Task Force Group

Our Task Forces are small, focused groups made up of community members who are passionate about creating positive change for children and families. Each Task Force concentrates on a specific issue area, allowing members to dig deeper, identify local needs, and take meaningful action.

These groups bring together parents, educators, service providers, and community partners who want to collaborate, share ideas, and work toward solutions that make a real difference.

Some of our past and current Task Force subjects:

  • School Attendance
  • Early Care/Education
  • Safety
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Health.

What our Task Forces have accomplished:

  1. Brought early childhood home visiting clinical and parent support services to Northeast CT.
  2. Created a mental health resource directory to assist families to access early intervention, mental health and substance abuse services.
  3. Advocated for universal social and emotional screening for young children.
  4. Increased the number of preschools slots in our communities
  5. Provided parent leadership & advocacy trainings.
  6. Increased collaboration and coordination between families, early care and education and community providers.
  7. Provided sexual abuse trainings for providers and caregivers in our communities.
  8. Addressed food insecurity issues in our communities by providing nutrition education classes.
  9. Increased the number of developmental screenings for children birth through age 5.

Why our work is important:

  1. One in five young people have one or more mental, emotional, or behavioral challenges.  Of those children who experience these issues four out of five do not receive the help they need.
  2. Research shows that children involved in high-quality early learning experiences perform better in school, have less need for remedial and special education services, are less likely to be retained, and are more likely to graduate from high school.
  3. Research over the last forty years provides educators and parents with a substantial body of evidence that parent involvement and engagement is associated with children’s academic performance and social competence.
  4. Abusive parents often have experienced abuse during their own childhoods. It is estimated approximately one-third of abused and neglected children will eventually victimize their own children (Prevent Child Abuse New York, 2003).
  5. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of obesity among children and adolescents has tripled over the past twenty years and is considered an epidemic.

How you can help:

  1. Bring your input, real life experiences, and ideas on how to improve the safety, physical, social & emotional wellness for our children.

Contact Us on how to be a part of our Task Forces.

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