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THE INTERVALLEY PROJECT (IVP)S MAJOR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PRIOR YEAR WERE IN THREE AREAS:SUPPORT for COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS - WE SUPPORTED OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS to WIN CONCRETE CHANGES THAT WILL LEAD to GREATER SOCIAL and ECONOMIC JUSTICE. AS EXAMPLES, DURING THIS PERIOD IVP MEMBER GROUPS SUCCESSFULLY WORKED ON THEIR OWN and IN COALITION WITH OTHERS IN SUPPORT of THE FOLLOWING:- EXPANDING THE PROVISIONS of THE CONNECTICUT DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL of RIGHTS - WHILE, AS A RESULT of OUR EARLIER WORK, HOME HEALTHCARE and OTHER WORKERS ARE NOW RECOGNIZED AS WORKERS ENTITLED to STATE PROTECTIONS, BENEFITTING THOUSANDS of LOW-WAGE WORKERS, NAUGATUCK VALLEY PROJECT ORGANIZED WITH ALLIES to WIN MANY OTHER PROVISIONS of A BASIC RIGHTS PROGRAM, SUCH AS PROTECTION FROM WAGE THEFT.- NAUGATUCK VALLEY PROJECT CONTINUED to ORGANIZE to PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROVIDED BY CONNECTICUT NON-PROFIT HOSPITALS WHEN THEY ARE CONVERTED to FOR-PROFIT STATUS. THIS INCLUDES, AS A