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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
Survey: Pandemic Magnifies Employee Childcare Needs
State Early Childhood Office Launches CTCARES For Family Child Care
Office of Early Childhood launches CTCARES for Family Child Care
Pandemic Child Care Relief Justification Briefing and Fact Sheet
Home-Based Child Care Emergency Fund: Sustaining our nation’s diverse home-based child care community
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.
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.
CT Early Childhood Funder Collaborative 2019 Annual Report
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.
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.
Early Childhood Funder Collaborative - Cancelled
For members of the Early Childhood Funder Collaborative
Survey Findings: Priorities and Strategies Related to Early Childhood Advocacy among Grantmakers in Connecticut
The CT Early Childhood Funder Collaborative (ECFC) is pleased to share their new report.
Liberty Bank Foundation Approves $263,050 in GRants
Cradle to Career Regional Conference
The four CT Cradle to Career Collective Impact Communities (Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford and Waterbury) are hosting a regional conference.
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.
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy and the Early Childhood Funder Collaborative
Bridgeport Prospers/United Way Highlighted by Pritzker's Children's Initiative
Building Healthier Communities Fund Accepting Grant Applications
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Building Healthier Communities Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, invites nonprofits to apply for program grants that support early childhood education and development by enhancing home visitation in the Greater Torrington and Winsted areas. The application deadline is May 1, 2019.