CT earned high marks in education and health in the 2025 Kids Count but not in its economic well-being and family and community data.
Early Childhood Education
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Transformative CT early childhood education bill gets full passage
The bill promises to transform early childhood care and education for generations by eventually allowing free access for qualifying families.
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CT Senate passes early childhood, special education bill
The bill creates free and reduced cost CT child care slots, while also providing funding for special education programming.
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What would Lamont’s universal pre-K plan mean for your family?
Gov. Ned Lamont is championing a plan that would offer free or reduced-price pre-K education to scores of CT families. Here’s what to know.
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Will Lamont’s universal pre-K plan prevail?
A bill could allow children to attend preschool for free or at a radically reduced cost. But many elements of the program are still unclear.
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CT increases early childhood care ratios for 2-year-olds
Advocates said the change would help fill the dearth of child care slots and financially benefit centers. Opponents said it could cut down on the quality of care.
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New Haven provider helps fill gap for CT ‘high-quality’ child care
CT has a dearth of high-quality early childhood education programs. A home-based provider in New Haven is among those aiming to change that.
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CT lawmakers urged to delay kindergarten age change
CT stakeholders are saying the legislature moved too fast on the kindergarten age change law and are urging them to delay implementation.
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Lamont touts federal funding for child care ahead of his budget address
The income limit for Connecticut’s child care subsidy program is going up thanks to federal funding.
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House approves spending deal that boosts CT defense industry, social programs
The agreement, which increases spending for both “guns and butter,” was reached just days before the current plan expired, averting a government shutdown.
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School-by-school vaccine data vital to moms of kids with compromised immune systems
The state is expected to release school-by-school vaccination data today. For moms like Rachel McCann and Lindsay David, that information is vitally important.
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National child care director gets an earful on industry challenges
Parents and child care operators complained about both the lack of affordable, quality care and the difficulty of finding qualified staff.
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Program aims to reduce the suspension of Connecticut’s youngest students
A state-funded program aims to help prevent the suspension of young children by intervening when a child’s behavior is disruptive.
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State’s childcare subsidy program receives long awaited funding increase
The $14 million in new federal funds will be dispersed to an estimated 1,200 centers with families who rely on Care 4 Kids certificates to pay for child care.
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Bye brings passion for social justice to early childhood work
The idea of working to support families motivates Beth Bye in her new post as commissioner of the Office of Early Childhood.