Sec. 17a-56a. Nurturing Families Network Advisory Commission. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17a-56a. Nurturing Families Network Advisory Commission. (a) There is established a Nurturing Families Network Advisory Commission to monitor the state-wide system for the Nurturing Families Network developed pursuant to section 17a-56. The commission shall consist of: (1) One member appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives and one member appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who shall be members of the General Assembly; (2) one member appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives and one member appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be members of the General Assembly; (3) a representative of the Governor; (4) the Commissioner of Children and Families, or his designee; (5) the Commissioner of Social Services, or his designee; (6) the Commissioner of Public Health, or his designee; (7) the Commissioner of Education, or his designee; (8) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his designee; (9) the executive director of the Commission on Children, or his designee; (10) a representative of the Child Advocate's Office, who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and (11) a representative of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse who shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate.

      (b) The commission shall be responsible for: (1) Reviewing the Nurturing Families Network pilot sites and advising the General Assembly on outcomes and recommending program modifications, if necessary; (2) preparing plans to implement the Nurturing Families Network on a state-wide basis; (3) monitoring cooperative, coordinated approaches of state and private agencies involved in the Nurturing Families Network and expanding such approaches to incorporate other, similar activities; (4) studying state and privately funded home visitation programs as an initial step in establishing a cost-effective, collaborative and comprehensive Nurturing Families Network system; (5) monitoring the effects of welfare reform on the factors associated with the risk of child abuse; and (6) building a network of public and private state, regional and local organizations for the purpose of collaborating to strengthen and support families with newborns and children up to the age of five.

      (P.A. 97-288, S. 1, 6; P.A. 05-246, S. 15.)

      History: P.A. 97-288 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 05-246 changed name from Healthy Families Advisory Commission to Nurturing Families Network Advisory Commission and made conforming changes, effective July 8, 2005.