CANCELED: SENATOR MAHER, CHILD CARE FOR CT LEAD CALL TO INCREASE CARE 4 KIDS FUNDING  BEFORE PUBLIC HEARING

CANCELED: SENATOR MAHER, CHILD CARE FOR CT LEAD CALL TO INCREASE CARE 4 KIDS FUNDING  BEFORE PUBLIC HEARING

**CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER**

Where: Legislative Office Building Room 1C

When: Canceled

Who: State Senator Ceci Maher, State Representative Corey Paris, legislative advocates, Child Care For CT

At 10:30 a.m., State Senator Ceci Maher, Senate Chair of the Committee on Children, will lead the call endorsing Senate Bill 265, legislation seeking to invest $70 million into Connecticut child care. The press conference is scheduled before the bill is part of a public hearing Tuesday afternoon in the Committee on Children. In this proposal, $65 million would support the state’s child care subsidy program, to help children currently on waiting lists gain direct access to care, with another $5 million specifically providing bonuses to care providers in eastern Connecticut, a region of the state seeing care shortages and access issues in recent years.