5 Minutes of Impact: Community Action Agency of New Haven (CAANH)

Connecticut Paid Leave interview series: Five Minutes of Impact · April 23, 2026

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Nancy Barrow, engagement and podcast director for Connecticut Paid Leave, opens the Five Minutes of Impact series and introduces Janelle Lawson as the episode’s featured changemaker and identifies her role with the Community Action Agency of New Haven (CAN).

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A Connecticut Paid Leave interview in which Janelle Lawson, deputy director and vice president of human resources at the Community Action Agency of New Haven (CAN), describes CAN’s history, a new program called Impact that serves families above conventional eligibility thresholds, and a five-year strategic push to embed financial literacy and housing stability across its programs.

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