Statement of Purpose: To increase participation in the four major federally funded childhood nutrition programs, as well as establish programs for child nutrition at schools.

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Senate Bill 461 - Concerning Teen Age Pregnancy Prevention Programs

Statement of Purpose: To establish a state grant program that will assist local and regional school boards in the development of teenage pregnancy prevention programs.

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Statement of Purpose: To establish an initiative to collect and analyze data concerning the prevalence of pediatric chronic disease and related risk factors in schools.

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Statement of Purpose: To establish the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief program.

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Statement of purpose: To reduce costs to municipalities and increase benefits for employees by opening the state employee insurance pool and allow municipal employees to join voluntarily.

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Statement of Purpose: To(1) make minor revisions to the family with service needs statutes in accordance with the recommendations of the Family with Service Needs Advisory Board, (2) establish pilot programs and provide funding in accordance with the recommendations of said board, (3) permit a parent to request from the Department of Public Health a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, (4) establish a community-based pilot program to provide additional reentry and diversionary services for youth, and (5) study the feasibility of establishing a separate drug court for offenders under the age of eighteen.

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Statement of Purpose: To examine the effectiveness of school responses to bullying and to develop prevention strategies against cyberbullying and bullying in school.

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Statement of Purpose: To increase funding for summer youth employment so that young people across the state may have an opportunity to learn about and become familiar with work, saving and asset building.

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Statement of Purpose: To add members to the Early Childhood Education Cabinet.

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Statement of Purpose: To require the development and use of instructional methods for children with autism and other developmental disabilities.

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Statement of Purpose: To permit the issuance of a temporary ninety-day certificate to applicants in the certification endorsement area of early childhood education.

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Statement of Purpose: To require priority school districts receiving early reading success grants to report the percentage of students in grades one to three, inclusive, who are at or above proficiency for their grade level.

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Statement of Purpose: To provide persons who qualify for and claim the federal earned income tax credit, a credit against their state liability equal to twenty per cent of their federal credit for the same income year.

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Senate Bill 174 - Implementing Recommendations Concerning the Department of Children and Families

Statement of Purpose: To implement the recommendations of the Program Review and Investigations Committee regarding the Department of Children and Families by improving the department's monitoring and evaluation system.

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Statement of Purpose: To attempt to examine one of the root causes of poverty and other social ills.

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Statement of Purpose: To elevate the importance of school-family partnerships in schools and districts in need of corrective action by improving school-family partnerships through the implementation of best practice initiatives and training for parents, professional development and technical assistance for teachers and administrators at the school and district level.

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Statement of Purpose: To create a master contract between the Departments of Social Services, Education, Public Health, Children and Families and the Children's Trust Fund to improve child outcomes by integrating services for children and families from birth to age five.

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Statement of Purpose: To provide services to children with incarcerated parents.

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Statement of Purpose: To establish an Early Childhood Integrated System of Care for children and families based on the Child FIRST model currently in place in Bridgeport.

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Statement of Purpose: To appropriate funds for the establishment of six additional family support centers so that high-risk and high-need children and their families receive necessary diversionary services in or close to their local community.

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Statement of Purpose: To establish and administer a grant program to reduce child poverty in the state.

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Statement of Purpose: To provide staff to the Family Support Council so that it may meet its statutory obligations.

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