Child Health Resources
Connecticut Child Care and Development Fund Plan and Public Hearings FFY 2012 - 2013
Public Review and Comments Sought
The state is preparing a comprehensive child care plan to access federal funds for programs and services over the next two years. The Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) Family Services & Child Care Team, in collaboration with the State Child Day Care Council will convene public hearings in May, 2011. The participation in this process of parents, providers and all other members of the public is encouraged and welcomed. We hereby extend the opportunity to comment on child care services in Connecticut.
Public Hearings will be held on:
05/16/11 in Hamden at CT Charts-A-Course
05/23/11 in Waterbury at Naugatuck Valley Community College
05/24/11 in Norwich at Three Rivers Community College
The Public Hearings are scheduled for two sessions on each date from 3:00-5:00 PM and 6:00-7:30 PM.
For more details on the CCDF Plan Public Hearing Notice and Schedule click here.
To view the draft plan click here.
To submit written comments: send email to julie.bisi@ct.gov or mail to:
Connecticut Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Attn: Child Care Division - CCDF Plan
Comments must be received no later than June 8, 2011.
The Public Hearing Notice and CCDF Plan will also be available on the DSS Website at www.ct.gov/dss.
Safe Harbor for Child Victims
Human trafficking is a serious crime, and those who engage in human trafficking--especially those who exploit children--should be punished to the fullest extent. A new law took effect this month designed to protect children who face victimization at the hands of adults engaging in human trafficking.
The new law creates the presumption that a 16 or 17 year old charged with prostitution was coerced into committing the crime by another person in violation of laws against trafficking in persons, and it frees younger children from prosecution in all cases. It also increases the penalty for promoting the prostitution of a person under 18 years old by making it a class B felony, which carries a prison sentence of one to 20 years and imposes a minimum jail term.
The bill passed unanimously in the state Senate and nearly unanimously in the House of Representatives during the regular legislative session and was signed into law by Governor M. Jodi Rell on June 7
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The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is searching for a select group of young people to serve on their Youth Advisory Board (for 2010-2011) and roll up their sleeves for a few hours a month of critical thinking, engaging conversations, good fun, new friendships, and high-profile leadership. Applicants must be between the ages of 8 and 17 years old when membership begins July 2010 and live in the United States.
Interested youth can visit http://www.empowerme2b.org/2010-2011-youth-advisory-board
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The National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN) provides leaders in the childhood obesity prevention field with focused legal research, model policies, fact sheets, toolkits, training and technical assistance to explain legal issues related to public health. I have been serving on behalf of PTA as a member of their Schools Learning Group over the last year and have been consistently impressed with their work.
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The USDA has created the first-ever Food Atlas, an interactive database that maps components of healthy food environments down to the local level across the country.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/FoodAtlas/