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Created with bipartisan support in 1985 by the Connecticut legislature, the 25-member Commission on Children brings representatives of all three branches of government—legislative, executive, and judicial—together with representatives of the private sector to promote public policies in the best interests of children. More

Commission meets Tuesday, November 10
The meeting begins at 10 a.m. in the conference room of the Commission's offices, at 18-20 Trinity Street in Hartford.

Agenda (PDF)

How Connecticut children are feeling the recession
The legislative task force formed by House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan to address the needs of Connecticut children and families affected by the recession heard some sobering reports regarding hunger, housing instability, and family violence when it met on Wednesday, October 28. Watch video, read documents

Task force home page | Children in the Recession blog

A timeline of state action to reduce child poverty
Starting in 2004, when it adopted legislation that set a goal of reducing childhood poverty by 50 percent in 10 years, Connecticut has taken a number of steps to attack childhood poverty.

View the timeline | More on state poverty-reduction efforts

Towns and cities could get $8.25 million in federal job-training dollars under SNAP E&T
So far, more than half the communities in Connecticut have applied to participate in SNAP E&T, and it's easy to understand why: The federal government would provide a 50-cent match for every dollar they spent on services to help food stamp recipients find regular employment. See who's participating

Learn more about SNAP E&T

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Check out our new blog: Children in the Recession
We're highlighting news articles and other information on how children are faring in this crisis.

Go to the blog | Learn about the legislative task force

August 2009 edition
Commission on Children at the Cutting Edge
For each dollar invested in it, the Commission on Children brings in more than three dollars from federal funds, foundations, and private sources. That's just one of the Commission accomplishments outlined in this document, updated in July 2009.

Read it here (PDF) | More about the Commission

PLTI graduate with citation

Class of 2009 graduates from PLTI
With their families and state officials looking on, more than 170 parents from across Connecticut graduated on June 24 from the Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI), a family civics initiative of the Commission on Children.

More information and photos

Connecticut's Playbook for Prevention is here!
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."

This page was last updated: Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Photos: Pat Estill, Robert Caroti.