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The Connecticut Department of Developmental Services ( DDS) is a state agency of Connecticut providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Its headquarters are in Hartford. [2] According to its official Twitter description, "CT DDS serves more than 20,000 individuals [with] intellectual disability and ...
History. The Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services was established around 1970. The Long Lane School became a part of the new department in 1970.. In 1989, a group of plaintiffs instituted an action against the Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services which resulted in a requirement for federal court supervision of DCF, which has continued for more than 20 years to ...
Website. bridgeportct .gov. Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut [7] and the fifth-most populous city in New England, with a population of 148,654 in 2020. [3] Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, it is a port city 60 miles (97 km) from Manhattan and 40 ...
Connecticut ( / kəˈnɛtɪkət / ⓘ kə-NET-ik-ət) [10] is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford, and its most populous city is Bridgeport.
GDP. [1] • MSA. $104.368 billion (2022) Stamford-Bridgeport-Norwalk is a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The area is located in Southwestern Connecticut. [2] In its most conservative form the area consists of the city of Bridgeport and five surrounding towns— Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, and Trumbull.
The Diocese of Bridgeport (Latin: Dioecesis Bridgeportensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the southwestern part of the state of Connecticut in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Hartford.
The history of Bridgeport, Connecticut was, in the late 17th and most of the 18th century, one of land acquisitions from the native inhabitants, farming and fishing. From the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century, Bridgeport's history was one of shipbuilding, whaling and rapid growth. Bridgeport's growth accelerated even further from the mid ...
The 169 towns of Connecticut are the principal units of local government in the state and have full municipal powers including: Corporate powers. Eminent domain. Ability to levy taxes. Public services (low cost housing, waste disposal, fire, police, ambulance, street lighting)