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Former teacher at childcare center in Middletown accused of tossing 2-year-old into wall
A former teacher at a childcare center in Middletown is accused of tossing a 2-year-old child “like a piece of luggage” into a wall at the facility and has been arrested.
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How early childhood education funding is being used in Connecticut
The governor is making structural changes to early childhood education in Connecticut to make it easier to hire workers and fix a big shortage of childcare in the eastern part of the state.
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Gov. Lamont hopes to create more affordable childcare options for parents
Business owners say a childcare shortage is making it harder to hire and retain talented employees. Now, Gov. Ned Lamont and lawmakers want to make the issue a top priority this legislative session. “The business community says it’s absolutely vital, gets more of our new mom and dads, either retain them or get them back to work,” Lamont said....
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Lamont hopes to create more affordable childcare options for parents
Part of Gov. Ned Lamont’s agenda this legislative session is to work with lawmakers to help make childcare more affordable for parents.
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Face the Facts: What's being done to address the childcare worker shortage in CT?
Commissioner Beth Bye from the Department of Early Childhood discusses the new approach to expand on childcare spots for kids, as well as recruit more professionals to care for them.
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Advocates call for more apprenticeship programs to address potential childcare crisis
Advocates say they support raising the age to enter kindergarten, but wish there was more time to prepare for a smooth transition.
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Advocates call for more apprenticeship programs to address potential childcare crisis
State leaders say Connecticut is in a childcare crisis due to a shortage of providers, but Monday they announced a first-of-its-kind apprenticeship to bring high-demand workers into that field. The new program will train jobseekers in home-based childcare. A new Connecticut Childhood Alliance study reveals there are more than 4,000 open childcare jobs, among just the 2,015 centers surveyed. That…
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Grant money will help New Haven families with childcare
New Haven is using $3.5 million in grant money to help make childcare available to families in need.
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Childcare programs brace for end of federal pandemic relief funding
Childcare experts say a crisis may be looming for the state beginning Sept. 30. That is the date when federal pandemic relief funding will stop being provided for the childcare industry. According to a recent study, which could put a significant financial strain on hundreds of childcare programs, and many could shut down. Eva Bermudez Zimmerman is the coalition director…
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Funding for childcare stops at the end of September
State officials say a childcare crisis is looming as funding stops at the end of September
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State Distributed $70 Million in Bonus Payments to Childcare Workers: Governor
The governor said the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood has completed distributing $70 million in state funding that was allocated for bonus payments to the staff of childcare and early childhood education providers statewide. Gov. Ned Lamont said the Wage Supports for Early Childhood Educators initiative is intended to help stabilize the childcare industry and support its workforce. His office…
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Face the Facts: Strategic Plan Aims to Make Childcare More Affordable in Conn.
Office of Early Childhood Commissioner Beth Bye is leading a Blue Ribbon Panel to create a strategic plan for making childcare more affordable.
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Childcare Providers to Rally for More Funding
Childcare providers across the state are coming together to highlight the need for more funding and support amid a growing problem with access to childcare in Connecticut and across the country.
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Proposed Budget Offers Help For Some Childcare Costs
The Lamont Administration introduced a budget proposal Wednesday that would help fund childcare programs while offering a tax credit as well.
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Gov. Lamont Announces Budget Proposal to Expand Childcare Services
Aundrea Tabbs-Smith, a mother of three, says over the last decade, the cost of daycare has almost doubled. “Because as the years have gone on, just seeing what we are paying with our 11-year-old, 11, 10 years ago to what we are paying now is a shift. We have to really look at our budget,” Tabbs-Smith said. The average annual…
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Local Childcare Advocates Attends State of the Union Address
Connecticut advocate for childcare Allyx Schiavone traveled to the nation’s capital Tuesday for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. “He made it clear we need to invest in our early care and education for the working families, it’s really now up to congress to act,” Allyx Schiavone, who is the executive director for Friends Center for Children,...
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Childcare Advocates Push for Action Against Rising Costs
Advocates traveled to Washington D.C. on Tuesday for the State of the Union address to push for action amid rising childcare costs.
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Early Childhood Caucus Pushes for Legislation to Improve Childcare for Providers, Families
Advocates for early childhood education from Connecticut shared ideas on how to improve programs for young kids on state and national levels Tuesday.