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Connecticut Voices Forum on Improving Opportunities for Youth in State Care RSVP by December 1 at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tMAarSg-i-6IZQNc0U25nf44C-Iu7qgjAK5N8APoAEs/viewform Because Relationships Matter: Improving Opportunities and Outcomes for Youth in State Care Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm. Registration begins at 8:30 am (a light breakfast will be served). Program begins at 9:00 am. Legislative Office Building, Room 2C, 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford Please join this youth-led forum on the importance of supportive relationships -- with social workers, families, mentors, and others -- for youth success. This event will provide an engaging forum to: Listen to youth sharing their stories and ideas; Learn the facts about the importance of relationships; and Discuss how we as policymakers, advocates, and community members can support opportunities and success for youth in state care. Participants will include: Youth currently and formerly in the care of the Department of Children and Families Social workers, attorneys, and foster parents who work with youth in DCF care Commissioner Joette Katz, Department of Children and Families Commissioner Patricia Rehmer, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Child Advocate Sarah Eagan, Office of the Child Advocate The Honorable Bernadette Conway, Chief Administrative Judge, Juvenile Matters Representative Toni Walker, Co-Chair, Appropriations Committee Senator Beth Bye, Co-Chair, Appropriations Committee Representative Diana Urban, Co-Chair, Commitee on Children Senator Danté Bartolomeo, Co-Chair, Committee on Children State Comptroller Kevin Lembo Please RSVP online by December 1. Email [log in to unmask] with any questions In the case of inclement weather, call 203-498-4240 ext.119 or visit www.ctvoices.org