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Connecticut Paid Leave eased postpartum finances and care access for a mother with sickle cell disease
Summary
On the Connecticut Paid Leave podcast, a UConn Health nurse and a patient explained how Connecticut Paid Leave and clinic social workers helped a new mother with sickle cell disease manage childbirth and ongoing care, and described how the benefit can be paired with FMLA.
Nancy Barrow, host of the Connecticut Paid Leave podcast, spoke with Dr. Janice Nelson of UConn Health and patient Dacia Dillon about how Connecticut Paid Leave supports people with sickle cell disease and their caregivers.
Dillon, who was diagnosed at six months of age, said she used Connecticut Paid Leave after the birth of her daughter and found the process…
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