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January 9, 2024
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Connecticut Voices for Children Releases Annual State of Early Childhood Report, Responds to Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Care
New Haven, CT [January 9, 2024] - Connecticut Voices for Children today released its latest report, “State of Early Childhood: A Response to the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Care and a Continuation of Spotlighting Disenfranchised Populations.”
To detail and discuss the finding and recommendations of the report, CT Voices will be hosting a press call, today Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 10:30 am.
The State of Early Childhood is an annual report published by CT Voices. This report is focused on 2023 and discusses the benefits of early care and education (ECE) to children, parents, providers, and the economy. It reviews annual data on Connecticut’s ECE availability, children served, and the systems and dollars that support State-funded care. It includes updated economic analyses from CT Voices 2020 and 2021 State of Early Childhood care reports regarding the cost of providing care in a Family Child Care (FCC) setting and a Child Care Center (CCC) setting as well as builds upon the 2022 State of Early Childhood research, which examined barriers to accessing ECE for immigrant and refugee families, by exploring another group of families who struggle to access equitable early care and education: families of children with special needs.
This report is also different in that it offers policy recommendations in relation to the Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Care’s recommendations.
CT Voices’ aim in all of their State of Early Childhood reports is to advance the creation of an ECE system that provides high-quality care that is universally affordable and accessible to all families, especially those with the least access to care under today’s system.
Click to view the full report, Just Facts, and executive summary.
WHAT:
Press call to discuss the findings and recommendations in the new CT Voices report.
WHO:
Emily Byrne, CTVoices Executive Director
Report authors Dr. Carla B. Abdo-Katsipis, Research & Policy Fellow, and Dr. Lauren K. Ruth, Research & Policy Director
WHEN:
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
10:30 AM
WHERE:
Via Zoom. Register here.
ABOUT CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN
Connecticut Voices for Children is a “think and do” tank working to ensure that Connecticut is a thriving and equitable state where all children achieve their full potential. In furtherance of its vision, we work in the state and nationally to advance economic justice systems change through research and policy development as well as power building and legislative advocacy.
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