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Continuing his career-long efforts on behalf of children and their families, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) today announced a new partnership between two major child advocates, Save the Children and First Focus, to develop an annual report card on the state of American child. Dodd made this announcement at a press conference with Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Mark Shriver of Save the Children, and Bruce Lesley of First Focus, and also released a report detailing the findings of the State of the American Child series of hearings he held over the last year. 

The report card will monitor the well-being of our nation’s children and provide benchmarks for their progress. The results will help identify areas where public policy is needed to improve the well-being of our children. Senators Dodd and Casey recently introduced legislation to establish a National Council on Children that will be responsible for annually assessing the state of American children’s health, education, and overall well-being, and will be tasked with making recommendations to Congress on how to improve the policies that impact our children’s lives.

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