After $300m child care investment in 2025, Connecticut families still waiting as lawmakers push $70m fix

CTNewsJunkie – Thursday, March 26, 2026
By Karla Ciaglo

HARTFORD, CT — Less than a year after Connecticut committed $300 million to overhaul its child care system, thousands of families remained on a waitlist for subsidies, exposing a gap between the state’s long-term investment and immediate need, advocates said.

Lawmakers and advocates on Wednesday called for passage of Senate Bill 265, which would transfer $70 million from the state’s Federal Cuts Response Fund to the Office of Early Childhood before June 30, with most of the funding directed to the CT Care 4 Kids subsidy program.

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