Child Care

Connecticut’s Children Committee wants lawmakers to make child care more accessible and affordable.

United Way of Greater New Haven has been awarded $973,000 to support Early Head Start, but Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3) said the funds are still unavailable due to confusion over last week’s federal grant process.

Friends Center for Children, which cares for hundreds of kids at multiple locations across New Haven, will have space for 80 infants and toddlers at the old theater once it’s finished.

A New Haven-based child care center is continuing its mission to ease the financial strain on early childhood educators by building rent-free homes for staff.

Gov. Ned Lamont signed two laws that would help more low- and moderate-income Connecticut families pay for child care.

The transformation of a New Haven cinema to a child care center is underway — and almost ready for students.

Early childhood advocates rallied across Connecticut on Wednesday to call on lawmakers to do more to lower child care costs and support educators.

CT parents whose children won't turn 5 by Sept. 1 can request to enroll them in kindergarten early, but that process varies by district.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has a five-year plan to improve that state’s child care system. However, an early childhood advocacy group has criticized the plan for failing to comprehensively address the state’s child care crisis.

Governor's 'Blue Ribbon Panel' estimated many more billions of dollars in economic value would be generated just by enabling parents to work.