Plan to overhaul child care in CT — Too ambitious, or not enough?
The COVID pandemic exposed the fragility of Connecticut’s child care sector — as well as its vital role in the economy.
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The COVID pandemic exposed the fragility of Connecticut’s child care sector — as well as its vital role in the economy.
HARTFORD— The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood has announced that it has launched “CTCARES for Family Child Care” to provide support to licensed family child care providers during the COVID-19 public health emergency and beyond. The initiative is made possible with approximately $830,000 in support from nonprofit organizations, including the Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative, 4-CT, and other philanthropic groups — and financial support continues to grow.
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advancing policy solutions for low-income people, has developed a Justification Briefing and Fact Sheet with state-by-state estimates of public funds needed by the child care industry during the pandemic to sustain the viability of our providers.
Home Grown and the Reinvestment Fund have developed a toolkit to help sustain and strengthen the home-based caregivers and providers in communities across the country.
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative sent a letter to the CT Congressional delegation urging their support for emergency funding to address the impact of the coronavirus on young children, their families, providers and communities.
In 2019, several long term CT Early Childhood Funder Collaborative action items became reality. In addition, other efforts including cross agency collaboration and state/philanthropic coordination continued and were strengthened.