Summer's here and kids should be having a blast, but there are hundreds of kids involved with the Boys & Girls Village Foster and Therapeutic Foster care programs who are looking for a caring family to help them feel at home again. So stay tuned, learn more and see if you can get involved.

Then we're going to talk about data - who uses it, why, and how data can be accessed and applied to improve your academic project, nonprofit, community agency, journalism initiative and more - as we welcome and discuss how you can be part of the Connecticut Data Collaborative.

And if you're a veteran or somebody who cares about a vet who was  refused support services because of a non-qualifying discharge, we're going to connect them for help from the New Haven based National Veterans Council for Legal Redress.

We reached out to the President of ROVAC - the Registrars of Voters Association of Connecticut - to talk about the most important updates and things you need to know to easily and successfully cast your ballots in the upcoming August 11 primaries.

Then we'll head to the gardens of Common Ground High School - a charter school in New Haven and the oldest environmental charter school in the United States to learn how its staff is preparing students for college success and a lifetime of environmental leadership. 

And we'll close with the latest in our series 'Counting on 2020' Census Segments as we head into Census PUSH WEEK. We'll tap a regional census director to learn how PUSH Week aims to increase 2020 Census self-response rates via activities, parades, social messaging campaigns and more.

Today we're celebrating those brave pioneers who are making a go at it as a Connecticut entrepreneur with the founder of the Connecticut Entrepreneur Awards. Find out all about how you can get involved supporting these local enterprisers by voting through April 2 - and attending their virtual award ceremony.

Then we'll circle back with Abilis, which has just expanded its involvement with the Life Skills, Employment, Advocacy and Partnership or LEAP program, which is poised to help young adults with special needs throughout lower Fairfield County and now in the Norwalk area experience a seamless transition into adult life. 

And we'll close hearing from the director of the Connecticut-based Foodshare Institute For Hunger Research & Solutions. Whether you are a casual donor to a local food drive, you volunteer or help run a local pantry, or you visit one - our chat today will focus on a new publication that can help your local food provider address social inequity and food insecurity.