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Connecticut Paid Leave highlights 12 weeks of mental‑health leave and urges outreach to Hispanic communities
Summary
On a Paid Leave podcast episode, host Nancy Barrow and guest Evelyn Alejandro discuss mental‑health stigma in the Hispanic community and the state program’s benefits, including up to 12 weeks of income replacement for serious mental‑health conditions and caregiver leave. Listeners were directed to ctpaidleave.org and Mental Health Connecticut resources.
On the Paid Leave podcast, host Nancy Barrow spoke with entrepreneur and nonprofit leader Evelyn Alejandro about mental‑health stigma in the Hispanic community and how Connecticut’s paid‑leave program can help. "We give up to 12 weeks of income replacement for mental health," Barrow said, adding that the program also covers caregiver leave when a health‑care provider deems a condition serious.
The episode put a personal face on the program and its purpose. Alejandro described growing up with a father who had schizophrenia and a mother who…
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