Child Care Panel Recommends Boosting Funding and Subsidized Day Care Slots

Published On: December 13, 2023Categories: Government, Schools
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Early Childhood Commissioner Beth Bye. Photo credit: Hugh McQuaid, CTNewsJunkie

Early Childhood Commissioner Beth Bye said, ‘I believe every baby born in Connecticut and every young child who moves here with their families deserves a high-quality early childhood education.’ 

By Hugh McQuaid, CTNewsJunkie.com 

A panel developing a plan to shore up Connecticut’s child care system issued its report last week, which included recommendations to create 28,000 new subsidized child care spaces and boost rates for providers working under state-funded programs.

The Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Care was created back in March by an executive order from Gov. Ned Lamont, who tasked the group with creating a five-year strategic plan to improve access and affordability of child care in the state.

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