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State’s Connecticut Early Start shifts contracts direct to providers, New Haven schools to retain some seats
Summary
The state Office of Early Childhood will directly contract early childhood providers under the Connecticut Early Start initiative, removing New Haven Public Schools’ role as a fiscal pass-through; local governance partner responsibilities will remain at the city level and are still being finalized.
The Finance and Operations Committee heard on the Connecticut Early Start initiative, a state-level restructuring that moves direct contracting for early childhood seats from local fiscal pass-throughs to the Office of Early Childhood at the Connecticut Department of Education. Committee members were told the new model combines previously separate funding streams — school readiness, Head Start and child day care contracts — so providers now have direct contracts with the state rather than subcontracts routed through New Haven Public Schools. “No longer are we the fiscal pass-through for the city of New Haven,” said Miss Diaz Valencia, who presented the agenda items…
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