Housing 2006 [PDF]

After-school 2006 [PDF]

Education 2006 [PDF]

Health 2006 [PDF]

 

Health The Price of Prescription Drugs: It Matters Where You Live February 2006 [PDF]

2003 Childhood Obesity Report [PDF: 571kb]

 

Legislative

 

2007 Legislative Agenda February 2007 [PDF]

2006 Legislative Agenda February 2006 [PDF]

2005 Legislative Agenda  December 2004 [PDF]

2004 Children's Legislative Agenda [PDF]

2003 Children's Legislative Agenda [PDF: 126kb]

Budget Deficit [PDF: 233kb] - 23 December 2002

 

Neighborhood Profiles Bridgeport's East Side: A Neighborhood Profile [PDF: 156kb] - 7 February 2003

Lado Este de Bridgeport: Un Perfil del Vecindario [PDF: 133kb] 7 February 2003

Bridgeport's East End: A Neighborhood Profile [PDF: 185kb] 7 February 2003

 

State of the Child

 

A report card on the well-being of children in Bridgeport. Includes data on key indicators such as education, housing, child poverty, child care, health, youth violence, etc.

State of the Child 2006

2005 State of the Child in Bridgeport Executive Summary
October 2005 [PDF]

2005 State of the Child in Bridgeport Powerpoint Presentation
October 2005 [ppt]

The State of the Child in Bridgeport 2004 Executive Summary-English

The State of the Child in Bridgeport 2004 Executive Summary-Spanish

The State of the Child in Bridgeport 2003

The State of the Child in Bridgeport 2002

The State of the Child in Bridgeport 2001

 

Welfare Reform Connecticut's Welfare-To-Work Job Training Program [PDF: 169kb]
Is Connecticut giving parents the education and skills they need to get jobs that enable them to support their families?