We, the undersigned, call on our Senators and Members of Congress to increase the federal appropriations for the Childcare Development Block Grant (CCDBG) by $1.2 billion in order to cover the costs of changes required by the re-authorization of the program in 2014. When Congress re-authorized the CCDBG, which helps fund the state’s Care4Kids program, they failed to fully fund the additional costs that came with program improvements, resulting in the estimated $33 million shortfall Connecticut now faces.