Infant/Toddler Data Available for Hartford and New Haven Regions

The CT Early Childhood Alliance has data available on Hartford and New Haven region. If you have a meeting you would like the data presented at, please contact Samantha Dynowski to set it up. Click on our graphic to bring you to the data page:

Study Shows That When Parents Have Insurance, Child's Health & Well-Being Improves

The Center for Children and Families blogs about a new study that provides more evidence that children’s health and well-being improve when parents have health coverage. Click HERE for more.

Governor Makes Adjustments to Budget

Federal Updates - Tax Bill, Government Shutdowns and CHIP

Congress has a lot to do in a short period of time. The president is pressing hard for a vote on a tax bill by Christmas. Versions working through Congress would make enormous changes to the current tax structure, potentially creating huge budget deficits in the future. The government is also in danger of a shutdown if there is no year-end spending package in place, and states, including Connecticut, are getting really worried about the status of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which has not been re-authorized. Governor Malloy has stated that Connecticut has about a month's worth of funds left for the program. WTNH Channel 8 covered it locally.  New York Magazine has MORE. There is a chance that Congress could wrap it into the year-end spending package.

Care4Kids Resources and Opportunities for Help

Press coverage included an article in the Hartford Courant on Friday, November 10, and article in the CT Mirror.  NBC Connecticut also covered the story on Monday, November 13. The reporter spoke to a Hartford-area provider and to OEC Commissioner David Wilkinson. You can watch the full story by clicking on the graphic.