The Commission on Children at the Cutting Edge

For each dollar invested in it, the Commission on Children brings in more than three dollars from federal funds, foundations, and private sources. That's just one of the accomplishments outlined in this document, updated in May 2009. Read it here (PDF)

More about the Commission

Next meeting of the Connecticut Childhood Obesity Council

The home page of the Council has been updated to include the next scheduled meeting:

May 28, 2009, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.
Room 1-B of the Legislative Office Building, Hartford

The Council was created by the Commission and state Department of Public Health (DPH).

The latest from the Capitol

Commission on Children Legislative Director Elizabeth Brown has prepared a summary on the status of important children's legislation pending before the General Assembly. Read it here.

And here is the Commission's public hearing testimony on those bills.