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Commission Mandates

The Commission on Children is an agency of the Connecticut General Assembly, created with bipartisan support in 1985 to do the following:

promote public policies in the best interests of children;
study child trends and assess programs and practices in state agencies as they affect children;
disseminate information and research data regarding the status of children and children's programs in Connecticut;
bring together the various levels of government, along with the private sector, nonprofit agencies, philanthropy, and families to bolster child outcomes;
serve as a liaison between government and private groups concerned with children;
promote coordination of child and family programs across the three branches of government and between local and state endeavors;
make recommendations to the legislature and the governor for systems reform and model policies that will improve child outcomes in health, safety, and learning;
inform individuals and leaders of business, labor, education, state and local government, the news media, and the legislature of findings and recommendations; and
perform services to facilitate adoption of the recommendations.

This page was last updated: May 15, 2013