The Connecticut economy rests on the shoulders of the child-care system, and our economic recovery from COVID will not last if the system collapses.

From 2019 to 2021, the number of child care workers in Connecticut dropped 28% compared to the previous three years, according to federal statistics.

Connecticut has helped by leading on this at the state level, but states can’t solve the child care crisis on their own. It takes federal investment and partnership to make a difference.

Connecticut was already 50,000 child care slots short before the pandemic. Now it’s at 72% of its pre-pandemic capacity.

Providers joined politicians Thursday in Waterbury for a roundtable discussion on the state's child care crisis.

In a report last year, researchers with think-tank Connecticut Voices for Children wrote that the child care industry faces “an untenable economic model.” ...

Connecticut faces an ‘overwhelming’ coronavirus pandemic-induced crisis in pediatric mental health care. Here’s what experts say the legislature should do.

Urgent Crisis Center now open in Hartford offers specialized care to kids in crisis The new center at The Village For Families and Children is one of four in Connecticut.

Some children need a high level of care. But others can step down from the crisis,” said Jessica Welt, director of crisis services at the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut.

A new law in Connecticut will make it easier for residents to establish at-home day care centers by preventing landlords and zoning departments from placing restrictions on the operation of ...

If the funding isn’t renewed or supplemented, Connecticut is projected to see nearly 1,000 care providers close their doors and more than 37,000 young children lose care.