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Home > Policy & Legislation > Poverty > Children in the Recession Task Force

Children in the Recession Task Force:
November 19, 2009 meeting

The Speaker's Task Force on Children in the Recession held its third meeting on Thursday, November 19, 2009, at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. It took testimony from state and national experts on the following topics:

• The State of Working Connecticut
• Unemployment and Welfare in a Recession
• The American Dream and Hopes for College
• Youth: Gaps and Opportunities

CT-N video of the meeting | Meeting documents | Task Force home page | Blog

NOTE: The Task Force, as part of its plan to hear testimony from residents of each of Connecticut's five congressional districts, will hold a hearing for the 1st District at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 5, at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Directions

The 1st District, represented in Congress by John B. Larson, includes these communities: Barkhamsted, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bristol, Colebrook , Cromwell, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hartland, Manchester, Middletown, New Hartford, Newington, Portland, Rocky Hill, Southington, South Windsor, Torrington, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Winchester, Windsor, and Windsor Locks.

CT-N video

You may watch the full meeting below, courtesy of the Connecticut Network (CT-N). If a video window does not appear, go to the CT-N website. Length: 2 hours, 35 minutes.

Meeting documents

• Agenda (PDF)
• "The State of Working Connecticut," a PowerPoint presentation by Jamey Bell, executive director, Connecticut Voices for Children
• "The Two-Generation 'Now' Approach: Helping Low-Income Families Survive the Recession," remarks of John Padilla, senior program associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation
• "Temporary Family Assistance Caseload," a PowerPoint presentation by Jane McNichol, executive director, Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut
• "Connecticut's Unemployment Insurance Program," a PowerPoint presentation by George Wentworth, coordinator of unemployment insurance modernization, National Employment Law Project
• "Asnuntuck Community College and the Connecticut Community College System: The Impact of Community Colleges in a Troubled Economy," a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Martha McLeod, president, Asnuntuck Community College

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