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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
An expert panel convened in March to develop a five-year improvement plan for Connecticut’s
Plan to overhaul child care in CT — Too ambitious, or not enough?
Survey: Pandemic Magnifies Employee Childcare Needs
Finding and affording quality childcare are the top issues for working parents in Connecticut, according to a new survey released today.
State Early Childhood Office Launches CTCARES For Family Child Care
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.
Child Care and Early Education Providers Are in Crisis. How Are Funders Responding?
NEW YORK, NY -- There is near-universal consensus that early-childhood education programs can break cycles of poverty and lead to lasting upward mobility. But funders say they have always been fragile, and have only become more so due to COVID-19. Early care and education do not receive much public investment compared to K-12 public education. The result is a patchworked system—if you can call it a system—kept afloat by various sources of revenue. Most early care and education providers teetered at the financial edge, with a month or two of reserves on hand even before the crisis. Weeks of closure have likely led to permanent closures for thousands of child care centers.
Office of Early Childhood launches CTCARES for Family Child Care
Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs Announce Emergency Child Care for Hospital Staff and First Responders During COVID-19 Crisis
SOUTHINGTON, CT -- Southington Community YMCA opened its child care doors again to serve hospital staff in need of child care during the Covid-19 crisis that is impacting the local community and nation.We are so grateful to Main Street Community Foundation for expediting a bridge grant from the Barnes Memorial Trust to fund the startup costs associated with establishing emergency childcare services for front line hospital workers and first responders
Funding Opportunity: Strengthening Local Early Childhood Collaboration
Liberty Bank Foundation Approves $263,050 in GRants
MARKETWIDE, CT— The Liberty Bank Foundation has approved $263,050 in grants to nonprofit organizations serving Liberty Bank’s market area and surrounding towns to support programs that will provide early childhood education, affordable housing, and basic human needs.
Collaborative Presents Symposium on Family and Community Engagement
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative (ECFC) with the CT State Department of Education and the Office of Early Childhood presented a Symposium on Family and Community Engagement on December 13, 2017 at Gateway Community College in New Haven.
OEC Wins $8.5 M Federal Award to Advance Child Success
The Broad View Fund Awards Grant to Innovative Collaboration
BRISTOL, CT -- On November 28, a $13,525 grant from The Broad View Fund at Main Street Community Foundation was awarded to support a collaborative exchange between Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center, the Bristol Preschool Child Care Center, and the Talcott Center for Child Development. Together, they will be launching an innovative curriculum called Bristol=Resilient Children.
Stamford's Summer Preschool Program Expands in Second Year
Trust for Learning Announces RFP to Advance Ideal Learning in the Public Sector
Trust for Learning (the Trust) is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) for projects that will build on its work of expanding highly developmental early childhood education, or Ideal Learning. The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2018.
New Reach Out and Read Research Underway in Connecticut
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- Reach Out and Read has launched a new research study being conducted in Connecticut. Thanks to the generous support of The Grossman Family Foundation, and The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr/ U.S. Bank Foundation, the study, "Rx for Success: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Technology-Based Dialogic Reading Training Incorporated into the Reach Out and Read Program" started enrolling families in April of 2018.
On the Same Page: An Early Childhood Education Collaborative With Some Big Backers
NEW YORK, NY -- Inside Philanthropy writes about CCP Member Trust for Learning, " A collaborative for early education has attracted some big names, while urging funders to stop picking favorites within the field and focus instead on convening stakeholders and encouraging collaboration."
YWCA of New Britain announces $69,425 Grant from The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA)
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Donors Raised $100K in Support of Three New Funds
HARTFORD, CT -- In May 2017, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving launched “Spark Funds,” three new current-use funds developed to ignite and more closely engage the community in its strategic work of supporting education, family economic security and vibrant communities.