Posts Tagged ‘affordability’
Honey Bear rallies with programs across the State to push for more investments in Early Childhood
At rallies across the state Wednesday—including in Stamford, Bridgeport and Stratford—the message to lawmakers was the same: fund child care. “We really need the state to invest in early childhood. Right now, things are failing,†said Catherine Vanicky, director of Honey Bear Learning Center in Stratford. “The child care system is completely broken,†added Katherine…
Read MoreHoney Bear hosts forum with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro about expanding Care4Kids
On Monday morning, a group of 20 parents and advocates meet with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro at Honey Bear Learning Center in Stratford. They celebrated the first substantial Care4Kids increase in payments to child care centers in 17 years. That rate increase was made possible by additional CCDBG funds, championed by Congresswoman DeLauro in the last…
Read MoreMarch Rally results: Families now pay less, and programs paid more
After being stuck in neutral for years, the reimbursement rate for children served under the Care 4 Kids [Connecticut’s child care subsidy] program is going up. In Southwestern Connecticut, the reimbursement rate for infant-toddler care will increase from $221 to $300 a week and the preschool rate will increase from $175 to $210 a week.…
Read MoreHoney Bear helps advocate for better [teacher] pay, and family affordability
Jacqueline Valle’s love for early childhood education began in the basement of Good Shepherd Christian Church on Hancock Avenue in Bridgeport. Something about working with small children in a Bible study class gave the city teen a warm feeling. By the time she was 17, Valle was working part time in the infant and toddler…
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