Connecticut Commission on Children

18-20 Trinity Street, Hartford, CT 06106-1591
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Connecticut's Playbook for Prevention is here!
Follow this link to visit KidsforCT.org, the website containing the winning game plan for kids and Connecticut. As Coach Jim Calhoun says, "It's all about the kids."

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Created in 1985 by the Connecticut General Assembly, the 25-member Commission on Children brings together the three branches of government--legislative, executive, and judicial--as well as the private sector to promote public policies in the best interests of children. More

On Friday, November 7, the Connecticut Childhood Obesity Council will hold a forum to help municipal officials, community leaders, health-care professionals, educators, business people, and families respond effectively to the epidemic of childhood obesity.

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Commission meeting rescheduled
The Commission on Children meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, September 9, has been rescheduled to Tuesday, September 23. The location remains the Commission offices on the second floor of 18-20 Trinity Street in Hartford. An agenda will be posted soon.

New law focuses resources on child poverty
On June 12, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed into law a measure that directs federal matching funds from the Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET) program be used to support the state's efforts to reduce child and family poverty. Read a summary of the law | Visit the Poverty section of the site

The 2008 school bullying law, explained
An Act Concerning School Learning Environment (Public Act 08-160), requires that every school board implement a bullying prevention strategy, that the state Department of Education develop model policies on bullying, and that bullying prevention become an in-service training topic for school personnel. Read a summary of the law | Visit the Bullying section of the site

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A Children's Stock Portfolio
Unveiled at a 2007 news conference by Speaker of the House James Amann, the portfolio is packed with figures showing that prevention policies produce a healthy return-on-investment (ROI) for the state. Read more about the news conference | Read more about prevention

All Children Can Read by Fourth Grade
Brain research shows that reading is teachable to 95 percent of our students. Yet 10 to 40 percent of them will have difficulty learning to read and need specialized instruction. That's just one of the key facts in this document, which outlines Connecticut's trailblazing efforts to improve school readiness.

Opening the Kindergarten Door: The Preschool Difference
Kindergarten teachers in Connecticut's priority school districts were surveyed to determine how many children enter kindergarten ready for school. PDF, 10 pages.

This page was last updated: Tuesday, September 02, 2008