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| Please join the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services and Connecticut Voices for Children for an upcoming forum. |
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Educational Stability for Connecticut Children and Youth in Foster Care
An Idea Whose Time has Come! |
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| Last month, President Bush signed landmark legislation focused on reforming the nation’s child welfare and educational systems. Please join us for a forum on the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
and learn its implications for educational stability for young people in Connecticut foster care. Hear from young people, national experts, statewide advocates, and Connecticut policymakers as they discuss the need for educational stability and the strategies that will help children and youth achieve it. |
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Featured speakers include:
Commissioner Susan Hamilton, Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Toni Walker, State Representative
MaryLee Allen, Children’s Defense Fund
Cheryl Smithgall, Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
Miriam Krinsky, UCLA School of Public Affairs
Sarah Eagan, Center for Children’s Advocacy, University of Connecticut School of Law
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| In addition, a representative from the Connecticut State Department of Education will attend. |
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9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Lyceum Resource and Conference Center
227 Lawrence Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06106 |
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| For directions, click here. |
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| To RSVP for this event, please post an email to policy@caseyfamilyservices.org and include your name, title, organization, and mailing information. |
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