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These are times of peril and promise for Connecticut's most vulnerable young people.
In addition to providing legal representation, the Center for Children's Advocacy serves as the voice of the children in the press and in front of policymakers. We wanted to share these highlights from the last few months with you -- because your support made them possible. Thank you for standing up for Connecticut's children.
Access to Preschool for DCF-Committed Children
CT-N, March 12, 2014 (at 11:33)
Testimony on Raised Senate Bill 424 before Education Committee
"Every abused or neglected child aged 3-5 who is committed to DCF should be enrolled in high-quality preschool."
Alexandra Dufresne, Attorney, Child Abuse Project, Center for Children's Advocacy
School Resource Officers and the Safety of Our Students
WNPR, March 11, 2014
". . concern about the prevalence of in-school arrests, viewed by most educators as the wrong way to deal with kids who cause trouble."
Marisa Halm, Director, TeamChild Juvenile Justice Project, Center for Children's Advocacy
Initiatives to Keep Schools from "Pushing Out" Vulnerable Students
"Your group captured the minds and spirits of the entire board of education. We are more than interested in helping you achieve the goals you expressed at the meeting. We thank you both for your passion and your education of issues we hear far too little about."
Steve Wright, State Board of Education
Martha Stone, Executive Director, Center for Children's Advocacy
Kathryn Meyer, Attorney, Center for Children's Advocacy
Leon Smith, Director, Alternative Schools Project, Center for Children's Advocacy
Chronic Absenteeism Needs to Be Addressed
"We see the disastrous effects chronic absenteeism can have. Flagging a student as chronically absent gives us the opportunity to provide appropriate intervention."
Testimony of Kathryn Meyer, Attorney, Education Success Project, Center for Children's Advocacy
Undocumented Youth Need Judicial Protection
CT-N, February 24, 2014 (Attorney Colon at 2:00 and Center's clients at 5:23 and 5:46)
Judicial Committee Hearing
"We want to protect children who have been abandoned, abused or
neglected . . so they do not face the human tragedy of being returned to the
terrible child abuse or neglect conditions which caused them to flee. We
want these children to be able to apply for protection."
Testimony of Edwin Colon, Attorney, Teen Legal Advocacy Project, Center for Children's Advocacy
Will Connecticut See a Second Maximum Security Facility for Girls?
WNPR, February 24, 2014
"Overcrowding at Journey House, the state's incarceration facility for girls, has prompted the Department of Children and Families to pursue opening a second girls' facility. Is this the best way to address problems within the state's incarceration program?"
Martha Stone, Executive Director, Center for Children's Advocacy
Winning Better Services for Special Education Students in Bridgeport
CT Post, January 27, 2014
The district must develop a corrective action plan that includes policy and procedures that ensure all students in need are identified and evaluated. "Chronic failure, behavioral difficulties or frequent absence are signs that an evaluation should be done."
Edwin Colon, Attorney, Teen Legal Advocacy Project, Center for Children's Advocacy
Connecticut Study Aims to Track 'Invisible' Alternative Schools
New Haven Register, January 25, 2014
"Everyone knows Connecticut has an achievement gap . . Students in high performing schools receive great resources; students who face difficulties in urban areas - who are almost exclusively of color - don't get nearly the same."
Leon Smith, Director, Alternative Schools Project, Center for Children's Advocacy
A Look at Youth Homelessness in Connecticut
WNPR, December 30, 2013
"Youth homelessness often affects minority groups, LGBT youth, or those coming out of foster care or the juvenile justice system. There are few hard numbers and we need to develop a system to annually count youth who are homeless."
Stacey Violante Cote, Director, Teen Legal Advocacy Project, Center for Children's Advocacy
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Please join us for our annual
Spring for Kids
Champion of Children Awards reception!
May 13, 2014 at the Mark Twain House, Hartford
2014 Champion of Children award recipients:
John Leventhal, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Yale Medical School Medical Director, Child Abuse and Child Abuse Prevention Programs, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
Maureen Price-Boreland, JD
Executive Director
Community Partners in Action
Nina Livingston, MD Medical Director Hartford Regional Child Abuse Services; SCAN Program, Connecticut Children's Medical Center; Greater Hartford Children's Advocacy Center, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
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