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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.
Our authority: Connecticut General Statutes § 46a-126 through 46a-131a
This page was last updated:
May 15, 2013