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Events
You’re invited to attend and participate in upcoming commission meetings held throughout the state in 2024. Find more about a meeting near you, subjects to be covered, and minutes from past events below.
MEETINGS
PLACE:
Trumbull Town Hall
5866 Main Street, Trumbull, CT
Meeting Focus:
Child welfare and justice system involvement
PLACE:
TBD
Meriden, CT
Meeting Focus:
Education (attendance/truancy, behavior, alternative education, and transiency)
PLACE:
TBD
Hartford, CT
Meeting Focus:
Education (credit attainment, special education, CTE/pathways within high school, and broader systemic issues)
PLACE:
TBD
New London, CT
Meeting Focus:
Workforce (post-secondary pathways, employment supports, and wraparound services)
PLACE:
Virtual
Meeting Focus:
Emerging recommendations
News
Get the latest updates, media coverage, and other resources on at-risk and disconnected youth in Connecticut and the CCM 119K Commission on At-Risk and Disconnected Youth.
CCM Announces 119K Commission: “Serving Connecticut’s At-Risk and Disconnected Youth”
The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) today announced the creation of the 119K Commission on At-Risk and Disconnected Youth, a state-wide coalition of leaders on a mission to getting 60,000 at-risk young people back on track.
In the News
119K Commission’s Second Panel Discussion Focuses On Poverty, Homelessness, Housing Insecurity
New “119K Commission” Gets Advice On Helping At-Risk Youth
Commission meets for first time to tackle issue of disconnected youth
Face the Facts: Discussing the disconnect between teens and schooling, work
Opinion: For CT’s disconnected youth, there are 119,000 reasons to hope, and 119,000 reasons to act
Chesebrough joins CCM commission focused at helping at-risk youth
Mayor Erin Stewart becomes member of commission for at-risk youth
Dan Haar: A new effort to address disconnected youth in CT launches four years after a letdown
Reconnecting our youth: CCM initiative spurred by Dalio Education report
CCM, Dalio Education Announce New Commission, Website, More Discussions On Disconnected Youth
State leaders launch ‘119K Commission’ to help disconnected youth in Connecticut
CCM announces commission for at-risk and disconnected youth
Panel of municipal CEOs aims to assist Connecticut’s at-risk youths
CT has a massive ‘crisis’ of disconnected youth. How town, state leaders plan to solve it.
OP-ED | When Fact Is More Alarming Than Fiction, Action Is Required
Report: About 19% of CT youth ‘disconnected’ or ‘at risk’ in 2021-22
From CCM
Joe DeLong, CCM Executive Director and CEO, speech at 2023 Convention and Annual Meeting
Next Meeting
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 6:00PM
Trumbull Town Hall
5866 Main Street, Trumbull, CT