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Video and more from 'Domestic Violence Through the Eyes of the Child’

The Commission joined the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Office of the Child Advocate in co-sponsoring this panel discussion, which featured a presentation by Betsy McAlister Groves, founder of the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center. CT-N video, documents, and more resources

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Youth Unemployment: the New Great Depression

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal joined a panel of academics, business leaders, state legislators, and youth for a January 10 public forum sponsored by the Commission and the Connecticut Workforce Development Council. The forum explored ways to improve the employment picture for young people, whose unemployment rate is twice that of the overall population. CT-N video, documents, photos, and additional resources

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Big Hopes, Big Challenges: Connecticut Children and the 2012 Legislative Session

On Tuesday, November 15, the Commission brought together key lawmakers, agency commissioners, and other policy leaders for a panel discussion on children's issues likely to emerge in the the General Assembly session that begins February 8.

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Zimmerman describes the challenges facing kids

Commission on Children Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman spoke October 20 at the United Way of Greater Waterbury's annual Tocqueville Society Luncheon about the challenges facing Connecticut's children. Here she gives a brief video interview to the United Way, summarizing her speech.

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Created with bipartisan support in 1985 by the Connecticut legislature, the Commission on Children brings together the various levels of government, the private sector, nonprofit agencies, and philanthropy to promote public policies in the best interests of children. More

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