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courant.com > 03/27/2026 > opinion-ct-doesnt-need-fewer-childcare-options-it-needs-more

Opinion: CT doesn’t need fewer childcare options—it needs more

7+ hour ago  (242+ words) Every day, the families I serve at Cadence Academy Preschool in Hartford are making impossible choices about childcare'managing cost, affordability, and trust. What they are not asking is "who owns my center?" Senate Bill 266does nothing to positively move the needle…...

Hartford Courant
courant.com > 03/17/2026 > election-2026-education-child-care

A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (17+ words) A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections'Hartford Courant...

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courant.com > 11/19/2025 > ct-child-care-system-still-underfunded-report-says-but-new-laws-offer-hope

CT has 163K+ kids needing child care and just 59K slots. Here’s why and what’s being done.

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (710+ words) With the promise of improvements brought by legislation passed in 2025, Connecticut's early child care system continues be underfunded, leaving many children without care and workers struggling to care for their families. This is according to a'new report from Connecticut Voices…...

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courant.com > 01/24/2026 > amid-child-care-crisis-ct-tries-new-source-of-funding-employers

Amid child care crisis, CT tries new source of funding: employers

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1332+ words) Two years ago, Connecticut legislators backed a novel idea: making the cost of child care more affordable by encouraging employers to help pay for it. They designed a pilot program for New London County to test a model known as…...

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courant.com > 07/27/2025 > ct-gov-lamont-touts-increasing-affordability-of-child-care-amid-criticism

CT Gov. Lamont touts increasing affordability of child care amid criticism

8+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (1110+ words) Every day, Gov. Ned Lamont walks and talks a little more like a candidate for reelection, as was evidenced Thursday at an event promoting an "Early Childhood Endowment" that promises to create 1,000 child care slots through next June, then provide…...