Friday, April 10, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY: Children and Families in Recession: The Policy and Budget Implications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 10, 2009

Contact: Kevin Flood
860) 240-0078
Kevin.Flood@cga.ct.gov

News: The Commission on Children will hold its second in a series of discussions on how the recession is affecting Connecticut’s children and families. The speakers will address housing, food security, family health and wellness, youth employment, and community-level responses.

When: 10 a.m. to Noon, Tuesday, April 14, 2008

Where: Room 2-A, Legislative Office Building, Hartford

Speakers:

Carol Walter
Executive Director, Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness

Lucy P. Nolan
Executive Director, End Hunger Connecticut!

Dr. M. Alex Geertsma
Chair of Pediatrics, St. Mary Hospital, Waterbury

James Boucher
Future Workforce Division Director, Capitol Workforce Partners

Representatives Marie Kirkley-Bey of Hartford, Toni Walker of New Haven, and Lile R. Gibbons of Greenwich

** Speakers will be available for one-on-one interviews before and after the event.**