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Child care, preschool slots for CT children are dropping, report says
Proposed 5-year overhaul to CT child care system would cost $2B
Plan to overhaul child care in CT — Too ambitious, or not enough?
Survey: Pandemic Magnifies Employee Childcare Needs
State Early Childhood Office Launches CTCARES For Family Child Care
Children's Learning Centers Receives Grant to Support Child-Care Services in Stamford
STAMFORD, CT -- The Children’s Learning Centers of Fairfield County has received a grant of a $35,000 from the United Way of Western Connecticut. The grant will provide critical funding to enable families to access high-quality early childhood education at the the Children’s Learning Centers. The United Way said it is working to help families it describes as Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed, or ALICE.
Office of Early Childhood launches CTCARES for Family Child Care
Will the virus kill American child care? Centers across America need help desperately
NEW YORK, NY -- Imagine, for a moment, a future when the coronavirus pandemic is at last behind us. Stores are reopening, people are leaving their homes and workers are returning to their jobs. However, because Congress did not provide for the thousands of child-care providers across the country that desperately needed assistance, the vast majority have been forced to close their doors forever.
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs Announce Emergency Child Care for Hospital Staff and First Responders During COVID-19 Crisis
Support Letter for Investment in Child Care and Early Learning Sector Impacted by COVID-19
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.
Women & Girls Fund Supports Affordable Childcare For Single Working Moms
Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Receives $27 Million Grant to Enhance Early Childhood Development
HARTFORD, CT -- Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut has been awarded a $26.8 million federal grant that will be used to help the state further its early childhood development goals.
Funding Opportunity: Strengthening Local Early Childhood Collaboration
The CT Early Childhood Funder Collaborative (CT ECFC), a project of CT Council for Philanthropy is accepting proposals from existing local early childhood collaboratives (such as STRIVE/Cradle to Career Coalitions, School Readiness Councils, former Discovery Early Childhood Collaboratives, DCF/Head Start Collaboratives, and Health Enhancement Community Collaboratives, etc.) to strengthen organizational capacity and implement birth to age 5 system projects. Deadline for submission is Friday, February 7, 2020.
Liberty Bank Foundation Approves $263,050 in GRants
DKH Expands Family Advocacy Reach With $616K Grant
New VNA Program to Help First-time Moms
NEW MILFORD, CT -- New Milford Visiting Nurse & Hospice has received a United Way of Western Connecticut grant to help launch a new program in the Greater New Milford Area called Nurse-Family Partnership.
Bridgeport Prospers/United Way Highlighted by Pritzker's Children's Initiative
Building Healthier Communities Fund Accepting Grant Applications
State Office of Early Childhood Welcomes Bye with $8.5 Million from Feds
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) has announced what amounts to a welcome gift for its incoming leader, former State Senator Beth Bye, named by Gov. Lamont two weeks ago to head the state agency. Just days ahead of Lamont’s inauguration, OEC said it had been awarded an $8,591,087 federal grant – funds intended to enable the state to design and launch better, more cost-effective systems serving families with young children.