Deb Heinrich

The Source

December 13, 2007

Representative Deb Heinrich (D-Madison, Guilford) was honored by the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits (CAN) for helping advocate for the group’s various interests in the legislature and communities throughout the state. The “Connecticut Association of Nonprofits 2007 Legislative Award” is awarded annually by the group, and Rep. Heinrich said receiving the award was “tremendously humbling.”

During her speech Rep. Heinrich adapted the “three R’s” of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s depression-era New Deal Programs as a model for how the state should work with today’s Connecticut non-profits. The “three R’s” proposed in Rep. Heinrich’s New Deal for state non-profits are as followed:

• Respect: Respect for every citizen, regardless of their varying abilities and respect for the people who help them achieve and for the love and care they can provide.
• Responsibility: As a state, we must acknowledge that the responsibility of caring for all our citizens falls on all of us as a community.
• Reliability: The state and federal government should always be there for our nonprofits. These groups need to know that Connecticut is not going to be pennywise and pound foolish with regard to funding. The state needs to recognize that prevention is much less expensive than treatment and that people are most productive, integrated and happy when they have access to the services they need, when they need them.

Representative Deb Heinrich serves the 101st Assembly District in Madison and Guilford and is currently serving her second term.