MEDIA ADVISORY: WEDNESDAY, 10AM, LOB – CHILDREN’S ADVOCATES CALL FOR INCREASED CHILD CARE FUNDING
March 24, 2026
Where: Legislative Office Building, Room 2A
When: Wednesday, March 25, 10 a.m.
Who: State Senator Ceci Maher and State Representative Corey Paris, Chairs of the Committee On Children; Eva Bermudez Zimmerman, Child Care for CT; Early Childhood Alliance executive director Merrill Gay; parents and child care center owners
On Wednesday, legislators and advocates will gather in support of Senate Bill 265, legislation that seeks to deliver as much as $70 million in additional funding for Care 4 Kids. The investment comes with dual purposes of supporting more residents currently on the program’s waitlist, especially families with other children served by the program and families whose children have special needs, and supporting child care centers in Eastern Connecticut, historically underfunded compared to those located in other regions of the state.
