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September 20, 2007

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• After-school programs: The state Department of Education has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for its After School Grant Program, which serves children in grades K through 12. The application deadline is October 5, 2007. To download the RFP, visit the Department's website.
   
• Parent-leadership programs: The Children’s Trust Fund is accepting grant proposals from public and private non-profit organizations seeking to provide parent leadership training, including the development of advocacy skills. To download the request for proposals (RFP) and other application materials, visit the Children's Trust Fund website.
   
• Towns and cities to address childhood obesity: The state Department of Public Health has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to support local policy and environmental changes that are effective against obesity. The funding is a result of a 2007 state law appropriating $500,000 to improve the physical fitness and nutrition of Connecticut children between the ages of 8 and 18 who are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. The application deadline is October 31, 2007. To download the RFP, visit the Department's website.

• 'Where We Live,' the public-affairs program presented weekday mornings by Connecticut Public Radio, focused Tuesday on bullying, with Commission Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman joining Marji Lipshez Shapiro of the Anti-Defamation League's Connecticut office to provide expert views on the subject. Listen to the program on your computer by visiting the website of WNPR.
   
• The Washington Post reported September 6 on the formation of a Parent Leadership Training Institute program in Alexandria, Virginia. The city modeled its program on the Connecticut PLTI program, founded by the Commission 15 years ago. The Post observed that PLTI "bills itself as nothing short of a means to reinvigorate democracy." Read the article on the Post website | Request a copy from the Commission | Learn more about PLTI^sm
   
• The Connecticut Historical Society will add video footage from Commission events to its traveling exhibit, "September 11, 2001: Connecticut Responds and Reflects." The exhibit looks at how Connecticut citizens reacted to the terrorist attacks. The Commission footage shows children from around the state presenting their feelings about the attacks through writing and artwork. The exhibit will be on display in the second-floor gallery of the HSBC bank branch at 19 Post Road East, Westport, through October 13.
  Get details at the CHS website | Visit the Terrorism and Natural Disasters section of our website
   
• In the Waterbury Republican-American, the first of a series of articles on the status of Connecticut children featured quotes from Elaine Zimmerman. Read the article on Republican-American website | Request a copy from the Commission

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
 

The Connecticut Commission on Children 18-20 Trinity Street Hartford, CT  06106-1591

Phone: (860) 240-0290   Fax: (860) 240-0248 Website: www.cga.ct.gov/coc

Commission staff: Elaine Zimmerman, executive director; Elizabeth C. Brown, legislative director; Thomas R. Brooks, director of policy and research analysis; Patricia Estill, special projects director; Dawn Homer-Bouthiette, Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) director; Kevin Flood, public information officer and webmaster; Rachel Levy, executive secretary; Edie Luciano, legislative secretary. Contact information    

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