Legislators Group Focusing on Community-Based Child Protection
The National Conference of State Legislatures, with funding from the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, is implementing a 2-year project to help State legislators learn about community-based approaches to child protection. The Clark foundation currently is funding Community Partnerships for Child Protection projects in four cities: St. Louis, Missouri; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Louisville, Kentucky; and Jacksonville, Florida.
NCSL's project will include the following activities:
- Site visits by legislators to each of the McConnell Clark Community Partnership sites
- Publications on the role of state legislators in community child protection
- Technical assistance to a limited number of States over the next 2 years
- A new Web site focused on community child protection.
Other activities also are planned. To read about the project online, visit http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/ClarkCCPP.htm (Editor's note: this link is no longer available). To learn more about the site visits, visit http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/CFPCCP.htm.
For more information about NCSL's Community Child Protection Project, contact:
Nina Williams-Mbengue
National Conference of State Legislatures
1560 Broadway
Suite 700
Denver, CO 80202
Tel.: 303-830-2200
Fax: 303-863-8003
E-mail: nina.mbengue@ncsl.org
Web site: http://www.ncsl.org
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