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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

early childhood education. Connecticut Early Childhood Education Endowment by the numbers: FY 2025 deposit: $300 million FY 2026 deposit: $411.7 million Total invested in the endowment: over $700 million

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

services in state history. Combined with the $300 million deposited at the end of fiscal year 2025, this latest investment positions Connecticut to pursue a sustainable, long-term strategy for expanding access to affordable, high-quality

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

and costs for families earning more than $100,000 per year will be capped at 7% of household income. The Endowment serves as a permanent funding source dedicated to strengthening Connecticut’s early childhood education system and supporting the largest expansion of early childhood education

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Childcare for many is a big part of the affordability crisis. It’s why we set up the Childcare Endowment Fund. Beginning July 1, 2027, families enrolled in Early Start CT earning up to $100,000 per year will receive FREE childcare,

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT🚨 Thank you to CT Against Gun Violence for their endorsement of my campaign. They have done great work to reduce the harm that guns bring to our communities and I am grateful for their partnership.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For resources on how to spot domestic violence and how you can help, visit: intervalhousect.org/domestic-vio... For immediate help: you are encouraged to call Interval House’s 24/7 hotline at 860-838-8467 or the domestic violence hotline at 800-799-7233.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Appropriately funding our shelters and the hotline, training for judges to recognize the coercive control we put into statute five years ago, and teaching our children and young adults that they can break the cycle.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

WTNH News 8 covered the event here: tinyurl.com/4xynx42e As I shared at the conference, Connecticut has often been at the forefront of domestic violence policy, but we have much more work to do to protect women in a year that has already seen 10 deaths in Connecticut alone.

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Advocacy center, lawmakers and community members mark the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — October marks the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to honor victims, recognize survivors and provide education. According to Interval House, an advo…

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we kicked it off with a press conference at the Capitol. Thank you to Interval House CT for inviting me to speak alongside Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam.

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Advocacy center, lawmakers and community members mark the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — October marks the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to honor victims, recognize survivors and provide education. According to Interval House, an advo…

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Pro-Homes CT @prohomesct.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

‼️ @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social: Transit Oriented Communities HELPS the environment and PRESERVES open space! 🚜 🌱 Thanks to the tireless work of Rep. Kavros-DeGraw and other fighters in the legislature, Connecticut is going to be a model for how housing sustainability meets housing affordability. 🤝

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Black history is American history – celebrating the strength, brilliance, and stories that shape our world today. Today we’re taking a look through some Connecticut Black History ➡️ #blackhistorymonth

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Thanks to so many of you answering the call to support my 2026 campaign, I have reached both the threshold for dollars ($6700) and the threshold for individuals donating from Avon and Canton (150) to qualify for our state public financing program. You’re the best!

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Now, more than ever, I’m ready to continue my work for you as your State Representative. Please donate today to help me qualify for public financing. daycampaign.com/Donation/Ind...

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Today, we wore purple in honor of #PurpleThursday to raise awareness about Domestic Violence. 1 in 4 women in CT will experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime. At the legislature, we lift up the critical work done by DV advocates and we prioritize legislation that helps save lives.

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NewDEAL @newdealleaders.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This week on #AnHonorableProfession Connecticut @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social discusses her work in the Legislature, how her background prepared her for politics, and what motivates her to continue her work. Tune in: buff.ly/nErQGbM

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Hope to see you tomorrow! Don’t forget to RSVP.

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Tom Broderick @trumbullbrod.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Dear Governor Lamont, WE NEED MORE HOMES IN CONNECTICUT. Check out the site! In 2 MINUTES you can email the governor and your legislators to push them to make the best possible bill. They need to hear from us, not just the lunatic NIMBYs ctneedshomes.org

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CT Needs Homes

Connecticut needs more homes, there is a shortage of housing, email campaign to tell governor Lamont and other elected leaders to pass housing reform

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Last week, I sat down with Dan Newmeyer of CT Politics TV. We started with a “getting to know you” segment followed by a discussion of the recent targeting of Rep. Corey Paris and my subsequent doxing for speaking out. Thanks for having me! m.youtube.com/watch?v

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

If these programs disappear, our already skyrocketing grocery prices will only continue to rise as grocery stores seek to replace those sales. For information on where you can access a Connecticut Foodshare mobile pantry or to donate, visit www.ctfoodshare.org bit.ly/3V0Gdm2 bit.ly/46hI2RP 5/5

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

These numbers have dramatically increased since 2020. As I said today at the press conference, you don’t have to experience food insecurity to benefit from programs like SNAP and WIC. They account for 15-20% of grocery store purchases and help keep grocery prices in check. 4/

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

This money can only be spent on food and 15% of it will be used to buy produce from CT farmers who were hit hard by federal cuts. We know there will be cuts to #SNAP and while we are unsure of their timing, people are hungry in Connecticut now; 1 in 7 adults and 1 in 6 kids. 3/

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

While my request as co-chair of the bipartisan Feeding Connecticut Caucus (alongside Senator Berthel) was $10 million, we are grateful to House and Senate leadership and Governor Ned Lamont for agreeing to $3 million in FY ‘26 and $6 million in FY ‘27. 2/

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Proud to stand with my former colleagues at Connecticut Foodshare on the first day of #HungerActionMonth as we celebrated the legislative win of the CT-NAP (nutritional assistance program) bill. For more than 20 years, the state provided CT-NAP with around $850,000. 1/

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Labor Day is a time to celebrate the dedication, and resilience of workers everywhere. You can thank the labor movement for having weekends off, employee, assistance programs, and worker protections, to name a few. If it weren’t for the labor movement, your work life would look very different.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

On Overdose Awareness Day, we remember the lives lost to overdose and stand with the families and communities affected. Together, let’s break the stigma around addiction, spread awareness, and work toward solutions to save lives across Connecticut.💜

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Every day is exhausting watching the U.S. being destroyed from within.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Thankfully, they are both okay and the other fourteen children who were shot are expected to make a full recovery. It doesn’t have to be this way. We have to have the will to change it. 2/2

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

My heart is in Minneapolis with the families of the eight and ten year old killed in the cowardly shooting today. I keep thinking of the 5th grader who said his friend laid on top of him “he saved my life, but he got hit.” 1/2 www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

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Shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapolis triggers massive police response; shooter contained

A shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapolis triggered a massive law enforcement response Wednesday morning. The shooter is contained, according to police.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Thank you to the Capitol Police, local law enforcement, and the many colleagues both In attendance and who sent support. The full press conference is here: ct-n.com/ctnplayer.as... and my remarks start at 14 minutes or so. 4/4

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CT-N Video Player: Capitol News Briefing on the Harassment and Threats Against State Rep. Corey Paris with Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz, U.S. Sen. Blumenthal, and Other Elected Officials

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

As children, there were times in history class when we would ask our teachers, “Why did no one speak up? Where were the helpers? Didn’t people see what was happening was wrong?” Maybe you were that student. I know I was. The time to speak is now. We are all safer and stronger together. 3/

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

to broadcasting personal information (of individual agents). He also didn’t give their exact location. But the lies out there are putting Representative Paris, his family, and the people who spoke up for him today at risk (Including actual doxxing and threats of violence). 2/

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Today, we stood with our friend and colleague State Representative Corey Paris and already, the same account that targeted him is targeting me and others for speaking up. Representative Paris broke no laws. By the definition of doxxing, he didn’t doxx law enforcement as doxxing refers 1/

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The Housing Collective @housingcollective.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

“We often hear a city or a town doesn’t want Hartford making decisions for them...it sounds like we had a handful of towns making decisions for the entire state. That’s not fair or acceptable either." - @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social 🎯 @ginnymonk.bsky.social @ctmirror.org ctmirror.org/2025/08/18/c...

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Emails: Lamont sought counsel on HB 5002 housing bill opposition

CT Gov. Ned Lamont involved his wife, a former state senator and others in discussions over how to respond to opposition to HB 5002.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I’m honored to serve as one of the at-large members for CSG East’s Executive Committee and appreciate the opportunity to learn and grow from some of the best and brightest leaders in our country.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Was great to spend a few days at The Council of State Governments Eastern Region conference in Providence. Great to catch up with colleagues from Maryland to Maine to discuss our shared challenges, especially around our housing crisis, private equity in healthcare, and transit oriented development.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Dr. Valerie Wiseman said it best in the article, “This isn’t just about a new building — it’s about hope. It’s about parents sleeping peacefully, knowing their adult children have a place where they belong and can pursue happiness, purpose and dignity.” hartfordbusiness.com/article/new-...

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New workforce development center planned in Canton to serve adults with disabilities

A new workforce development and independent living center is planned in Canton, which will provide job training and independent living skills for individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism....

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Excited that the Hatford Business Journal for highlighted the bond money that State Senator Paul Honig and I secured for Favarh’s upcoming disability workforce and independent living center. 1/2

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Was great to see my constituent Marianne Humphrey Burbank interviewed talking about one of the exact situations we are hoping to help — her son wanting to pay off nursing school debt so he can buy a home. This bill is truly about increasing economic participation. 2/2

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

We will do everything we can to support these tenants and to end the deceptive, dangerous, and unconscionable practices of landlords like this one. For more on this story: bit.ly/45zAZ5G Courant coverage: bit.ly/45c47AXddn

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Residents demand better living conditions at Avon apartment complex

Residents at one Avon apartment complex are demanding change forming a union on Monday morning complaining of mold, potholes and water leaks.

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Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

a commonplace story in Connecticut. An out-of-state landlord buys a development, runs it into the ground, declares bankruptcy and along the way ruins people’s lives. 40% of the complex sits empty while we are in the middle of an affordable housing crisis because of this landlord’s greed.

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