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The Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) was created by the Connecticut Commission on Children (now the Connecticut Commission on Women, Children and Seniors<\/strong>) as a result of listening to the needs of families in Connecticut. The Commission launched an outreach effort to listen to the views of nontraditional stakeholders on children\u2019s issues for a comprehensive school readiness initiative. Through this outreach effort, it was discovered that parents felt their voices weren\u2019t being heard and that they lacked the advocacy skills necessary to make changes in the lives of their children. From this, the PLTI was born.
The Commission on Women, Children and Seniors (CWCS) is a non-partisan arm of the Connecticut General Assembly. As staff to the legislature, the CWCS researches best practices, coordinates stakeholders, and promotes public policies that are in the best interest of Connecticut\u2019s underserved and underrepresented women, children and older adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency recognizes that the experiences and needs of each population, while interconnected, are unique and may require individual public policy action. Therefore, the commission\u2019s legislative priority areas for children are meant to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n