Students from Classical Magnet School in Hartford discuss the work they’re doing around youth homelessness in the city.

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Concerned residents rallied at Hartford City Hall in support of a no-freeze shelter downtown and for additional support to combat homelessness.

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Reverend Paul Goodman, of Center Church, discusses the controversy and compromise surrounding the relocation of Hartford’s emergency “no freeze” shelter.

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Brian Baker from South Park Inn, a shelter in Hartford, Natalie Matthews and Sara Zucker from the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness discuss CT’s current homeless situation, in a time when the economy is making getting by a lot more difficult.

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Center for Children’s Advocacy
University of Connecticut School of Law, 65 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT 06105
Phone: 860-570-5327 Fax: 860-570-5256 www.kidscounsel.org

KidsCounsel Training Seminar
Thursday, December 4, 2008, 8:30 am – 10:15 am
University of Connecticut School of Law
Janet M. Blumberg Hall, Hosmer Hall Building
Introductions: Stacey Violante Cote, Center for Children’s Advocacy

OUR INVISIBLE POPULATION-ADVOCACY NEEDED FOR YOUTH OUTSIDE THE FWSN SYSTEM
A Panel Presentation: Stacey Violante Cote, Esq, MSW; Director, Teen Legal Advocacy Clinic, CCA;Jeffrey Fetzko, ACSW, LSW, CFRE Executive Director, Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children, New Jersey; Fernando Muniz Planning, Policy & Program Development, Department of Children and Families; Shari Shapiro Executive Director, Kids In Crisis
FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER MODEL FOR FWSN YOUTH
Update by the Director (TBD) of one of Connecticut’s Family Support Centers RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CHILD LAW; Art Webster, Esq, Assistant Attorney General, Child Protection Session
Please Respond by November 25, 2008 e-mail atremont@kidscounsel.org